Comments on: The 2010 ‘Tiny Garden’ Is . . . Not So Tiny!

By: Sayward

Sayward — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 23:25:21 +0000

@ Misty – Your mom’s garden is great, I love those beautiful big raised beds!

@ Alissa – Omg your fruit stand is adorable! Love it!

@ Saundra – Yeah, Oregon is sort of a Mecca of healthy eating/living. We are very lucky here! The push mower is sooo great. It’s a good work-out too, you should totally get one!

By: Saundra

Saundra — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:01:22 +0000

Garden finally doing something it’s been so hot and humid my plants have been basically cooking. But the hot banana peppers have gone crazy and my tomatoes are finally getting blooms and a couple maters :) yours looks great though and I love ur mower thing I’ve been buggin hubby for one of those but he says our yard is too big for it :/ oh btw I think my sis in law lives relatively close to u! She says oregon is almost like living in another country from here in terms of organicness I struggle to find it and she says organic is usually cheaper than reg. Food out there anyways I thought that was great!!

By: Alisa

Alisa — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:32:45 +0000

http://www.alisasgarden.blogspot.com!
Love your garden! It’s very cute!

By: Misty

Misty — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:23:42 +0000

I just moved into a house with a yard last week. Maybe next year I can try my attempt and a smallish garden. Right now I have 2 tomato plants in pots and my mom is going to give me a pot with some zucchini. Her garden is looking pretty awesome though:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mistypisty/4839170161/in/photostream/

Lots of lettuce (wasabi flavored greens!?), radishes, corn, tomatoes, peppers, zucchini. I think she even planted artichokes, but I’m not sure. Her thumb is greener than mine. I’m still pretty jazzed about not killing my thyme! haha

By: Sayward

Sayward — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:52:04 +0000

@ Amy – Looks great! I looove your peppers, and those berries are going to be so good!

@ Laura Burris – You don’t need to use anything to keep plants from coming up from underneath – if plants get in it’s from seeds blowing/falling in. You’ll just have to weed. But, if you have pest issues, like gophers, you may want to put chicken wire down under the beds. I lost sooo many plants to gophers in my last place. My garden was just a series of holes in the ground!

@ Myssi – Love it! The glass bottle edging is such a great idea!

By: Myssi

Myssi — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:56:29 +0000

I have a lil plot in my back yard…
here’s the link.
Ours looks a bit like yours, but yours is neater

http://smartdame.blogspot.com/

I hope some of my heirloom tomatoes start growing
xo v8grrl

By: Laura Burris

Laura Burris — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:44:36 +0000

Our garden is so out of control, need to take a picture. The entire household; father, mother, fiance, and myself, are in summer classes. No one has been tending it, I really need to get out there. I want to raise the beds, what did you use under the soil to keep other plants out?

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:44:04 +0000

It’s from about 3 weeks ago, but here are some pictures from mine. http://www.greeninoakpark.com/2010/07/backyard-garden-update.html

Thanks for the cute Waits picture. :) I’m envious of your strawberries, as mine didn’t do much this year. Maybe next year.

By: Sayward

Sayward — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:47:43 +0000

@ peggy – Haha, basil and peppers are the 2 things that I can *never* grow! =D

@ jen – Total explosion recently. Finally! And yup, it’s a Babyhawk and I heart it sooo much. But I have noticed I have to wear it a bit differently as he grows. I was great for when he was tiny and I think it’ll be awesome when he’s a bit bigger, but he’s at this awkward in-between where his legs don’t quite sit right. I, too, have major Ergo lust.

@ Cluadia – Aw, thank you! And yeah, the back-wearing will make things SO much easier. But right now I’m still freaked out by the idea of not *seeing* him!

@ Jay – Oh, lovely garden! You’ve got so much space, that’s so awesome! And edamame = soybeans, yes? How is that going??

@ Erin – Lucky, those tomatoes are gonna be ready soooon! And wow, that zucchini was impressive! =D

@ Caroline – Our lot is like the townhouse – long and skinny. =) So it’s as deep as a normal yard, but only about 1/2-1/3 as wide as a standard lot. Probably closer to 1/3. And only half of it is grass. So yeah, It’s a small patch, maybe 20 ft x 20 ft, where the chickens scratch and the dogs play. The push mower is perfect (and so green!) for keeping it tidy.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:23:21 +0000

my garden is thriving as well w/very little work.
I just have a strip in a community garden at my condo complex.
How big is your lot that you use a mower like that? I love the idea or that!