Member profile for PYehl
 Gardening since 1995
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Well as I'm sure something we all have in common - I LOVE TO GARDEN!!! I love the fact that all summer long I have dirt stuck under my fingernails! I love to wake up early and take a walk around my property with a cup of coffee and see what has changed over night, love the taste of freshly picked fruit and veggies!
I'm at least a 4th generation gardener. My parents house has won various awards from their town, my mom has people stop all the time asking her plant questions and tell her they come down her street on their walk just so they can look at my moms flowers. So my addiction definitely comes naturally. I love talking to my mom about plants and we chat on the phone about what varieties we are gonna grow each year, we have a little rivalry on who has things blooming 1st or how big a plant gets (she usually wins that one - she has been amending her beds for 40+ yrs... I've only been here 5yrs). Both my mom's parents grew up avid gardeners and one of them actually BORN in a greenhouse. My great grandparents ran a greenhouse so my grandma grew up working in the greenhouse as well. My grandmother passed away when I was about 12, but I remember my mom and I visiting her at the nursing home and my mom would tell my grandma what she has started from seed and what she just transplanted and I vividly remember the tears coming out of my grandma's eyes and she said "what I wouldn't do to be able to be able to get dirt under my nails again". I bought my 'mini farm' about 5 yrs ago, I have 2.5 acres which 1 acre is fenced pasture. The previous owner didn't garden - he had the white landscaping stones all along the foundation. I had to dig all of it out and then bring in 40 tons of top soil to get some flower beds made. My neighbor down the road brought town his JD Tractor with the plow attachment on it and I showed him where I wanted the garden to be... Its taken many years now with a lot of work but the garden soil is STARTING to be workable. We have bad clay soil here, but between lot of manure, compost and what ever else I could get my hands on I've made it 'decent' - but still a work in process. I work hard at trying to use everything I grow, canning, freezing, drying and of course... just eating it while its fresh! Gardening has definitely made me try harder as a cook to come up with new ways to use up the harvest. The property started out with 2 very old apple trees neglected with no pruning for 15yrs, since then I have added blueberries bushes (5), raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, grape vines and recently planted 5 baby apples trees and 2 peach trees. I can't wait for a few years to pass till be start getting fruit from them! I've taken classes and now make my own fruit wines with any extra harvests - so far has only been blackberries.
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My Escape Upper Sandusky, OH
My 30'x70' piece of paradise. Nothing makes me happier than to work in my garden and get lots of dirt under my fingernails. I spend almost every day in the cold Ohio winters dreaming of how I will plant my garden, what I will plant, what I will be making with...
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The Rest of the Property Upper Sandusky, OH
This will follow everything BUT the veggie garden. Landscaping around the yard, patio, orchard, brambles, vineyard.
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Chiz Gardens Monroe, MI
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Liz
Our old farmhouse sits on an acre and a half of gardens with an old barn as its background. The house has many window boxes with a variety of flowers. There is a large pond with a waterfall designed by my husband. The...
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Fats Green Garden Chambersburg, PA
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Tine
I bought my grandparents home in 2005 after they both passed away. The backyard was mostly grass and a few mature trees. Over the years, I've planted perennials, evergreens and flowers. Soon after, I started a small...
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Harvest Sun New Knoxville, OH
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FarmerDebLou
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Green Kathleen's Chicken Junction Arlington, TXMy garden began with one raised bed. I grew up in Ohio where you could pretty much stick a plant in the ground and it would grow. I now live in Texas where the "soil" is not soil. Its clay. I think they...
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My Northern Garden Bowling Green, OH
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katecopsey
We moved to this garden in NW Ohio last July and it was dreadfully overgrown. Problems include weed trees, landscape fabric and gravel mulch. Hopefully we will be here for you to see what I do with it.
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Tigallizzy's Garden Trumansburg, NY
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Tigallizzy
I'm a mommy of 3 beautiful and brilliant girls and an enthusiastic but sleep deprived amateur organic gardener. This year is the year that I'm really going to make the garden explode. Really. I mean it. It's the deer...
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FarmGarden Williamsville, IL
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Debsgarden
Total planting size approximate .6 acre, of 4' wide growing strips alternating with 5' wide grass strips in found ground; old cattle yard.
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Harmonic Herbs' Garden Barrhead, Alberta, CanadaThis is one of our trials and food gardens, where we are testing plants for their suitability to this bio-region and where we grow a portion of our food. This photo was taken through the screen of our front door.
