Above: “Late heirloom tomato and pepper harvest from our Brookland garden on Newton Street.”
Below: “It’s pepper time! Habanero and Thai bird peppers from a Brookland garden. It’s gonna be hot around here.”
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Photo by PoPville flickr user Clif Burns
From one of the garden haul posts:
“Following the entries, could you post on open thread on gardening advice for DC? I attempted to grow tomatoes and some herbs in my front garden this year, and got about 2 weeks of good growth before they withered and died (despite frequent watering). Would love to hear some tips from those with green thumbs!”
Ed. Note: Thanks to all who entered this year – there were some truly epic hauls!!
Above: “Here are some photos of our recent harvest from Columbia heights! Everything (minus the bowls) came from our little urban garden. Included: corn, tomatoes, bell peppers, hot peppers, basil, chives, Rosemary”
Below: “Prolific tomatillos and a hint of fall from the Old Soldiers’ Home community garden in Petworth.”
Above: “Check out our haul: Our tomatoes were late bloomers, but bloom they did — and the green ones will be great for pickling! Grapes galore, one lone squash, and red pepper tops off our weekend haul.
HumaneFoodie grew these near H Street.”
Below: “Our garden haul in Petworth; some green peppers and good ‘ole jalapenos nicely displayed on our state of Texas cutting board :-) #Texantonians”
Above: “Egglplant, cherry tomatoes, and sweet peppers grown in a raised box in Brightwood. Tomatoes taking over – ran out of colanders!”
Below: Columbia Heights
Above: “My purple peppers, ‘blue’ tomatoes and eggplants. Started from seed and growing in my giant feeding trough in my Mount Pleasant Backyard.”
Below: “From our (technically) Brookland front yard garden during the last week of July. Sadly, this was also the last garden harvest for our very cranky, garden pest catching, dog-bullying, Girard Cat who crossed the rainbow bridge just a week later. We’re so thankful we had snapped a bunch of photos of him.”
Above: “Our sungold cherry tomatoes are unstoppable, and we just got our first ripe fig of the season! Grown at the intersection of Manor Park/Brightwood/Takoma DC.”
Below: “Unfortunately, the day to pick chard was about a week ago”
Above: “My first attempt at vegetable gardening. Heaps of cherry tomatoes, a few green beans, herbs, the sole surviving baby carrot, and the first eggplant and okra of the season! Grown in Columbia Heights.”
Below: “My waterbaby in Woodley Park. It will be a while before we can harvest this, but I grew it from seed!”
Above: “All the garden haul pictures are making me feel bad about the meager and not very tasty haul I got from our strawberry bushes. So here is our haul of the day.”
Below: “Eggplant, Rosemary, Sweet Banana Peppers, Serrano, Jalapeno, & Thai chili peppers. Grown in my backyard in Petworth.”
Above: “This is all from my plot in the Glover Park Community Gardens, except for the bananas which are from Giant.”
Below: “15th and Potomac SE (1 block from Potomac Ave metro )
First year we finally got the upper hand on those alley squirrels.”
