• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

Here’s our first submission from Bay Ridge:

If “gut rehab” applies to back yards, that’s what this was. The original back yard had a rusty chain link fence, a “sidewalk to nowhere”, a bathtub virgin mary, a stand of poplars that were half chewed-up by termites and “lawn” that was basically weeds holding on for dear life. Pretty typical old Bay Ridge.

After a slash-and-burn of the back yard, my neighbor Betsy and I decided to ditch the fences as well. We got some outrageous estimates from contractors. Since I have a shop we decided to build it ourselves. This was actually a good idea because there are so many large boulders in the ground that each fence section had to be custom built.

After managing to grow a pretty decent lawn, the arrival of two large, digging puppies at BrooklynRowHouse turned the back yard into a moonscape. I pick my battles so I hired Jim Lally of Galway Bay to pave it in. The paver design is one I stole from a scene in the movie, “Arthur”. Jim made it work.

Most of the garden is edible: tomato and pepper plants, herbs, spring lettuce and so forth. There’s more story and progress pictures to go with ithere.

Garden of the Day: Serenity Now in Cobble Hill [Brownstoner]
Garden of the Day: Potted on Putnam [Brownstoner]
Garden of the Day: Cemetery Views [Brownstoner]
Garden of the Day: Made in the Shade [Brownstoner]
Garden of the Day: Praiseworthy in Park Slope [Brownstoner]
Garden of the Day: Crown Heights Verdant [Brownstoner]
Garden of the Day: Another Greenwood Heights Goodie [Brownstoner]
Garden of the Day: HGTV Does Greenwood Heights [Brownstoner]
Garden of the Day: PLG Make-Over [Brownstoner]
Submit Your Garden for ‘Garden of the Day’ [Brownstoner]