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Belinda's Secret Garden Rangeley, ME
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mainegarden
My ex-husband and I got back together...while I was selling my house, he built this beautiful veggie garden and the greenhouse/potting shed in lieu of a diamond....
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One Woman's Gardening Addiction Greentown, PAOrganically grown veggies, fruits, herbs, a few edible flowers plus our backyard flock provide much of what our family needs each year.
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Building my Dream Angels Camp, CA
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kimbakerink
I just moved to this house in November. The zone is 8b even though it says 7a. I can tell that the garden beds were not organic because of the undecomposed particles of blue here and there. I have been working on the...
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Kibby's Family Heirlooms Milford Center, OH
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Kibbys_Wife
Our farm is Kibby's Family Heirlooms. We grow 100% heirloom varieties of fruits, vegetables, and herbs. We also have over 2 dozen layer hens and are adding pigs and dairy goats this season. We sell at local farmers'...
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Ramos' Disorganized Garden Floresville, TX
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Clenram
The success of our gardening has been great, with some disappointments due to the learning curve. We are learning what we can do when we have 4 months of temperatures over 100 and no rain. Our soil is all sand! We...
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hidden gems San Francisco, CA
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gardener
i haven't had the opportunity to grow my own garden, yet. instead i have a great appreciation for other people's work in the dirt. i also really like photography so its a nice mix betwixed us.
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BellaRidgeFarm's garden Willoughby, OHWe are the new owners of a 1936 farmhouse in need of many DIY renovations. Big red barn, green house, chicken coop, animal shelter, all on a beautiful piece of land overlooking the Chagrin River. We have a large sunny...
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Magna Pines Chagrin Falls, OH
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nettie
Its kind of helter skelter with little for thought. It seems to work I get many compliments.There is no theme just many seperate gardens, spread over 4 acres 3 more that is wooded.All gardens have rocks of some kind,...
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pam's garden Ironton, OHwe moved to this house in 2005, there was no landscaping, a few bushes. we have made casual, cottage gardens surrounding the house and a lot of hardscaping(diy) we continue to work on "something" every year to enhance...
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Lilly of the Valley Cincinnati, OHCurrently I have two organic raised garden-beds in the backyard just about 20 to 25 feet down from where my fish pond sits with the pergola I built last year towering over it. Its a beautiful sight to see and hear when...
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Moon Dreams Cottage Cincinnati, OHOur goal is to follow permaculture guidelines for a suburban sustainable garden!
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Swingset Lasagna Garden Dayton, OH
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krandolph
My very resourceful sister bought a house with this old swingset frame in the backyard. When she wanted to add a bed for more veggies, she made a lasagna garden under the frame, and used the frame and some PVC pipe...
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Five Rivers MetroParks Community Gardens Dayton, OHFive Rivers MetroParks is a park's district in Dayton Ohio, and surrounding areas. We are lucky enough to have community gardens both on park grounds and in neighborhoods throughout our county. We also have a great...
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Martin Farms Whitehouse, OH
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dsaccone
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Vegetables Swanton, OH
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Peacockmoon
Bought this 1890's home in 2007, so the garden is fairly new. Moved most of my plants, rocks, grasses, ponds, etc. when I moved.
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Shady Maple Gardens Beaufort, NC
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ncgardener
My families garden is intended for self sustainability.
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Cranky Puppy Farm Kansas City, MO
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CrankyPuppy
Cranky Puppy Farm belongs to two Gen X-er's smackdab in downtown Kansas City where our life is filled with 3 demanding Pomeranians (1 of them cranky, of course), honking cars, noisy neighbors and the hustle and bustle...
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Boston Fenway Victory Garden Boston, MA
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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...
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Sabrina's Garden Dahlonega, GAI grow heirloom organic vegetables, herbs, and flowers.
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~ Organic garden with Chicken moat~ Heron, MT
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GardenGirrl
My husband and I built this garden 3 years ago, using mostly reclaimed materials.
The two chicken coops with seperate runs bordering the garden was designed to keep the grasshoppers (that were eating my garden...
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Hot Rod Abe's 2012 Front Yard Garden Springdale, PA
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hotrodabe56
It is almost that time of year to get the wheels turning on this years garden.I've been doing Your Garden Show since it began and really enjoy all the people from all over the world who have commented on my gardens.I...
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Amy's Garden Round Rock, TX
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SAA1007
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Tallulah's Veggie Patch Columbia, KYA community garden veggie patch, at the hands of an inexperienced city dweller!
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On the Rental Independence, MO
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Nerdmom
I started my garden about 3 years ago. The first attempt failed miserably. I had no idea how to allocate space, amend the soil, water, etc. The second year was much better, although my tomatos, squashes and cucumbers...
