Last year we posted about planting plants in rows for a geometric, modern looking garden. Our inspiration was a house on our block. Passing by the other day we noticed that they've replaced some of the sage(?) that never grew in very well with a small smattering of vegetables:
From the looks of things they've got some bell peppers, chard (or rhubarb), tomatoes and squash. What we love is that they've introduced just a couple of vegetables into their garden instead of attempting a major overhaul. It's also a nice way to break up some of the geometry in the garden with the fun, leggy squash and the tomatoes which are likely to become towering.
One of the reasons we haven't built a whole vegetable garden is that it seems like such a daunting task. But adding in a couple to the garden we've got going on, well that's a lot more possible. Have you introduced any vegetables to your garden?
See what this garden used to look like.
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Cute! I had 1 raised container garden, and this year opted for 2 more. Since all the plants are containerized in 4' x4' squares, it doesn't feel daunting, like having a big garden would. Here's How to Build A Container Garden and then what my garden looks like after just 3 weeks. It's growing like crazy!
I have peppers in my flower beds, and I have plans to put asparagus and an assortment of lettuces, cabbages, and spinach in a new flower bed I want to plant in the front yard. I think the feathery asparagus would look nice interspersed with brightly-colored knockout roses.
I love this house on Electric Ave!
oh spins, I can always count on you to ID the street!
gosh, ive been trying to come up with ideas on how to fill in blank space in our front flower bed.. we planted a row of boxwoods two years ago thinking theyd fatten up in no time at all. we were wrong. when the tag said slow growing, they werent kidding. at this point theyre about a foot tall and wide. this would be perfect. anyone know what type of grass that is in the pics??
I believe it's a jack sprat, a kind of flax!
Here's our raised bed we built this year, with quite a few veggies! :) We plan on extending it even more next year.
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