My CIty Garden jC
City flowers & Vegetables
Things you can grow in the urban garden:
Grow on a balcony, Patio, raised bed, Fence Boxes, Pots, Front steps!
Flowers
Homemade Salads
Flowers
Tomatoes
Tasty & Healthy
This is not a new idea. Everything from the Potager (French),to the Kailyard and the Victory Garden is really a traditional kitchen garden. Vegetables, salad greens and even some fruit trees and bushes are grown. Even flowers like Nasturtiums and Squash blossoms (which are edible) can be grown.
since 2008
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Your impact
on the planet
Go Local, Grow Local
Trade produce with other local gardeners for variety.
Local agriculture
Shop at local farmers markets with items from less than 100 miles away.
100% organic
Organic options are available, you decide what to use. There are many healthy options.
No pesticides
Control insects and pests with non toxic things like soap, vinegar, etc.
No Waste
Your own food scraps can go into a compost bin cutting down the need for fertilizers.
Green logistics
Helps cut down emissions if you grow and shop local.
Photos this page: Copyright 2024 C. Nissen
August 14, 2023
Peppers in My City Garden JC this year:
Sweet Red Mini Bell Peppers (pictured above)
Thai Chili Peppers
Hot Red Chili Peppers
Thai Hot Peppers (these start out black and turn red)
They have purple flowers which is unusual
Cayenne Peppers (the old standby for hot sauce. )
It only takes a few of these babies to heat up a meal!!
August 19, 2023
What to love about August. Crickets, Peppers, Moon Flowers, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Cicadas
August 29, 2023
In some ways, it's the best part of the summer. The colors tend to gold, red and orange and are just lovely in the sunlight. Veggies are starting to ripen and there are still plenty of flowers. The cooler weather is easier on the flowers which don't do well in the brunt of high heat... Still good crops of cherry tomatoes, basil, rosemary, dill, mesclun mix, pak choy, lettuce. The cukes have been a problem, not very many of them and it seems I'm not the only one w/ that problem. A professor of plant bio I know, said sometimes it's the seeds, sometimes it's the variation of temperatures that affect whether there are cukes.