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Healing Perceptions Cedar Rapids, IA
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sambosmom
I am a gardener in transition. I moved here 4 years ago, and my yard is small and sloped, and is a gas easement. Any work I do can be torn up at any moment by the gas company. I'm building raised beds, but was...
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Veebee's Kitchen Garden Davenport, NY
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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. ...
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Millie's Heirloom Junction City, KSUpdate: We just moved into a new farmhouse. I'm hoping to make it a grand scale garden escape with fruit trees, vineyards, berry patches and flowers! Can't wait to play in my garden for the next 20 years!I started...
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The Peaceful Prayer Garden Goodview, VA
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linzelu100
We are a young family attempting to grow our food. It hasn't been easy, but has been rewarding to say the least. Last year was our first successful garden and this year we are expanding. We decided to move to a new...
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MEG's Heirloom Kitchen Garden Indianapolis, IN
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MEGarden
My garden is a tiny plot in the middle of suburbia, filled with a lovely array of heirloom veggies. I love heirlooms, and am committed to sharing their beauty, superb taste, and rich history.
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Ravis Retreat Winthrop, WA
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SolarBizzi
Heirloom plants were first iintroduced to our garden during 2011 growing season. The existing pictures are from that harvest.Growing season 2012 is expected to be more heirloom plants than the previous year, but I...
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Laurie's Rustic Garden Duluth, MNMy garden style is casual and rustic. I grow mostly perennial flowers, with containers of annual flowers tucked in for color - and lots of vintage (a.k.a. Junk) scattered around for added interest.
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The Yarden Lakewood, OH
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tfacey
About 6 years ago, we started on a journey to sustainability within the confines of our own urban 1/4 acre. Hence the dawning of The Yarden where we practice urban yardening. Each growing season we are adding, changing,...
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Debbie's Garden Waynesburg, PAThis is my first veggie garden since I was a kid. Love working in it. It's my me time.
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Bob's garden New Martinsville, WV
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bobcat
This slide show documents the time from the beginning stages through harvest of a raised bed garden.
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Bohemian Garden Monroe, MI
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Liz
My vegetable garden is getting a makeover this year! Not only will I be growing more heirlooms, but the area where they will be growing will have a Bohemian flair.....colorful, artsy, fun, and perhaps a bit of the...
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Ravis Retreat Winthrop, WA
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SolarBizzi
Heirloom plants were first iintroduced to our garden during 2011 growing season. The existing pictures are from that harvest.Growing season 2012 is expected to be more heirloom plants than the previous year, but I...
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A Beginner's Garden Grand Rapids, MI
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Krisden
When I was in the 6th grade, we grew cherry tomatoes in styrofoam cups as part of an in-class science project. There was something amazing and magical about that little green sprout popping out of the dirt and my sixth-grade...
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Snow White's Cottage Garden Mogadore, OHGardening is always on my mind. When I can't be in it, I'm thinking of it. Heirloom seeds with a story make me weak in the knees as well as old garden tools. We moved to our lil cottage in 2010 and have begun the garden...
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Serenity Now South Londonderry, PAFlower gardens, herb garden, 3 vegetable gardens... I just keep digging up my children's grassy yard and growing them organic food!
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GMO's Butler, PAWhat better place to get informed than on yourgardenshow.com because we all live on this planet together ! A "Conspiracy Theory" isn't a theory if it's true ! We all have to make up our own minds. ☺
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Quite Contrary Butler, PAFor all those who don't like “fancy smancy alterated” photographs,'Quite Contrary' is the garden to view. This garden has the original photos that have only been cropped and the lighting adjusted (a couple paintshopped...
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toppenish family organic garden Toppenish, WA
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JMTKMS
We started this garden in 2010 and could not believe the harvest!!! We expanded in 2011 and now we are exhausted because the harvest was so much more. We are completely organic and feel that this is so helpful for...
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My Backyard Paradise Round Rock, TX
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ruthie
I love to travel and even more, I love planning trips. As I close my eyes and envision each exotic destination - swaying palms, soft flowers, breezy caresses, soothing water, and the warmth of fragrant sunshine......
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Three Little Birds Market Garden Woodbury, NJ
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Jessaboo
A combo of flowers, vegetables, fruit, one bee hive, three chickens, and whoever else happens along (hummingbirds!!!!). Mostly heirloom, all organic. Although YourGardenShow wants to make me in Zone 6b, we're really...
