Not the most beautiful landscape - I know. But that's the point. When I was a younger man I had a habit for a few years there of painting walls without the consent of their owners. Some people called that vandalism. I liked to think that some of my graffiti bordered on being called art. Well, fast forward a decade or so and while I don't go bombing with spray cans anymore I still feel the need to beautify otherwise vacant spaces. I was introduced to "guerilla gardening" while I was in college by a friend of mine. There was a produce market not far from our campus that would throw away all the pineapple tops at the end of the day behind their market. If you don't know, pineapples are the easiest thing to grow ( here in South Florida at least). You simple peel back a few leaves until you see signs the little rootlets and screw that thing into the ground. They always take. Our campus was a little bland so we decided to add several pineapple patches. I believe they're still there to this day. This picture is of a patch of vacant land across the main road from my neighborhood. The city plans on making it a passive park but in the meantime it is a barren field with a few papaya trees and (not seen in this pic) a boarded up house. Today I planted sunflowers, 3 different types of corn, taiwanese black yard beans and hairy vetch. We'll see what happens but if you believe in good omens... it rained today.
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