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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.
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Union Pier barn house garden Union Pier, MI
organic veggies & herbs
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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;...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Katie's Garden Portage, MIA 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!
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Conscious Garden Chicago, ILTwo 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...
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Conscious Table's Friendship Garden Chicago, ILThis 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...
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Claire's Amsterdam Balcony Netherlands
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Claire
A small balcony in Amsterdam, with morning sun. Click on the photos for more explanation!
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Mike and Nancy's Garden Portage, MIA 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...
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From nothing to fabulous Norcross, GA |
J's terrace Italy
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Jeremiahfrog
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.
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berkeley hills backyard garden Berkeley, CA
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marilena
It is a backyard garden with ginkgo, lemon, apple, birch trees and kiwi, oleander, lavender, camelia, jasmin and more.....
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Our Organic Eden Mendocino, CA
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mendo_meg
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...
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South Beaverton Mish Mash Beaverton, OR
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ninjascience
A typical suburban garden slowly turning into a hodge-podge of interesting plants.
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Party dresses for Fairies Germantown, NY
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wixboyle
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...
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donslittlefarms Danville, KY
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bcms88
I have been working with raised garden and container gardens because of my land and the wet ground.
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Engine57 - Ambulance44 - Battalion12 Grounds Chicago, IL
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Engine57
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Prairie Garden Ellsworth, KS
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Dizzydog
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. ...
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Micky's Deer Haven Two Harbors, MN
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Mickygardens
My front yard is small but filled with perennials. My back yard is ringed with vegetable gardens, shade gardens and annual gardens.
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Camellia Oasis -- Descanso Garden (Flintridge) La Canada Flintridge, CA
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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...
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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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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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Lisa Marini Finerty memoriam tributes from around the world, USA, Italy
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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...
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Our Grounds Des Moines, IAOrnamental, 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...
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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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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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CompanionPlantingCowGirl Centerville, TX
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EmmaRose
My garden is 10 foot by 19 foot and has flax, potatoes, peppers, tomatoes, squash, gourds, borage, onions and lettuce.
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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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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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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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The Skinny Hippie Heirloom Garden Holland, MI
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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...
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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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Sunnypatch Bayou Westwego, LAThis 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...
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YourGardenShow Busy Bee San Francisco, CA
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The-Busy-Bee
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| Favorite vegetable: | eggplant, Asian long beans and greens of any kind |
| Favorite flower: | zinnia |
| Favorite tree / shrub: | blue spruce/Canadian hemlock/hydrangeas |
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