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Cacklebuzz Farm Spokane, WA
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Lulubelle
We are "urban homesteaders" living on a 50' X 185' city lot on which we raise chickens, bees, vegetables, perennials and annuals. If it grows, we'll try it. We have a relatively short, but generally warm growing season....
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The Heirloom Garden of Eatin' Tacoma, WAI redesigned my vegetable garden last year at Franklin Park Community Garden with the Vegetable Garden Planner on Mother Earth News. I am implementing the full plan this season and it will be a lot easier to tend and...
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Cluck Clucks and 2 Pups Garden West Haven, CT
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LovingLife
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...
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Stone Cottage Farm Garden 2012 Mayville, MIHi! I'm the Stone Cottage Farm Garden 2012! I was brand new two years ago when Farmer Dave and Farmer Christina broke new ground in what used to be the back farm yard. I'm hoping this year, now that they got their 2011...
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nancy's garden Cincinnati, OH
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nancyd
I have a 25x25 sqft allotment at the community garden where I grow vegetables. The backyard is all host and nectar plants for monarchs.
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The Dietz Family Homestead Nedrow, NY
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Garden4Glory
My garden really began in the summer of 2011. I had been reading about gardening organically and using heirlooms. I was desperate to have some sort of control over what I was eatting and feeding to my family. ...
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Kelli's Bountiful Garden Minster, OH
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Kellic
I've been gardening since I was very young first at my grandmother's house then later in my own backyard. To me, gardening is about learning from nature and learning to work with it instead of against it. In the last...
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Reamy's Rustic Roost Germantown, OH
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katreamy
My gardens are always a work in progress, 1/4 acre is hard to turn by hand and keep up with the weeds, and if we have too wet a spring and a dry summer the challenge is even greater. I have an asparagus patch which...
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My (work in progress) food forest Wallaceburg, Canada
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LacyVC
The whole point of gardening for me is to not only put plants in the ground but to make use of those plants throughout the year. We try to plant only edible or medicinal plants, and to do so in an aesthetically pleasing...
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Small town,big garden(Hidden hare Homestead) Webberville, MI
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leera21
This is our second season gardening here,as we slowly build and complete garden beds,the garden will just get better and better.We currently have 2 3/4 done in raised beds surrounded with cinder blocks sides(we ran...
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The Tiny Patch Cleveland, OH
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Madeline
My next door neighbor and I share this garden, and the chores, expenses and rewards. Together, this year, we turned a weed-infested swamp into a thing of beauty...and as all gardeners know, every year after this,...
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the chocolate zen garden Newport, NCi cannot really select one garden 'type'...except to say perhaps 'eclectic'. i do a bit of everything, flowers, sun, shade, edibles...including herbs.
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Oscar & Mabel's playground Fort Payne, AL
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vanna516
I love trying new varieties & since I'm relatively "new" to gardening that is easy. It is also easy to learn from your mistakes. I named the garden after 2 of my kitties (my other passion) because they love...
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My food garden Moscow, ID
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PocketSand
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Storbakken's 2012 Victory Garden Moorpark, CA
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razkal22
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A Gypsy Garden Greencastle, INHave been playing in the "dirt" and planting stuff since I was about 5...I am now 53. Nothing makes me happier than cooking with fresh herbs and veggies from my kitchen garden or bringing in a bouquet from my cutting...
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Suburban Homestead Kyle, TXWe began with a 4 X 8 bed, constructed of posts and 2 X 10s. Two more appeared through the diligence of my spouse. Compost constructed of old pallets and rigorously used. Fruit trees recently planted to the tune...
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Theobald Family Garden Logan, UT
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Jentheo
Growing up I always provided a little garden space from my mom for me to grow things. As years have gone by and now I'm married, we have survived many times living off our garden. Someday I would love to own my own...
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Gail's gardens Fort Saskatchewan, Canada
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gailsgarden
My garden is always evolving and this year I am almost starting from scratch. When we sold our old house I split some of my perrenials and took them with me. As our new house was not ready until this year, I planted...
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At the farm Thorhild County, Canada
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gailsgarden
Several of my siblings and I have a garden on my brothers' farm. I grow vegetables, herbs, strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries and saskatoon berries. I also have a Romeo Cherrie tree and an unproductive hazel nut...
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Indigo's Garden Reeds Spring, MOI live in Stone County -- Need I say more? I have opted for raised bed gardens with a special secret recipe to obtain a loam-type planting medium. This is a total first for me and my family, so wish me luck. I...
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Side Door Edibles Manitowoc, WI
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MaryLarson
I read an article by Rosalind Creasy in an issue of a Mother Earth News magazine describing her edible landscape garden in California. Because we recently removed 6-40 ft. spruce trees on the south side of the house...
