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Garden in Summer

July 9, 2014 By Talya Tate Boerner


Summer in Dallas

Summer has arrived in Dallas. As weย flirt with 100 degrees, the air laysย blanket thick over my garden. Yet even with hot, hotย temperatures,ย bright colors and fresh smells fill Promise of Peace Community Garden. Cucumbers and okra are taking over my bed. I harvest tomatoes, eggplant, ginormous basil, spinach, and swiss chard. In my neighbors’ plots, pumpkins, cantaloupe and honeydew growย heavy on the vine.

Here are a few pictures I snapped this week.

my giant basil

 

Eggplant

 

swiss chard

 

roma tomato

 

pumpkin

 

melon

A beautiful, hot place.

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Filed Under: East Dallas, Gardening, Nature & Seasons Tagged With: East Dallas, grow your own, Promise of Peace Community Garden

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Comments

  1. Colene says

    July 9, 2014 at 8:33 am

    Absolutely gorgeous!

  2. Linda@There and Back Again says

    July 9, 2014 at 10:38 am

    Beautiful. I’ve often thought about using a community garden. I may just have to branch out next year. Thanks for the tour.

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      July 9, 2014 at 2:41 pm

      I highly recommend it Linda!

  3. Pary Moppins says

    July 9, 2014 at 11:35 am

    Beautiful bounty! I need to get some pumpkin seeds in the ground. Thanks for the reminder.

  4. Barbara Tate says

    July 9, 2014 at 12:50 pm

    Beautiful garden. You have done a great job.

  5. Dorothy Johnson says

    July 10, 2014 at 10:22 am

    Beautiful produce! I love Zinnias. Are they in your garden or yard or both? I hope more recipes are in store for us. In the meantime, stay cool!


Hi! I'm Talya Tate Boerner. Writer, Reader, Arkansas Master Naturalist / Master Gardener, Author of

THE ACCIDENTAL SALVATION OF GRACIE LEE (2016)

GENE, EVERYWHERE: a life-changing visit from my father-in-law (2020)

BERNICE RUNS AWAY (2022)

THE THIRD ACT OF THEO GRUENE (coming 2025)

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