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Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Parking Strip Gardens
Recently we had our street resurfaced. I asked the contractor on the job if he'd lift the cement from our parking strip. Not only did he do it but he also took away the concrete as well (what a nice guy!) We plan to plant lawn and crape myrtles there in the fall giving us something to look at other than the street and parked cars. I have always been a fan a tree lined streets and was told that years ago our street was once like this. While surfing the net one day I stumbled across another great garden blog called Greenwalks. It's about Seattle parking strip gardens. The pictures are lovely and I find it very inspiring. The trees and sod will eventually be planted in our parking strip but in the meantime four zucchini plants are loving the full sun out front and it makes me happy to know there will plenty to share with our neighbors.
Picture from Greenwalks
Picture from Greenwalks
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I would be cautious eating any produce where the public had access. That's just me. If you plant a tree, please keep in mind the damage that roots can do. Choose a small variety.
Maybelline: I am not concerned about our zucchini growing out front. We have lovely neighbors who are welcome to them anytime and we live on a very low traffic street. We researched trees for this reason & the tree we decided to plant are perfect for this area. Thanks!
I think this will look great in that median area. How long will it take to mature?
Reba - zucchini is fast growing. As far as the trees in the fall they will be the size of the ones in our back yard along creek fence - they remain pretty small but have a pretty impact with color.
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