My husband and I are both retired on disability and live in an apartment in Pioneer Square, Seattle, where the tenants were gifted this year with a small raised-bed garden in the back of the parking lot. In the last few months I have become an enthusiastic evangelist for urban gardening. I have learned a lot from browsing forums like this, and am finally coming out of lurkdom to participate. So -- Hello! :-D
Welcome to the Stew! You picked a great place to participate. I lurked in a very similar manner before becoming addicted here. Always nice to see fellow Washingtonians! See ya round.
Hi there Anitra and a warm WELCOME to GardenStew. It's nice to hear you've been biten by the gardening bug too - you do know that once bitten you're addicted for life though!!! Sooo pleased you've joined us.
Hi Anitra and welcome to GardenStew, nice to have you leave lurking land. Would love to hear any urban gardening tips you may have as it would benefit many here. Feel free to jump into any of our discussions. // Frank
Many welcomes! Are your raised beds a community garden, then, or do you get to have some say in what gets planted?
A group garden with a lot of personal say Thank you for the many welcomes! Primsong, it's a group garden, and we decided together on what initially went into it. Since then, I have been the one most active in maintaining the garden, and I have bought a lot of additional seeds and plants on my own, with nobody objecting. Most produce from the garden goes into a big garden salad at the once-a-week community meal; between community meals I snack on thinnings, borage blossoms and squash blossoms. And coo over my worm bins. :-D Frank, I'll look for an urban gardening thread to jump in on!
Hi Anitra, welcome to the Stew from north Texas. Glad you came out of lurkdom and joined, looking forward to hearing about more about group garden.
Oooo! Worm bins! And I love stuffed, sauteed squash blossoms, yum. Sounds like a great way for your community to enjoy some fresh things too.
New worms today! I just got some new worms today. I now have one all-redworm bin, one all-nightcrawler bin, and one mixed bin. Whenever I show somebody else the garden, I ask if they want to see the worms. Only one person has taken me up on it! I'm glad to find that *somebody* else loves worms, too.
Glad to see you are enjoying your garden, Anitra. Worms are the best critters for your soil. They aerate and add nutrients to it.
