Our Garden In July

I have finally gotten around to posting some pictures of Our Little City Farm. I hope this shows you that you don't have to have a lot of space to have a garden that will provide your family with lots of yummy veggies. We will see come canning season if I can squeeze enough produce to last us through winter. This is the list of veggies that we are currently growing on our little city lot.

Front Yard: 

• 1 semi dwarf apple tree
• 1 elderberry
• 1 gooseberry
• 5 strawberry plants
• 2 cabbages
• 4 bush zucchini
• 2 crook neck
• 2 bush cucumbers
• 3 asparagus plants
• lots of beets
• 6 Amish paste tomatoes
• 4 Roma tomatoes
• 1 celebrity tomato
• 1 yellow tomato
• 1 purple tomato
• 1 grape tomato
• 12 peppers (different types)
• 3 pie pumpkin plants
• bush beans
• onions
• 5 basil plants
• peas (harvested)
• some carrots
• some lettuce
• lots of different herbs and flowers around the edges

Back Yard:

• 1 semi dwarf sour cherry tree
• 2 semi dwarf pear trees
• 2 low blueberry bushes
• 2 grape vines
• 2 types of raspberries
• Raised bed of potatoes
• 5 corn plants
• 2 summer squash
• 3 types of winter squash
• 1 mini water melon
• 1 mini cantaloupe
• 3 more strawberry plants
• 2 sunflower plants
• 4 chickens with a coop
• Lots more herbs and flowers

Just remember you can be very creative in how you fit things into your garden. Notice that I used a lot of bush plants which are also good in pots. Good luck and happy gardening!

What is growing in your garden?


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