Urban Gardening

Over the last few years it seems like there has been an emergence of farm to table movement with farmers markets popping up in urban areas and more individuals trying their hand at growing some produce.  I was one of the people who jumped on the bandwagon of urban gardening and decided to get a plot here in Baltimore (I had one in DC, but sadly most of the vegetables were stolen).

Step 1: prep the small raised box in front of our house and turned it into an herb garden and strawberry patch.  Pro tip put any mint in its own pot because it will start growing EVERYWHERE!!

Step 2: head over to my HUGE new garden plot and start pulling weeds and prepping for planting.  Literally the thing is four times the size of the one I had in DC and took me two hours to pull the weeds, till the land and mix in top soil.  I have the blisters to show for it.

Step 3: pour over websites and catalogs to determine what exactly I want to plant and when I need to get everything in the ground.  The SproutRobot is AMAZING and even gives you fool proof cartoon pictures.  Last time I had a garden I germinated a lot of my own plants during the winter in egg cartons, but because I only found out I got a plot a couple weeks ago I ended up picking up a bunch of things at the farmers market.

Step 4: put everything in the ground.  I am still working on step four because the plot was way larger than I remembered and I want to pick up a few more things before I start planting.  I did make a friend who is a couple plots down from me and he sent me home with some parsley from his garden which was super nice of him and super amazing for dinner!!  I think that parsley is kind of under appreciated, but that is another story.