Member profile for krandolph

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  • Location: Union Pier, MI
  • Gardening experience: I plant something each year
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Frugal vegetable gardening in a small Lake Michigan resort community not far from Chicago. This year I aim to waste less produce by freezing, canning and smarter planting to avoid too much of one thing at the same time. 

Union Pier barn house garden Union Pier, MI

organic veggies & herbs » more
  • Last updated: May 14, 2012
  • Garden type: vegetable

New Buffalo Bounty New Buffalo, MI

The two owners have been growing most of their food for 25 years in this large organic vegetable and fruit garden outside of New Buffalo. They heat with a wood boiler using wood that they glean from the wooded areas of their property. They try many gardening experiments;... » more
  • Last updated: March 01, 2011
  • Garden type: edible landscape

Swingset Lasagna Garden Dayton, OH

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 for trellises. As the plants got bigger, the PVC... » more
  • Last updated: April 04, 2012
  • Garden type: back yard

Recession Obsession Union Pier, MI

No money to fix up the house, so we're using it as the best garden shed in town... saving seeds, trading plants and produce with friends, shoveling up manure from our neighbor's horse, harvesting bamboo for next year's trellises... it's frugal fun and we're saving... » more
  • Last updated: March 27, 2012
  • Garden type: edible landscape

Less is More Union Pier, MI

This year we're going for quality, not quantity. I started six varieties of tomatoes, but only six of each (we'll see how that works out; so far none have sprouted)... also three types of eggplants, six of each, Some basil, a few jalapenos, and some seeds we saved... » more
  • Last updated: April 17, 2012
  • Garden type: Grow It Forward: Heirloom

Katie's Garden Portage, MI

A beautiful perennial garden in Southwest MI with views of Lake Michigan. Also features a vegetable garden, rock river and an outdoor shower embraced in honeysuckle!

Conscious Garden Chicago, IL

Two summers ago this garden was just an abandoned lot next to my house in Chicago's East Pilsen neighborhood. After countless hours, buckets of sweat and lots of help from dedicated friends last years garden included...

Conscious Table's Friendship Garden Chicago, IL

This garden is a chronicle of the generosity of friends and fellow gardeners who have helped us along the way. The idea of a friendship garden is to share plants and grow new friendships. All of the perennials in our...

Claire's Amsterdam Balcony Netherlands

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

Mike and Nancy's Garden Portage, MI

A beautiful, expansive garden in Southwest Michigan. The land used to be home to an order of nuns but now houses a beautiful water garden, border gardens of flowers and veggies, a private gazebo and stunning perennial...

J's terrace Italy

45 sq m terrace in San Saba, Rome, planted with 6 varieties of roses, at least a dozen cactus and succulents, kitchen herbs, annuals, climbing vines and rubber trees.

berkeley hills backyard garden Berkeley, CA

It is a backyard garden with ginkgo, lemon, apple, birch trees and kiwi, oleander, lavender, camelia, jasmin and more.....

Our Organic Eden Mendocino, CA

We were lucky enough to move into a home with a large fenced garden (probably at least 1/4 acre). We inherited several perennials, including asparagus, blueberry, and raspberry patches. We've been hard at...

South Beaverton Mish Mash Beaverton, OR

A typical suburban garden slowly turning into a hodge-podge of interesting plants.

Pachtsbo, Holte, Denmark Denmark

Large, shady garden with many trees.

Party dresses for Fairies Germantown, NY

I have an embarrassment of peony riches at my home in the Hudson Valley and I am a peony junkie. I have always loved these late spring blooming plants for the showy blossoms which look, for all the world, like party...

donslittlefarms Danville, KY

by bcms88
I have been working with raised garden and container gardens because of my land and the wet ground.

Art Sculpture Garden Glen Ellen, CA

Art Sculpture Garden

Prairie Garden Ellsworth, KS

My garden is very eclectic.  I have about 3 acres and most of it I barely have time to mow. (I have to work to support my habit.)  I have deliberately kept my flower and garden beds small to cut down on the work. ...

Micky's Deer Haven Two Harbors, MN

My front yard is small but filled with perennials. My back yard is ringed with vegetable gardens, shade gardens and annual gardens.

Camellia Oasis -- Descanso Garden (Flintridge) La Canada Flintridge, CA

by lfin
Manchester Boddy's rancho, developed while he ran LA's only liberal newspaper in the 1930's, is the center of controversy even today.  When WWII came, he was a "placeholder" landlord for a Japanese nurseryman and family...

