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@creekshanty.us
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the life and times of the creek shanty. urban gardening in NC. barely zone 8a.

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@creekshanty @creekshanty.us · 19/09/2025
black krim tomatoes from the second planting—suckers from the first planting shoved unceremoniously in a free bed with a chopstick—still green but showing off their characteristic rings around the top. #fall #gardening we should have tomatoes for another month, then i’ll need to clean up the beds.
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@creekshanty @creekshanty.us · 19/09/2025
that thing i said about thai chilis? the same is true of jalapeños. this is the ‘megatron’ variety, and we’ve harvested hundreds from three plants. the red and yellow peppers were planted at the same time. while slow to start, they’ve really picked up pepper production lately #gardening #peppers
three robust jalapeño peppers hanging from their parent plant. tall, blurry trees against a clear morning sky in the background
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@creekshanty @creekshanty.us · 19/09/2025
climbing beans (scarlet emperor), some radish greens (french breakfast), and a few very stubborn and tiny carrots trying to outrun the coming frost. #fall #gardening
bushy radish greens in the fore, spindly carrots in background, a white metal grid supporting red-flowering climbing beans on the right
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@creekshanty @creekshanty.us · 19/09/2025
my #wildflower areas still seem to be going strong. soon i’ll need to thin the lenceolate coreopsis and overseed. mostly natives but i had some zinnias, cosmos, and giant marigolds in a wheelbarrow and moved them during the drought. i’m eapecially happy with the nicotiana.
a small planter bed with deep red salvia and several other red and orange flowers. magenta zinnias in the midst of a sea of other small flowers and foliageorange and yellow marigolds, some white zinnias. other foliage, with the granite screenings of the ground peeling through one of the tiny stars of my windflower meadow: a purple-white flowering nicotiana plant, slightly askew, it’s broad flat leaves obscuring some black-eyed susans.
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@creekshanty @creekshanty.us · 19/09/2025
time to get some winter broccoli (or at lease broccolini) in the ground. direct sown as an experiment. historically i haven’t had much luck with broccoli—the yield per square meter seems low. this will go under cover as soon as it peeks above ground. cross your paws.
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@creekshanty @creekshanty.us · 19/09/2025
be careful if you grow thai chiles for personal use. they can take over your life. ask me how i know.
a blue bath towel covered with skinny red chili peppers that stretch away into the horizon
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@creekshanty @creekshanty.us · 30/06/2025
sunday’s veggies
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@creekshanty @creekshanty.us · 30/06/2025
bumbles doing bumble things.
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@creekshanty @creekshanty.us · 30/06/2025
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@creekshanty @creekshanty.us · 29/06/2025
everybody’s got a mind of their own
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@creekshanty @creekshanty.us · 19/05/2025
this got a little out of hand
a 4’x4’ raised bed for flowers. contains ageratum, dahlias, coleus. it is almost overrun, but everything is in flower.
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@creekshanty @creekshanty.us · 18/05/2025
what follows will be the briefest of stories about how i got here.
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@creekshanty @creekshanty.us · 24/04/2025
complication #2: floodplain.
neighbors standing in a road at sunset after a long rain. to the left, a flooded park. to the right, flooded yards.
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@creekshanty @creekshanty.us · 24/04/2025
this skyway mainly holds photos and video of my garden, and ramblings about the same. the challenges: small urban environment, and i have very little idea what i’m doing.
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