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June Community Garden Update!

Posted:6/18/18
Updated:1/17/20

Find out what’s growing in our Brooklyn Community Garden space in June! We have a update on peas, tomatoes, onions, kale and peppers!

Hey everyone!  Hope you had a great weekend!  Ours was a hot one, with temperatures on the rise!  We stopped by our Community garden space to check on our vegetables and I decided to take some photos to show you a update!

If you missed it, we decided to go back to our roots (no pun intended!) and grow in Brooklyn again this year.  The last 2 years we grew Upstate, but the heart was heavy for urban city farming again!

This is our 4×4 garden space, with a little expansion with our sub irrigated containers!  Like everything in the city, we use every inch of space we can get! 

Find out what's growing in our Brooklyn Community Garden space in June! We have a update on peas, tomatoes, onions, kale and peppers!

Happy Baby!

And here’s one happy baby who’s already trying to nibble on my kale and drag the hose around! A big reason why we decided to garden again in Brooklyn was to show her how fun it is to grow your own vegetables in the city!
Find out what's growing in our Brooklyn Community Garden space in June! We have a update on peas, tomatoes, onions, kale and peppers!

First Sugar Snap Pea Spotted!

First up, let’s look at what’s growing up our pea fence!  The peas aren’t going to grow as tall as we hoped as we had a bird issue!  This is the first year that birds swooped down to eat our peas!   This sadly stunted their growth!

We covered them in fabric after a few days of bird chomping, but the damage was already done! Matthew is pretty bummed they won’t be growing tall, but I’m thankful they’re growing at all as some of our fellow community garden members peas didn’t fair as well!
Find out what's growing in our Brooklyn Community Garden space in June! We have a update on peas, tomatoes, onions, kale and peppers!

The peas did bounce back some and we just spotted our first sugar snap pea this weekend!
Find out what's growing in our Brooklyn Community Garden space in June! We have a update on peas, tomatoes, onions, kale and peppers!

The tomatoes have exploded to new heights! It’s not even the end of June and we’re thinking we might have to double up their tomato cages!
Find out what's growing in our Brooklyn Community Garden space in June! We have a update on peas, tomatoes, onions, kale and peppers!

My favorite, the kale, is doing beautifully.  This past week we started picking kale, and I’ve been eating it for lunch everyday (kale and potatoes!). 
Find out what's growing in our Brooklyn Community Garden space in June! We have a update on peas, tomatoes, onions, kale and peppers!

To be honest, I am kind of kale obsessed, so I’m thinking next year we might need a entire box of kale just to withstand my hunger!
Find out what's growing in our Brooklyn Community Garden space in June! We have a update on peas, tomatoes, onions, kale and peppers!

Next to the kale is the onions.  They look great!
Find out what's growing in our Brooklyn Community Garden space in June! We have a update on peas, tomatoes, onions, kale and peppers!

Outside of the box we have 2 window boxes filled with carrots.   It’s been very hot the last few days so during midday the carrots were looking a little floppy, but they will bounce back.
Find out what's growing in our Brooklyn Community Garden space in June! We have a update on peas, tomatoes, onions, kale and peppers!

Next to the tomatoes we have a few bell pepper plants growing.  Some years they grow great, some years they grow small, I’m hoping we’ll have a nice green pepper harvest in August!
Find out what's growing in our Brooklyn Community Garden space in June! We have a update on peas, tomatoes, onions, kale and peppers!

I hope you liked seeing what’s growing in our Community Garden right now!  I’d love for you to tell me in the comments what you’re growing!

See you soon, but for now it’s nap time in the garden…!

Find out what's growing in our Brooklyn Community Garden space in June! We have a update on peas, tomatoes, onions, kale and peppers!

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  1. Mower says

    August 16, 2018 at 12:43 pm

    Awesome. I love the scene of garden. Look beautiful and peaceful.

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  2. DAD says

    June 21, 2018 at 7:47 am

    Love that honey bear growing on the last clip. Garden looks great.

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  3. Sue McKnight says

    June 18, 2018 at 9:30 pm

    Your thumbs are green no matter where you decide to fire up your gardening prowess. This looks great… and, I understand doing this in you own backyard (as it were). But, please tell me that you are someday going to return to that masterpiece you have created in upstate New York. I think I must have missed the earlier post(s) explaining this local community garden endeavor you & hubby have joined. Love community gardens BTW. Looking forward to your next group of pictures. ♥️

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