The first 5 weeks, part I

On March 25, I found out I'd gotten a plot in the Community Garden behind the Masonic Temple on 16th Street. I'd been on the waiting list since the fall of 2005.

On March 26, I picked my plot. Full sun, blackberry bramble, lots of weeds.

Dan helped me weed (a bit) when he visited on the weekend of March 29-30:










A few days later, the 3-year-old son of someone at an organization we work with, who happens to have a plot in the garden, came to visit. He's the best thing about the garden!









The plot started off with a little patch of succulents called "hen and chicks." Also, early on, I planted little strawberry seedlings someone gave me:






We tilled a lot, adding peat moss and compost, then I carved out paths: