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gardeningHello! My name is Luna. I am new to this group and also somewhat new to Dreamwidth! I keep a small backyard garden of mostly veggies and herbs. I grow most of my plants in containers. I use a variety of pots, grow bags, and upcycled totes for growing. Helps keep weeding a lot easier and I don't have to bend over quite as much/often (I have POTS). I live in the middle of the city, close to our downtown district. I don't have a lot of yard space, or the space I have may not be suitable for growing in ground. I am still working on them, but I have a few ideas for posts about composting and upcycling in the garden that I hope I can share in the future!
Below the cut is a small garden tour! This isn't everything I have, and I am still working on adding a few more things. :]
Below the cut is a small garden tour! This isn't everything I have, and I am still working on adding a few more things. :]
These first planters are at the base of our stairs and has a variety of herbs I can grab for cooking. The hanging planter has a cherry tomato plant in it. The hanging planters are a bit small, even for container friendly tomatoes, but I have had good luck with cherry tomatoes growing fairly well in them.
I have oregano, basil, thyme, lemon thyme, sage, Rosemary, garlic chives, and cherry tomatoes here!
These next planters are just a few steps away from the last ones.
I have pineapple mint, some marigolds, snap peas, and sweet 100 tomatoes. All of these will be nice grabs for the kitchen too. My mom also gifted me a few mini raised mini planters that I need to put together soon.
This next photo is the back of our house. My dad "rents" this spot to a friend for him to park is camper over the winter. So that means it is a big empty spot all summer. Last year I grew potatoes back here and they did really well. The only problem was it did get a bit hot in the summer, so I tried keeping things a little closer to the neighbor's fence this time.
I have oregano, basil, thyme, lemon thyme, sage, Rosemary, garlic chives, and cherry tomatoes here!
These next planters are just a few steps away from the last ones.
I have pineapple mint, some marigolds, snap peas, and sweet 100 tomatoes. All of these will be nice grabs for the kitchen too. My mom also gifted me a few mini raised mini planters that I need to put together soon.
This next photo is the back of our house. My dad "rents" this spot to a friend for him to park is camper over the winter. So that means it is a big empty spot all summer. Last year I grew potatoes back here and they did really well. The only problem was it did get a bit hot in the summer, so I tried keeping things a little closer to the neighbor's fence this time.
Everything back here is peppers and tomatoes, so I also think they should be okay if it is a bit hot. It might just be a little bit of a pain to keep the grow bags tomatoes from drying out too much. I have both cherry and beefsteak tomatoes growing.
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Date: 2025-06-04 03:45 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2025-06-05 12:23 am (UTC)We finally got the garden planted last week, but I haven’t posted yet. Mostly plum tomatoes here, for canning, and peppers, for freezing. We do have a Sweet 100 and one beefsteak plant as well.
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Date: 2025-06-05 11:31 am (UTC)I had bad luck a few years ago with plum tomatoes. Really wet and then really cold season that caused a lot of rot. x.x I love canning though, so I do want to try it again sometime.
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Date: 2025-06-05 07:12 pm (UTC)