gardening

“My largest scale container gardening endeavor to date has experienced a myriad of issues this season, but as you can see I refuse to give up. Here’s today’s “haul” – note the miniature red lettuce leaves and single cherry tomato. At the very least, my extreme sandal tan and grocery store seed-grown avocado plant (back right) are very much going strong.”

Ed. Note: When your gardens start to get full of tomatoes, cucumbers, whatever you’re growing – send an email to [email protected] with Garden Haul in the title and please include the neighborhood where you grew it.

“Grown at the beautiful Wangari Gardens community space in Park View. Wangari is a garden park designed, created, and sustained by the community for the non-profit benefit of the community. ”

Ed. Note: When your gardens start to get full of tomatoes, cucumbers, whatever you’re growing – send an email to [email protected] with Garden Haul in the title and please include the neighborhood where you grew it.

“Here’s my latest haul from tonight: Swiss and rainbow chard, Japanese eggplant, shishito peppers, and tomatoes. Not pictures: insane amounts of basil! All grown on my roof in Columbia Heights!”

Ed. Note: When your gardens start to get full of tomatoes, cucumbers, whatever you’re growing – send an email to [email protected] with Garden Haul in the title and please include the neighborhood where you grew it.

“First-time owners of a small stretch of lawn means first-time growers.

Rainbow chard, eggplants, green bell pepper, hot peppers, one lonely leek, Tuscan kale, chives, tomatoes, basil, baby eggplants, and marigolds.”

Ed. Note: When your gardens start to get full of tomatoes, cucumbers, whatever you’re growing – send an email to [email protected] with Garden Haul in the title and please include the neighborhood where you grew it.

“Finally got the hang of this gardening thing (two years ago, I managed to kill mint…)! Cukes, carrots, eggplant, jalapeños, cherry tomatoes, and icebox watermelons from today’s harvest in Michigan Park.”

Ed. Note: When your gardens start to get full of tomatoes, cucumbers, whatever you’re growing – send an email to [email protected] with Garden Haul in the title and please include the neighborhood where you grew it.

Thanks to Bill for sharing this great haul from Brookland.

Ed. Note: When your gardens start to get full of tomatoes, cucumbers, whatever you’re growing – send an email to [email protected] with Garden Haul in the title and please include the neighborhood where you grew it.

“Our first garden haul of the season! Zucchini, cucumber, tomato, jalapeño, sweet peppers and beans. Grown in our little backyard garden in Anacostia.”

Ed. Note: When your gardens start to get full of tomatoes, cucumbers, whatever you’re growing – send an email to [email protected] with Garden Haul in the title and please include the neighborhood where you grew it.

“Plums ripened up the past week: Santa Rosas (red), Damsons (purple), and the rare Green Gages.

Address in Stronghold is 21 Evarts St NE

Canned the 6 qt bowl of damsons into 6 pints of jam last night…”

Ed. Note: When your gardens start to get full of tomatoes, cucumbers, whatever you’re growing – send an email to [email protected] with Garden Haul in the title and please include the neighborhood where you grew it.

Photo by PoPville flickr user Erin

“Dear PoPville,

I recently moved to my first apartment with outdoor space and have begun to grow some fruits and veggies. My strawberry plants have been targeted by some neighborhood mice and the leaves are nearly decimated. I know it’s mice because my cat has been diligent in his job to bring me what he has caught. I was wondering what success others have had in keeping the mice away from the plants. I’d prefer not to clean up any more dead mice and would like to avoid traps, but if that’s the best option, I guess I’d be open to it. Any suggestions would be awesome.”

“Cucumbers and cherry tomatoes, Sherman circle”

Ed. Note: When your gardens start to get full of tomatoes, cucumbers, whatever you’re growing – send an email to [email protected] with Garden Haul in the title and please include the neighborhood where you grew it.