Thanks to Sofie for sending “Here is my great garden haul–my first of the season. Bok choy from my balcony garden in NoMa.”
Please send your great garden hauls via email to [email protected] with Garden Haul in the subject line and let me know what you’ve grown and what neighborhood you are in. Entries will be accepted now through Labor Day. Cheers, thanks and happy gardening!
Great Garden Haul is made possible, ironically, by the Friends of the White Whale Society.
via Old Takoma Business Association
From the Old Takoma Business Association:
“Black Box Botanical, is a curated houseplant and lifestyle shop opening at 7059 Blair Road, Suite 100 in Takoma, DC. The shop carries a variety of low maintenance tropical houseplants, home goods, books and accessories sourced from District based minority owned businesses. Adult Art Classes and wellness courses are also hosted within the shop. (more…)
Thanks to K for sending from Adams Morgan: “Given the local shortage of leafy greens, would you consider a winter garden haul? Seasonal update from Garden Haul Update #9. (more…)
Thanks to Art for sending:
“Check out our pomegranate harvest. All from one tree in NE.
and no, they don’t always turn red when ripe.”
Thanks to Bill for sending these beauties from Brookland.
Entries for 2021 are now closed but 2022 will kick off in May. Thanks to all who sent in their great hauls! Great Garden Haul is made possible, ironically, by the Friends of the White Whale Society.
Thanks to Claudia for sending her haul of 5 gallons of apples from Brightwood Park.
Entries for 2021 are now closed but 2022 will kick off in May. Thanks to all who sent in their great hauls! Great Garden Haul is made possible, ironically, by the Friends of the White Whale Society.
Thanks to Brendan for sending: “Yellow pear and cherry tomatoes, cucumber, lemon cucumbers and eggplants grown in Bloomingdale!”
Entries for 2021 are now closed but 2022 will kick off in May. Thanks to all who sent in their great hauls! Great Garden Haul is made possible, ironically, by the Friends of the White Whale Society.
“Dear PoPville,
Last year I noticed my knockout roses acting really weird. Hard to describe. But they looked almost… furry? The leaves started to get really narrow and there were a bunch more of them than normal. They just looked really shaggy. So I asked some gardening friends and they said that my roses had a virus called Rose Rosette Disease, possibly spread by mites, and that I needed to immediately dig up the plant by the roots and kill it before it spread. I did, but then I started noticing just how wide spread the disease was around town. DC has always loved its roses, they’re everywhere, and every knockout rose I saw had the same disease. (more…)
Thanks to Margaux for sending: “Saturday morning haul: poblano, jalapeño, Thai chili and purple bell peppers; kale; patio and fairytale eggplants; cucumbers; carrots; and a few tomatoes thrown in with the small lemongrass cutting. Grown in Petworth climate victory garden! Now to prep and eat it all. ;)”
Please send your great garden hauls via email to [email protected] with Garden Haul in the subject line and let me know what you’ve grown and what neighborhood you are in. Entries will be accepted through Labor Day. Cheers, thanks and happy gardening! Great Garden Haul is made possible, ironically, by the Friends of the White Whale Society.
Thanks to Stacy for sending her haul: “In Takoma DC. The tomatoes just keep on coming! And these are the shortest, stoutest carrots I’ve ever seen.” (more…)