May 9, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The chokecherry I planted by the curb last fall has officially survived last summer's drought and the winter onslaught of road salt. Finally, a solid NYC hellstrip planting.
April 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The chokecherry I planted by the curb last fall has officially survived last summer's drought and the winter onslaught of road salt. Finally, a solid NYC hellstrip planting.
It was so humid the traffic
street signs wilted
street signs wilted
September 5, 2026 at 3:15 PM
It was so humid the traffic
street signs wilted
street signs wilted
The claret cup cactus have closed up for the evening, so I’m cheating with a photo taken a few days ago. Fun Fact: I got this clump from Diana Rowland when a truck crashed into her hellstrip and threw it like five feet.
April 26, 2026 at 12:01 AM
The claret cup cactus have closed up for the evening, so I’m cheating with a photo taken a few days ago. Fun Fact: I got this clump from Diana Rowland when a truck crashed into her hellstrip and threw it like five feet.
a little bit of heaven in the hellstrip
April 3, 2025 at 8:12 PM
a little bit of heaven in the hellstrip
For anyone interested in doing this before I take power, here’s a handy guide to converting your hellstrip to beautiful native habitat www.ecolandscaping.org/05/designing...
Hellstrip Plantings: Creating Habitat in the Space Between the Sidewalk and the Curb - Ecological Landscape Alliance
by Heather McCargo Urban environments are dominated by pavement, the bane of most living things. One area ripe for community greening is the hellstrip – the narrow space between the...
www.ecolandscaping.org
February 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
For anyone interested in doing this before I take power, here’s a handy guide to converting your hellstrip to beautiful native habitat www.ecolandscaping.org/05/designing...
Got process started today of adding another 50 feet of landscaping to the hellstrip. It's 150 ft, so 50 feet a year is my goal 😆. Then another almost 100 feet on the corner.
So, in total... only three years to go! 🤠
So, in total... only three years to go! 🤠
April 5, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Got process started today of adding another 50 feet of landscaping to the hellstrip. It's 150 ft, so 50 feet a year is my goal 😆. Then another almost 100 feet on the corner.
So, in total... only three years to go! 🤠
So, in total... only three years to go! 🤠
As I was deadheading the flowers I thought about geologists thousands of years from now digging down to this time’s layer to see evidence of the near-mythical age of burning and broiling when humanity nearly perished. And them wondering what is was like to be us, like we wonder about Pompeii
July 16, 2026 at 1:01 AM
As I was deadheading the flowers I thought about geologists thousands of years from now digging down to this time’s layer to see evidence of the near-mythical age of burning and broiling when humanity nearly perished. And them wondering what is was like to be us, like we wonder about Pompeii
A bunny lives nearby somewhere, maybe under some azaleas in the neighbors hellstrip. Definitely somewhere close. It’s become a pleasant fixture in the mornings and evenings.
April 9, 2026 at 2:24 AM
A bunny lives nearby somewhere, maybe under some azaleas in the neighbors hellstrip. Definitely somewhere close. It’s become a pleasant fixture in the mornings and evenings.
!!! i thought i'd unintentionally started a bunch more damn tomatoes in the hellstrip beds due to my evidently unfinished compost being riddled with tomato seeds but brian says he thinks they might be POPPY
March 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
!!! i thought i'd unintentionally started a bunch more damn tomatoes in the hellstrip beds due to my evidently unfinished compost being riddled with tomato seeds but brian says he thinks they might be POPPY
Latest project. Going to zhuzh up the hellstrip a few feet at a time. Several neighbors have done this rock/scrub/flagstones look to avoid mowing and I like it. May take a few years to finish whole thing, but it's a start.
April 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Latest project. Going to zhuzh up the hellstrip a few feet at a time. Several neighbors have done this rock/scrub/flagstones look to avoid mowing and I like it. May take a few years to finish whole thing, but it's a start.
Fuck this bridge and the two miles of 1A in Lynn.
Lawful evil. Murderous hellstrip.
4/?
Lawful evil. Murderous hellstrip.
4/?
March 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Fuck this bridge and the two miles of 1A in Lynn.
Lawful evil. Murderous hellstrip.
4/?
Lawful evil. Murderous hellstrip.
