We have to say, summer is perhaps the most joyous (and abundant) time of year to tend to tend to our gardens. With ample sunshine and plenty of seasonal fruits and vegetables to choose from, now is, in many ways, peak time to experiment with different crops.
Cynthia Nixon's garden is proof of this theory. The ...And Just Like That star recently shared a tour of her outdoor space to Instagram, and between her robust vegetable beds and florals, it's a haven.
It's also proof that companion planting matters, as she explains about her pear tree. 'This is our pear tree,' she states in the clip. 'It does give fruit, but it would do so much better if it had a mate.'
However, it still bears lush fruit, and is complemented by a sweet-smelling floral.
'Well, I've been out here for a while,' she says. I redid this whole bed. I got a lot of flowers that we're gonna plant in the next few days. We have honeysuckle, that was all over here. I saved a little honeysuckle to put in a vase, and it smells so nice!'
She then takes us through her vegetable area, which, if we say so ourselves, is a one-stop salad shop.
'Tomato plants over here, different kinds: Cherry, Zebra, big ones, we've got sorrel,'she says. 'I've got red lettuce and green lettuce, they're just seeds blown from last year. This is basil, this is lemongrass, these are jalapenos, this is swiss chard. Still gotta plant edamame and butternut squash, and onions.'
Want to recreate Cynthia's bountiful garden? We've rounded up some of her essentials below.
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With white and magenta flowers, this honeysuckle will steal the show in your yard, filling the ait with sweet fragrance during summer.
Huge, juicy beefsteak tomatoes, are a great variation to try out in your garden. These heirloom tomatoes have an exceptional germination rate, so you will be off to a strong start with these seeds.
These finest quality, non-GMO, USDA Organic Buttercrunch Lettuce seeds produce vibrant, green heads of lettuce with mild, sweet, buttery flavored leaves. They’re the most popular of the Butterhead varieties, and so tasty in any salad bowl.
A hybrid jalapeno variety that produces large fruits that grow around 5" long and 1" thick - ideal for pickling, stuffing and slicing.
This stunning chard seed mix has stems in gold, pink and crimson. A few plants will be white and pink striped, orange, scarlet, purple, green and white.
Not only is this a lovely, aromatic herb to use for culinary purposes, but it can also help detract pesky mosquitoes.
