Enkyenky's Expensive Redwood Backyard Box garden
Created on Thursday, 24 Jul 08
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Zone 9b I live on a busy street in a poor neighborhood so in addition to the regular environmental challenges of soil, amount of sun, wind, slope, etc., I have to worry about a lot of p...
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Zone 9b Edible landscaping.
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I just can't wait to get the rest of the not-lily-not-iris dug out. It was good for when we first moved in, but now I'd like my yard back, thanks.
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The yet-to-exist vegetable garden is now a small pile of weeds and cat poop on hardpan clay soil.
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Zone 9b Plants that are waiting to find a permanent home in my yard. Since I'm disabled, I can't do the serious digging required to plant trees and bushes. Sometimes, I can't even dig f...
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Zone 9b Few are true houseplants. Most are things that need a more controlled environment than I can provide outdoors. However, the temperature ranges inside this Victorian house aren...
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Zone 9b I'm not sure how to track my grafts. This is the first year I've made many but I hope to become more adept and I suspect I'll be "cocktailing" my trees quite a bit.
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Zone 9b Until Folia opens a seed trading list/forum, I will list seeds I have available for trade here. Edibles, medicinals and herbs are what interest me. What I'm currently looking f...
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Zone 9b
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Zone 9b I've had nowhere near the success with my EarthBoxes as has been promised by the literature nor that I've read from unsolicited testimonials online. I'm not sure why. But I'll k...
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Zone 9b This is a memorial garden...to all the plants I or nature killed. Things that have been tried but didn't succeed for one reason or another.
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I've created this listing to let other area gardeners know what works in my microclimate in Berkeley. I have clay soil. While there are some days that can be hot, in general t...
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Zone 9b This area of the garden is the most natural looking. It isn't really a native garden though I use some native plants but rather a "naturalistic" garden. It takes up most of th...
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Zone 9b The Circle Lawn is in the Northeasts corner of the garden. In this photo you see part of it in the lower left corner. To get there from the Gravel Entry garden you pass under ...
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Zone 9b The definition of "weed" is flexible. It depends on what one likes and wants in one's garden. Some weeds are welcome volunteers. Others inspire hate because of how successful...
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Zone 10a The backyard consists of small lawn area, a large camelia tree, a sunny patio and a few shady spots created by a grapefruit tree.
This photo is how it looked when we first mo...
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Zone 9b Our newest garden, in the back behind the cottage. Just (almost) finished including a newly painted backdrop wall, new boxes and new plants!
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Zone 10a This is an odd patio created by an addition to the house, which placed a wall in front of a large window that at one time looked out on the backyard. The owners of the house th...
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Zone 10a
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Zone 9b What I think of as my garden is in our 'backyard'. We have a double city lot with a 40' by 80', one hundred year-old warehouse in the Southeastern corner. It is forty feet fro...
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Zone 9b First try at square foot gardening!
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Faces west, facing the golden gate bridge, with full sun exposure all day. Lawn and 5 year old Santa Rosa plum tree. Deck with pots and small planters, currently unplanted. 50...
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Zone 9b We moved into a new apartment with a large back deck, facing west/southwest. Perfect for plants that love sun. I recently started my little garden out there, of plants that like...
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Enkyenky's Expensive Redwood Backyard Box garden
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