While the Buffalo Garden walk is the most amazing in terms of what people can do with small lots, and I saw some of the best flowers there, I did not see many vegetable gardens. The Ken-Ton walk had a number of modest victory gardens. One home had a row of raspberry bushes in raised beds and another row of currant bushes in raised beds -- not a bad idea. The rest of the gardens were similar to what I have seen before in other years. ONE garden though was particularly incredible -- on Delaware Road near where it meets Delaware Ave. The front and house are modest, but the back yard goes deeper, deeper, and deeper. They had lots of nice flower beds, corn patches, veggie patches, and several ponds/water features. The lady across the street had the biggest container garden I've seen to date -- but all were flowers.
It makes me happy about my front and side to see what others do, but not so thrilled with the perennial bed in the back, and the herb garden I have is a bit messy. My castor bean plants are still only 8 inches tall, but the ones on Delaware were over 5 feet tall and wide. No flowers though. I think they (Delaware gardens) have really rich soil, which I know I don't in our back. However, my veggie garden is satisfactory. There I think I am doing something right. The okra are the only things not growing, and I think it hasn't been hot enough in July. Now it is warmer. So we'll see if they grow.
I planted a button bush and a seven son flower tree yesterday. We'll see how they do in the exposed front. Looking forward to the flowers for the seven son tree in a few weeks.
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