4/?
i’m removing the contaminated old soil from the hellstrip in front of my house so i can sheet mulch it & put in raised beds. i’m shoveling the hard clay soil out by hand but today remembered i have an old electric rototiller from before i knew about the magic of sheet mulching
i’m so fast now omfg
i’m so fast now omfg
August 26, 2026 at 7:42 PM
i’m removing the contaminated old soil from the hellstrip in front of my house so i can sheet mulch it & put in raised beds. i’m shoveling the hard clay soil out by hand but today remembered i have an old electric rototiller from before i knew about the magic of sheet mulching
i’m so fast now omfg
i’m so fast now omfg
My almond trees in full bloom on a lovely spring day. 🌱
March 15, 2024 at 11:55 PM
My almond trees in full bloom on a lovely spring day. 🌱
Hellstrip -- got it from a gardening book called literally "Hellstrip Gardening." I live in Durham, NC.
November 4, 2023 at 6:28 PM
Hellstrip -- got it from a gardening book called literally "Hellstrip Gardening." I live in Durham, NC.
hell yeah brotha
September 1, 2026 at 5:16 PM
hell yeah brotha
This should be the default greening of all "hellstrips".
Definition: A hellstrip is the planting strip between the sidewalk and the road in front of a property, often found in cities and suburban areas. It's usually planted with high-maintenance grass.
Definition: A hellstrip is the planting strip between the sidewalk and the road in front of a property, often found in cities and suburban areas. It's usually planted with high-maintenance grass.
The "greening" of Paris continues. In this block, along upper Rue de Maubeuge, all the parking spaces were recently removed & replaced with lush plantings & water penetration sidewalk pavers.
#paris #15minutecity #urbanism #climatecrisis #greencities #climatechange #globalwarming #climateaction
#paris #15minutecity #urbanism #climatecrisis #greencities #climatechange #globalwarming #climateaction
February 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This should be the default greening of all "hellstrips".
Definition: A hellstrip is the planting strip between the sidewalk and the road in front of a property, often found in cities and suburban areas. It's usually planted with high-maintenance grass.
Definition: A hellstrip is the planting strip between the sidewalk and the road in front of a property, often found in cities and suburban areas. It's usually planted with high-maintenance grass.
My sunny hellstrip planting has a bird's nest in it that I didn't notice until now! #habitat #urbangardening #hellstrip
February 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
My sunny hellstrip planting has a bird's nest in it that I didn't notice until now! #habitat #urbangardening #hellstrip
Waiting for the raised beds to show up so I can finish the hellstrip work outside. Yesterday it was 86 degrees and today it's 53.
I have lived somewhere in the Midwest since 2004, and the massive swings in temperature still surprise me.
I have lived somewhere in the Midwest since 2004, and the massive swings in temperature still surprise me.
April 5, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Waiting for the raised beds to show up so I can finish the hellstrip work outside. Yesterday it was 86 degrees and today it's 53.
I have lived somewhere in the Midwest since 2004, and the massive swings in temperature still surprise me.
I have lived somewhere in the Midwest since 2004, and the massive swings in temperature still surprise me.
Annual Phacelia campanularia (Desert Bluebells). #NativePlants to the deserts of California. Always experimenting with new xeric plants for the urban hellstrip. 🌱
May 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Annual Phacelia campanularia (Desert Bluebells). #NativePlants to the deserts of California. Always experimenting with new xeric plants for the urban hellstrip. 🌱
i still have to:
- remove stump
- steak & bolt edging
- bolt beds together
- finish woodchips
- finishing touches (tbd)
- remove stump
- steak & bolt edging
- bolt beds together
- finish woodchips
- finishing touches (tbd)
September 5, 2026 at 1:10 AM
i still have to:
- remove stump
- steak & bolt edging
- bolt beds together
- finish woodchips
- finishing touches (tbd)
- remove stump
- steak & bolt edging
- bolt beds together
- finish woodchips
- finishing touches (tbd)
Western wallflower- Erysimum capitatum throwing out some winter blooms in the hellstrip.
#nativeplants #garden 🌱
#nativeplants #garden 🌱
February 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Western wallflower- Erysimum capitatum throwing out some winter blooms in the hellstrip.
#nativeplants #garden 🌱
#nativeplants #garden 🌱
Riprappin my hellstrip. My besidewalk. The outlawn. Whatever
November 13, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Riprappin my hellstrip. My besidewalk. The outlawn. Whatever
Native blue or Mexican elderberry growing in a hellstrip. #gardening
September 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Native blue or Mexican elderberry growing in a hellstrip. #gardening