Thursday, July 29, 2010

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?


This is a post for Simple Lives Thursday Blog Hop.



    4 comments:

    1. We have so much in common :D I enjoyed reading all that you have planted and seeing your gardens. They look wonderful! Here's to urban gardening! Thanks so much for linking up to Simple Lives Thursday.

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    2. Thanks for reading my post. Im glad you enjoyed it. I love the challenge that urban gardening brings.

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    3. The chickens are adorable. You really transformed the front yard. You are very ambitious, and I hope everything produces well for you.

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