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Gardening since 2011
  • Name: Christine Mack
  • Location: Bath, NY
  • Gardening experience: I'm a writer/blogger
  • Personal links: http://www.thecupcakebandits.com
  • Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheCupcakeBandits
I'm a pro food blogger of four years. Recently got fed up with sub par food being provided at grocery stores. This is my second year in gardening and I am a first timer this year raising chicken and ducks!! So far so good.  I now write for Grit.com.
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The Cupcake Bandits Organic Heirloom Garden Bath, NY

3 raised gardens and 3 in ground gardens. Crab Apple Trees, Maple Trees, Raspberry, Rhubarb, Strawberry plants were added in 2011. In 2012 we are expanding the in ground gardens as well as adding chicken and ducks. All seeds this year are coming from Baker Creek... » more
  • Last updated: August 09, 2012
  • Garden type: Grow It Forward: Heirloom
  • Last updated: May 29, 2011
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  • Last updated: March 25, 2012
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Our Grounds Des Moines, IA

Ornamental, beds and borders where evergreen conifers and deciduous shrubs mingle with perennials, bulbs, and a few favorite annuals. Some Iowa prairie plants such as side-oats grama grass. A still-water, self-maintaining...

Boston Fenway Victory Garden Boston, MA

by Kristen
In the early spring the daffodils and tulips start to poke out of the ground...the 2 lilac bushes begin their blooms soon after. During mid-May, I begin to add veggie, herb, and annual plantings. Also, my parents bring...

Your Entomolo-Garden Oakland, CA

Welcome to the Insect News Network on YourGardenShow! The I.N.N. travels the globe to learn how people think and feel about our 6- and 8-legged friends. The I.N.N. is a non-stop, multi-media interdisciplinary plunge...

Claire's Amsterdam Balcony Netherlands

by Claire
A small balcony in Amsterdam, with morning sun. Click on the photos for more explanation!

jjs Cle Elum, WA

by JJS
simple

The Green Gardener in Herald, California Herald, CA

Greetings from Herald, CA. Located just South East of Sacramento by 20 miles. Millions of grape vines cover the Herald landscape and vegetables grow well here with a good compost pile to nourish our Green Garden....

Patterns of Growth Fremont, CA

My garden is my art, literally. I grow plants so I can photograph them in new and interesting ways. There is such a variety of plants in the San Francisco Bay Area and I pluck not only from my yard, but along the trail...

Sweet Heirlooms Hastings, MN

A Grow It Forward heirloom garden

Longview Hill Farm Ellington, CT

As a child I gardened with my family so it was no surprise that I started my own small garden when my husband and I bought our first house together in 2008.  Each year my garden has expanded in both size and variety. ...

Peacefully HomeGrown Pelham, NC

I had my first experiences in the garden when I was very small, around 5 or 6 years old, in my grandparent's vegetable gardens in rural Virginia, in the late 60's. They were tobacco farmers, and at that time still had...

Old Charm Forreston, TX

by Sophora
An organic garden that provides interest for all seasons and entices every sense.

An Heirloom Jungle Weldon, CA

My garden started out just about 20 sq. ft. Eight years later it is closer to 5000 sq. ft. and gets to be about 10 ft tall in several areas. No chemicals or synthetics are used but the silty clay has been amended with...

The Back Quarter Riverton, UT

by Gene
1/4 acre plot with fruit trees and a large garden with seven 10x4ft beds and 150+ spots for melons, squash and other large plants. I focus rather heavily on tomatoes, sweet peppers, watermelon, muskmelon, cucumbers,...

Veebee's Kitchen Garden Davenport, NY

by veebee
This year 2012 will be the third season of my organically grown 20'x25' fenced kitchen garden.  My garden grows primarily in raised beds and along vertical trellising, all surrounded with a diverse herb border. ...

Spy Garden Glencoe, MO

Our garden was planted in 2010 (and was much smaller then!). My son named the garden in 2012. The plan was to plant tall plants on the outside so he could "spy" out of it! The name has been quite apt as we are always...

Cluck Clucks and 2 Pups Garden West Haven, CT

My backyard garden started in 2007 the first week that we moved into our house. I planted 6 tomato plants in July, and we had so many tomato's that year. It was a mild fall, and I remember harvesting tomato's through...

Lisaland Otricoli, Italy

This is the continuation of the Le Corone garden here on YourGardenShow, renamed in Lisa's honor. We want to carry on her legacy of great gardening practices and it's going to take a few of us to do it. The team here...

YourGardenShow Busy Bee San Francisco, CA

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Favorite gardening books: The Heirloom Life Gardener by Gere and Emily Gettle
Favorite vegetable: Spinach
Favorite flower: Bird of Paradise
Favorite tree / shrub: Georgia Peach Trees!
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Favorite park / arboreteum: Mossy Bank Park

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