Front Yard Vegetable Gardens in My Neighborhood

I don’t know how many Seattle residents have front yard gardens, but they are definitely common in my neighborhood.  I love to see people growing some of their own food.

I visited the neighbors that live across the street from me yesterday.  It is always such a treat to see their gardens. They have turned their yard into property that is magical. Even though the photos don’t capture it, know that this front yard garden is tiered on a steep slope. Eiric weaves  branches to create the structure for the beds and remakes them every two years. When I asked him the correct terminology to describe this process he responded: “They are ‘wattled’ beds of Apple ‘air shoot’ branches.”

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Other nearby gardens:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And mine!

There are many other front yard vegetable gardens in this neighborhood but I think I’ve shown you enough to give you a good idea of what they are like.  I wonder how many people have back yard gardens too!