Carrots and Eggs

I've been in Colorado for the last month but I have finally returned... for a little while at least. In my absence the garden has flourished. And although this development may have knocked me down a peg as a gardener, I am pleased regardless. I have a ton of carrots ( some which my wife traded for backyard eggs) and fava bean and pea plants up to my armpits. I also have a radish that I intentionally left in the ground that is now about as big as a baby's head. More on that later.

Yesterday I helped Rescue Earth at their urban garden in Miami. After being away for awhile it was nice to come back to something so positive. I know it's cliche but it is better to give than to receive ( insert dirty joke here). I am looking forward to getting more involved with them - thanks Pia, thanks Finn!!

Guerilla Gardening Part II

A couple of months ago I took it upon myself to "repurpose" (I think that's the word of the day) the vacant lot on the other side of my neighborhood. This was to be a very passive thing as I and, let's face it, most people don't have the time to tend to stuff they randomly drop in open fields. So it was a nice surprise when I walked over and found this ( see pics).

I find it funny that only the stuff native to the New World made it. It's also funny that the corn I planted here is doing better than the stuff I had growing in my yard...and that's not funny haha.

Amid the things growing I also found this:

I know what you're thinking - mass suicide. Some Heaven's Gate type shit, right?!!? Maybe. Maybe iguanas all need little sweaters? I think this is where QVC finally meets PETA.

Brrr

It's been cold here in South Florida. I mean for real cold. Actual freezing tempuratures. But that's gone now (I kinda miss it already) and we are back to our usual 70 degree winter. I was really worried for the garden but it seems that everything fared well. And in one of those strange twists of fate my plants seem to be going gangbusters now that its warm again. The tomatoes and strawberries especially. I have a million of these little mason bees buzzing around them. Love those guys. I already am, literally, seeing the fruits of their labors. Yay for indentured servants!!