little portrait of my garden, soaking up the sun - april 1 2024 - pam wishbow
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This is an original color lantern slide of the garden of 129 East 69th St., the home of Dr. Alexander Murray, Jr., and Josephine Rantoul Murray, 1922. This garden won the second prize medal for a city garden at the 1922 City Gardens Club of New York.
Photo: Frances Benjamin Johnston via LoC
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2024 Growing Season
The start of my planting season is well underway. I'm pretty excited this year. I've moved some things around and building up other areas.
I repurposed a wheel barrow to be a garden container for my potatoes.
I moved my herb garden over to another bed and planted peppers in it's place. I planted red, yellow, and purple bell peppers. Closer to summer, I'll be planting okra - again. We are not a true fan of okra, but damn, it grows so darn well in our climate! I still need to move a few more herbs.
I organized my growing pots a little more. Set up a mulch bed to set them on. I'm growing cherry tomatoes, bush beans, cayenne hot peppers, some lettuce in the tiered pots, and my Meyer's lemon tree is blooming wonderfully - don't know if I will have lemons this year. But's it's still fun to grow it.
I moved my herbs to a small garden in a corner that get's a little more shade. The mistake I made last year was almost scorching my herbs because I placed them in a the wrong bed and had to use a shade net.
Something new I'm trying this year is a DIY olla watering system. I'm using terra cotta pots and a saucer as a topper. I'm using plumber's putty to plug the holes - but it's been a hit and miss as to how well it's working. My success rate is 50%. I'll keep trying.
I still have my blackberry bushes, they've been trimmed way back, but hope they bounce back soon.
Happy Gardening!!!
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This is what it looks like when you grow food in an old plastic pond tub. I try to utilize whatever is available around me in order to keep things out of the land fill.
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A couple more baby cucumbers I’m really hoping fill out before it gets too cold! I will say this little rainy cold snap we’ve had has done great things for my peas!
September 11, 2023
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didn't even see the hoverfly until I was looking at the picture later at home! what and insect.
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