Philly you've treated us well

Growing with style

They just keep growing

For Kristina

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Rebel without a cause

We didn't plant any tomatoes, hoping that our plants from last year would take care of that for us, and sure enough, they did! We've got tons of little tomato plants all over the area where we planted them last year, and this one plant that hopped across the garden and outside the fence.

Swiss chard

Bright lights!

Romaine lettuce

We're running out of ideas for what to do with the lettuce. Suggestions?

Back to work!

We're slowly settling into summer and our life as college graduates, and we're getting back to the garden. We started spinach, kale, pole beans, and watermelons from seeds, and planted romaine lettuce and Swiss chard starters. They all look great, except that we've can't find any watermelon starts. We suspect that they didn't grow because the seeds were dry and we have not been the most diligent waterers, but we're not totally sure...maybe they just don't like our soil! That's gotta be it...

Getting ready for summer

Some baby leeks, some baby onions, some baby arugula, and some baby bright lights!

Check out this Cuban revolution re: Urban Gardening.

http://kitchengardeners.org/blogs/roger-doiron/havana-homegrown

Close up

Romaine lettuce

Beets

and some starters

New season-SEEDS!

Last year we used starts, but this time we're going to try direct seeding. Let's hope it works! We planted cold crops, including kale, watermelon, and spinach.

Through rain and shine

Collard greens may be the most resilient plants on the planet. Here are our collards from LAST SUMMER.

Picking our dinner