@ciabernales.comSunday rainy morning walk in the backyard, October 11, 2026 😀 My first ever spinach harvest. I’ve never been successful with spinach, so this is pretty good! I guess it’s more of a greenhouse veg than open air. Pretty tasty in my breakfast omelet.
@ciabernales.comI took this photo from our kitchen. I watched this squirrel jump from the fence, down the metal coop on 1 of the veg boxes, up the tomato arch, on to the next. I really wanted to run outside screaming w a stick, but it was too early in the morning.
#ciaheartsgardening #urbangarden #jerseycitygardens
@ciabernales.comI can see a daikon shoulder!
#ciaheartsgardening #urbangarden #jerseycitygardens
@halifaxbloggers.bsky.socialAn informal survey of window boxes on a walk through Halifax leads Stephen Archibald to an unexpected understanding of their deeper meaning. Window Boxes, on Noticed in Nova Scotia:
@natureland.eurosky.socialAnimal homes for small wild animals in a small urban garden.
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#Garden #UrbanGarden #Leisure #FreePlay #NatureConservation #Ecology #Biodiversity #Habitat #LimitingFactor #Appletree #Blackcurrant #Insect #Porcupine #Birdhouse #Flycatcher #HouseSparrow #Robin
@ciabernales.com14 days later and the bok choy have green leaves and one stump has signs of roots forming. I added one more and it’s catching up.
@ciabernales.comSaturday morning walk in the backyard, October 10, 2026 😀 Visiting the last of the tomatoes. Come on, tomatoes, you can do it!
#ciaheartsgardening #urbangarden #jerseycitygardens
@natureluke.bsky.socialBalkonernte heute: Leckere Cocktailtomaten 🍅 und ne Feijoa.
Grade experimentiere ich mit einem Komposter auf dem Balkon. Hat da jemand von euch gute Erfahrungen gemacht?😊
#selbstversorger #tomatenernte #urbangarden #veggies #freiburg
@ciabernales.comI was going to just let the tomatoes go since it’s already October, but there were so many fruits waiting to ripen that I pruned them again to hopefully get one more bounty. They’re all catching up now; here’s one Black Beauty today.
@ciabernales.comI’m tickled at how these bok choys are growing! After using their leaves and stems, I put their bottoms on a shallow dish. 4 days later, they’re sprouting new leaves. When roots start to show, I’m going to move them to the greenhouse.
@ciabernales.comI planted the music garlic today, about 12 cloves of them. Let’s see if any of them take and survive throughout the winter; if I get lucky, harvest is not until July 2027!
@ciabernales.comBeautiful Saturday morning walk in the backyard, October 3, 2026 😀 My phone can’t capture how bright the asters and goldenrods are in our backyard right now! They make me smile!
#ciaheartsgardening #urbangarden #jerseycitygardens #nativeplants
@melindabhipple.bsky.socialAcross the street, beside the Lumberyard Art Center (which I posted interiors of earlier) is the Tom Swan garden. A place beyond home and work where I spend a great deal of time. My "third place."
#BlueSkyArtShow #3rdPlace
#BNWmacro #ClassicMono
#EastCoastKin #photography
#flora #lily #UrbanGarden
@ciabernales.comThursday afternoon walk in the backyard, October 1, 2026 😀 I think I have ghost eggplants because they didn’t get enough sun. I stopped pruning the tomatoes because the season is almost over so their leaves have shaded them.
@kanoki.netIn happy news, my neighbors picked from my garden and sent me this pic of the food they made with the produce we grew. It's so lovely to be able to share the bounty of this beautiful earth with our community. #detroit #gardening #urbangarden
@ciabernales.comFriday morning walk in the backyard, September 25, 2026 😀 We’ve had heat waves and rainstorms this summer, so these native flowers are later than usual: asters, sneezeweed, goldenrod. The bees are still loving our garden here in Jersey City, NJ!
@ciabernales.comFriday morning greenhouse check, September 25, 2026 😀 About 50 days after putting down seeds, the daikon is getting huge; spinach is thin but they are actually my first successful ones; lettuce and carrots are getting tangled because I got lazy
@ryvexis.bsky.socialWhite frangipani flowers hold a small patch of light among deep green leaves.
#Photography #NaturePhotography #UrbanGarden #Frangipani #WhiteFlowers
@zeesm.bsky.socialLike me, the dahlias are in denial about the end of summer. #flowers #urbangarden #organicgarden
@nicoledwigans.bsky.socialVeggie starts ready for the garden bed.
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Our #urbangarden is located in #growingzone9a in #Oregon #Portlandmetro #washingtoncounty. Our .22 acre has 212 sq ft of raised beds. We also have fruit trees and bushes, and many plants to support our pollinators and animal friends.