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No longer a purley balcony gardener!
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Posted by marie_in_wa 8 (coastal) (My Page) on Mon, Apr 17, 06 at 19:16
| I found out yesterday that my city's parks department has started community gardens (in some citys called p-patches, or pea-patches) and I manged to get a plot. *squeel!*
I will still grow flowers, shurbs and the like on y balcony, but all my tomatos, peppers, etc can actually be planted in the ground this year and receive sun. YAY! It's actually a lot bigger than I had anticipated - the plot is about 14'x23'
I was so excited that I just had to share with someone! |
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RE: No longer a purley balcony gardener!
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| That's cool! We have alot of community garden plots around the city and they are always filled to the brim every year, which is great to see. Hope you can get some pictures and share. We can definitely fill up that plot for you! hee hee |
RE: No longer a purley balcony gardener!
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| LOL :) I don't think I'll have an issue filling it up myself, there are lots of things that I wanted to grow previously, but didn't have enough space, or sun. I think I'm going to do tomatos (a bunch of different types!) peppers (both bell and hot) onions (can you tell I want to make salsa?) cantalope, watermelon, greenbeans, lettus, cucumbers, carrots, and if I still have space left, then I can figure out other things :) I do however need to figure out some sort of quick growing flower that I can plant. I need to mark off the boundry of my plot, and what better way to do it than with flowers? ;) Any suggestions? I'm just glad I found out about this when I did - they just started the program last year aparantly, that's why I was actually able to get a spot. After enough people find out about it, there will be a waiting list I'm sure. |
RE: No longer a purley balcony gardener!
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| I wish more places did this. It would give all the frustrated gardeners something to do (especially those of us who can't afford a house or land), and at the same time would cut down on their need to hire people to landscape. Also, gardeners are far more likely to care about the end result than the "lowest bidder" landscapers that many places use. |
RE: No longer a purley balcony gardener!
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| Marie - If you are going to do salsa - try some tomatillos then. I started seeds for some myself. You need a couple plants to cross-pollinate for best results. I suppose you could designate your area with some marigolds, which are sortof traditional pest-discouraging flowers. Otherwise if it were me, I'd get some small stakes and string and mark off the boundaries, maybe even marking off the rows - at least to show that something is being planned for planting in that spot. radagast - I agree. I know that is the thinking here in Philly where they have found that the dedicated volunteers can and will do a bang up job, mainly because they are enjoying what they do! |
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