Fire Escape Garden
Dylan moved to New York with most of his stuff in old wooden crates, and while we made a bookshelf out of most of them, there was one left over. We hung onto it for 6 months, thinking we’d eventually turn it into a planter. It took Dylan leaving for a 10-day California trip for my mom and I to decide to finally plant a little garden. We headed to the Union Square Greenmarket this morning for seedlings. Clockwise from the top, strawberries, swiss chard, and eggplant.
Moses soon interfered.
I couldn’t resist buying a few types of heirloom tomatoes, even though I had already grown two tomato plants at home from seeds. There are going to be so many tomatoes now! We also picked up two more planters because the one wood crate just wouldn’t fit all of these plants. So excited to see everything grow.
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This cinched it…
I have been wanting tomatoes…I used to grow on my apartment balcony…the apartment before the condo, before the basement apartment (3 moves and almost 10 years ago)…now I have a beautifully landscaped backyard and I have been so reluctant to bring in misc plants, planters and pots…
…thanks for reminding me of things that were important once upon a time
I will bring my sons wagon with me and fill it up with greenery! Yeah!
Yeah do it! I’ve always found mismatched groups of things you’ve collected over the years to be more meaningful and interesting, even if your backyard is beautiful as-is. My mom’s backyard in California is full of her ceramics and succulent clippings and different stones and sticks she finds at the beach and paints, etc. etc…it really is a wonderful place.
So go for it! It’ll probably be a lot of fun and you’ll get some good tomatoes in the process.
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