Serenity Now South Londonderry, PA

Flower gardens, herb garden, 3 vegetable gardens... I just keep digging up my children's grassy yard and growing them organic food!

Chiz Gardens Monroe, MI

by 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...

Lisa Marini Finerty memoriam tributes from around the world, USA, Italy

by Legacy
"More is better for me. The more diversity, the better. I like a complicated landscape, with all kinds of variations in the details, one that you don't immediately understand just looking at it from a distance, one...

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...

Le Corone Otricoli (TR), Italy

by Tom
This is our farm. We bought it in June of 2005 and immediately started to work on it. It has taken the last two years to build out YourGardenShow and we have been mostly in front of computers as opposed to in front...

the chocolate zen garden Newport, NC

i cannot really select one garden 'type'...except to say perhaps 'eclectic'.  i do a bit of everything, flowers, sun, shade, edibles...including herbs.

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...

CompanionPlantingCowGirl Centerville, TX

My garden is 10 foot by 19 foot and has flax, potatoes, peppers, tomatoes, squash, gourds, borage, onions and lettuce.  

toppenish family organic garden Toppenish, WA

by 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...

Bohemian Garden Monroe, MI

by 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...

Ramos' Disorganized Garden Floresville, TX

by 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...

The Skinny Hippie Heirloom Garden Holland, MI

by mdubs
Two years ago my family moved to a under-resourced community to help with community organizing and community development. Getting the neighbors to trust us was our first big obstacle to overcome. Even though I had never...

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...

Sunnypatch Bayou Westwego, LA

This is my very first garden and it is a work in progress. Sunnypatch Bayou got it's name because it is a little patch of sunshine in a marshy world. After working in the landscape nursery for so long I finally have...

Old Charm Forreston, TX

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

YourGardenShow Busy Bee San Francisco, CA

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  • krandolph replied 2 months ago
    Received my FREE seeds from Baker Creek today! Can't wait to get them in the ground. Thanks!  
    Patrick-TheGreenGardener replied 8 months ago
    You have a very nice garden! 
    I have voted for your garden on as one of the top 25 'Fabulous Food Garden's'
    I am also FOLLOWING your Garden!!!
    As a fair contestant in this little contest, it would  mean a lot to me if I were to 
    have your vote for one of the top 25 'Fabulous Food Gardens' contest as well. 
    Respectfully,
    Patrick (The Green Gardener)
    mollyfin replied almost 2 years ago
    Thanks for the comment. We wondered if it was the sun but it seems about the same at both ends of the planter. Our other theory is the plants themselves came from different sources. We are basically newbies so we are learning as we go which makes it kind of fun!
    Redheadedstepchild75 replied almost 2 years ago
    It's nice to meet another frugal gardener!!! :O) There really aren't many others around here like us...this could be a lot of fun meeting likeminded people. I love to share and swap plants, seeds and bulbs! I don't have many to do it with at the moment.....but, maybe that will change if I can make some new friends. lol Take care!! I love your garden by the way......experimentation... is the best!
    krandolph replied almost 2 years ago
    @Redheadedstepchi...: I haven't taken many pix or done much gardening for the last couple of days, because we're trying to evict a mother raccoon & her 3 babies from the eaves of our house... as usual we are trying to save money by doing it ourselves... I think they're gone but we haven't closed up the place where they enter & leave... once we're sure they have relocated we'll close up the hole & spray the house perimeter with... not kidding now ... coyote urine. My friend Juanita has used it to discourage the rowdy male raccoons who were partying in her yard & says it works like a charm (a smelly charm, but a charm nonetheless).
    krandolph replied about 2 years ago
    Yes, you were successful... thanks for the offer to help me see this amazing place... probably won't happen til #2 daughter graduates from college in 2 year, then it will be time for a victory trip!
    Patricia replied about 2 years ago
    Hi-I tried to reply to your comments about the Scarzuola garden, but am not sure if I was successful. I don't know what this flower is, but it might be passiflora??? I will try to find out. As for the garden itself, it is really interesting. If you ever need information on how to visit it (you have to make arrangements), let me know! Pat
    PasqualeM replied about 2 years ago
    If you are refering to photo 23 of 23 .... they are Ranunculus Trollius.
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