As the world becomes more aware of sustainable practices, small-plot, home gardening is gaining more traction. The above photo features part of a cold-weather garden planted in a yard in northwest Greensboro in late March. The beauty of cold-gardening is that the plants are cold resistant, and the growing season happens before bugs overrun the garden and start eating the plants. After a month, the small garden has already produced several servings of spinach and chard. The cabbage looks healthy, indicating that it will soon produce heads. There are no signs of insects.
With winter finally behind us in Greensboro, it is not time to plant summer gardens. Please consider filling your property with as much produce as possible. Vegetables and greens look lovely planted among the flower beds. Working the dirt is good for the soul. Plus, gardening can help you get to know your neighbors. Perhaps you want to offer them a little gardening space. Perhaps you can garden and they know how to can; you both get vegetables for the winter. Perhaps you can give them some garden space in exchange for house sitting on your beach weekends. Best of all, perhaps you can share the produce when 100 tomatoes are ripe at once. Happy Wednesday! It is a good day to plan your garden.
I'm going to do some gardening today. Well, let me put it this way: I'm shopping at Publix and will definitely pull out some veggies from their veggie section. That will doubtless exhaust me and I'll have to go home and take a nap.
Seriously, I think cold-gardening is a great idea if it's not too cold. I don't like cold.
Posted by: Lowell | Wednesday, May 02, 2018 at 08:39 AM
There are community vegetable gardens here, in a couple of different spots near my home. That doesn't count anything in back yards where the passerby can't see.
Posted by: William Kendall | Wednesday, May 02, 2018 at 09:38 AM