{"id":11382,"date":"2014-07-28T12:55:47","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T16:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/?p=11382"},"modified":"2014-07-28T12:55:47","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T16:55:47","slug":"gardens-turning-the-mid-summer-corner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/2014\/07\/28\/gardens-turning-the-mid-summer-corner\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardens: turning the mid-summer corner"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The stump garden at The Hedges in Blue Mountain Lake, created by Virginia Jennings for Pat Benton. Photo: Virginia Jennings.<\/p><\/div>\n

We’re picking tomatoes from our garden and the early corn is getting very close (by August 1, I’m guessing). On the other hand, the flower gardens around my house are a wreck–a combination of trampling by chickens and our house painting operation, as well as my failure to keep up with weeding.<\/p>\n

You all are sending me some amazing photos. The collection today is from the past week and includes gardens from Raquette Lake to Ogdensburg, Blue Mountain Lake to Saranac Lake. Scroll through, get inspired, and send me your garden photos for next week’s garden-tracking post: ellen@ncpr.org<\/p>\n

Here are a few more photos from Virginia Jennings.<\/p>\n

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Canterbury Bells started from seed last year in Long Lake. Photo: Virginia Jennings<\/p><\/div>\n

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“Nana’s Garden” in Long Lake. Photo: Virginia Jennings<\/p><\/div>\n

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Another garden at The Hedges (in front of the dining room) in Blue Mountain Lake. Photo and garden: Viriginia Jennings<\/p><\/div>\n

Tomatoes–not quite ripe in Ogdensburg, and getting going in Saranac Lake.<\/p>\n

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Backyard baby beefstakes. Photo: Dan Denney, Ogdensburg<\/p><\/div>\n

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“It’s ready!” Photo: Bobbie Karp, Saranac Lake<\/p><\/div>\n

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This is a great photo from a couple of weeks ago, sent in by Tracy Santagate at Timberdown, Paul Smith’s.<\/p>\n

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“Garden Shower,” watering nasturtiums, peas, beans, kale, spinach and lettuce. Photo: Tracy Santagate<\/p><\/div>\n

Here’s another charming photo from Tracy’s garden.<\/p>\n

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Cat overseeing chickens at work. Photo: Tracy Santagate<\/p><\/div>\n

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The lilies this year have been stupendous. Lots of lily photos in last week’s post, but the rain has helped keep them going long and strong. Our garden photo friend Cassandra Corcoran from Monkton, Vermont faced a common problem: dealing with a garden that’s been left untended for a week or more because of vacation or work travel.<\/p>\n

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St. Regis lily (anonymous photographer and gardener)<\/p><\/div>\n

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After 14 days of travel, I came home to my garden. Not looking too weedy. I missed the peas but the blueberries and currants are plentiful. Photo: Cassandra Corcoran, Monkton VT<\/p><\/div>\n

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This past weekend, I visited station friends Jeffrey Sellon and Marilyn Burns on Raquette Lake. Jeffrey’s floating dock garden has some celebrity status, not only on its home lake but across the Adirondacks. Here’s what it looked like yesterday.<\/p>\n

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Jeffrey’s floating greenhouse garden. Photo: Ellen Rocco<\/p><\/div>\n

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Peering in…lots of green. Photo: Ellen Rocco<\/p><\/div>\n

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Beans galore. Photo: Ellen Rocco<\/p><\/div>\n

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Lettuce and one variety of kale. Photo: Ellen Rocco<\/p><\/div>\n

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The view of Raquette Lake over the purple kale. Photo: Ellen Rocco<\/p><\/div>\n

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Proud farmer. Jeffrey in front of the cuke trellis. (Note the cap.) Photo: Ellen Rocco<\/p><\/div>\n

Okay, you know what to do: snap those pictures and send them to ellen@ncpr.org, and remember to include your name and the town you live in.<\/p>\n

Gardening tip of the week (this is actually the first time I’ve offered one of these): stay away from those bean plants when it’s wet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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