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sss top spot White Swan, WA
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loveylola
We live in the Heart of the Yakam Indian Reservation in White Swan WA. on our family farm. I work at our local school as a Educational Assist and part time sub Teacher for children with special needs, I have worked...
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My Little Piece of Heaven Greencastle, IN
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runningfree
From herbs and flowers to way too many watermelons and tomatoes!
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The Artful Garden Campton, NH
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Cookiefish
This year I am going to attempt to grow my produce (organically) all the while trying to incorporate art into my garden to keep it fun and interesting....This is all new to me, though I have to admit I have been collecting...
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My little Paradise Alberta, Canada
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Onie
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Spy Garden Glencoe, MO
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amaranth3
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...
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Stewart Garden Spokane, WA
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tieramaza
This is my first time planting anything. I'm not known for having a green thumb, so I'm starting out small. Hopefully, if I get the hang of it, I can have a bigger garden next year.
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East Texas Linden, TX
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RoriTx
We grow,can or freeze 90% of all the vegetables we eat. I've decided to start saving our own seeds so this year we will plant as many heirloom varieties as we can.Breaking News:Facebook you've been replaced!
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Dr. Greenthumb's Rockwall, TX
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joeythejoe
II remember gardening as a child with my grandparents. As I go older I wanted to have a small garden of my own to grow different vegetables and enjoy the outdoors. I have 100Sq/ft garden that I try and grow anything...
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la casa Rockwall, TX
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joeythejoe
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Willowwacks Faerie Garden Rogue River, OR
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puckamok
When I moved here there was a small organic garden but most of the topsoil was washed away by gold mining and logging. I'm creating a food forest and learning permaculture practices. There is more life here now but...
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Prince Snow Farm Mattapoisett, MA
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PrinceSnow
Our garden is a true extension of our desire to grow healthy food for our family and friends without the use of chemicals. And this year, NO GMO's! Wahoo!!!!
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Sweet as Pie Hastings, MNOur current home came with a well established Haralson apple tree and healthy plantings of raspberries and rhubarb. In 2011, we added two varieties of strawberries: Fort Laramie and Winona.
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Sweet Expansion Hastings, MNTwo is better than one: we added a second raised bed (74 square feet) to more than double our vegetable garden space. Est. 2011
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Working Mom's Vegetable Garden Wilmington, DEI grow food to feed my family and teach my kids. We preserve as much as we are able for the winter months when average grocery store veggies taste like card board.
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House at Shepard Lane Hollow Rock, TN
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knitowl
There are two main areas, one is established and the place most of our food is grown, the other is a new place to experiment with and learn about breaking new ground. We call them the 'fenced garden' and the 'west...
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Lisaland Otricoli, ItalyThis 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...
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Telly's Happy Place Tacoma, WA
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FreyjaW
Im still in mostly planing stages other than a few vegys in my garden. We have an old apple tree and some walnut trees. Although we do have some wonderful Rodys that I love. I would really like to make my whole yard...
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Little House In Midtown Sacramento, CA
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Katrina
In 2008 we moved to our home in the middle of one of Sacramento's oldest neighborhood. The backyard was overgrown and unkempt. We began the slow process of removing old dying trees and weeds. A shovel at a time we leveled...
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Austin Vegetable Garden Austin, TX
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bertski
We bought our house six years ago. After years of staring out the back window at the wasteland that was our yard, we finally took the plunge and started a garden. The soil, if you can call it that, was in terrible condition....
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John's Hobo Garden Whittier, CA
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Ciccarelli
Built from recycled barn wood and material found on the property.
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A Pig in the Garden Kamuela, HI
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Peach
Hawaii is filled with adventure: a long season, micro climates, high winds, rainbows, and cutworms, snails and slugs that seem to grow faster than the plants. But with that being said, it is a beautiful place to explore...
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M's Garden Elizabethtown, KY
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12Roses
It all started the summer of 2010 when my goal was to make fresh salsa. In the beginning it was just one little patio tomato plant in a container,and from there it grew, and it grew and it grew...and it is still growing....
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Nampa Home Raised Beds Nampa, ID
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doxy
Two cinder-block gardens plus berries, grapes, etc. all around.
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My Little Slice of Heaven Foley, MO
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reikiruth
I just moved back to the rich Mississippi river bottoms north of St. Louis. I have no idea how this garden is going to turn out. Last year, it was nothing but yard.
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YourGardenShow Busy Bee San Francisco, CA
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The-Busy-Bee
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