So proud of the work we're doing

Carrots, snow peas, pickling and slicing cucumbers, tomatoes, herbs, strawberries, blackberries, and hot peppers...

Today I was eating a salad and said to my co-workers "I grew this!"

Broad Appetit

In the spirit of keeping it local, this Sunday is Broad Appetit. It's a food festival on Broad St (several blocks following Belvidere towards Shockoe Bottom) featuring only local restaurants. There are demos (last year, I ate a bug as part of one!) and music and naturally, lots of delicious food. It's an inexpensive event with all items under $5 and a fun way to try out different restaurants around town.

Hope to see you there!

http://www.broadappetit.com/

Produce for Sale!

Everyone, we're going to have produce for sale in the next two weeks. We will be doing delivery within the city and you can place orders on-line through our interactive price list. Once we have this created, it will be posted here and on our Facebook group. How can you argue with local, organically grown, and inexpensive produce delivered right to your doorstep!

We are also currently working on obtaining a booth at the South of the James Farmer's Market. That particular market is on Saturdays and will most likely be manned by yours truly.

A few of the things we will have available immediately include several kinds of lettuces, snap peas, snow peas, basil, rosemary, lemon balm, lavender, and various varieties of tomatoes.

In other big news, we are planting grapes this weekend! We have 4 different varieties and will "teach" them to climb up the fence that creates the border between Elaine's yard and our plot. These will not produce until next year, but it's still a very exciting addition of course!

Rain, rain go away...

I don't know about the rest of you, but I had just about forgotten what the sun was like it has rained so much the past few weeks. Now it's looking like we've got a break from that (where are my May flowers!?) and school is out for us VCUers so it's time to work hard!

If you've been out there lately, you'll notice we've got quite a few greens ready for picking so go ahead and enjoy the "fruits" of your labor!

"Going green" doesn't have to mean buying a bunch of new, expensive products. In fact, you probably have tons of ways to be green within your house right now. Check out this link for 100 ways to use common household products in an inventive green way!

Check it out

We're working on getting some pictures up, but you might have to wait just a few more days until finals are over.

First Post!

Tomorrow we will be out at the garden working hard to plant peppers, tomatoes, and watermelons, refurbish tools, build trellises, and try a new method of planting potatoes in between wooden pallets and straw. We look forward to spending the day out in the sun and getting lots of work done.

We will be posting pictures and creating more in depth posts shortly, but in the meantime, watch this incredible trailer for a movie called The Garden. It is about a community garden in LA's struggle to survive despite deceptive politics and we personally can't wait to watch the full-length and be inspired!