My moss, which has been fine since I transplanted it in October, has now begun to turn brown, not a good sign. Actually, I’m pretty impressed that it has lasted so long. I’ve tried the buttermilk-and-blender method of growing moss with zero success. Transplanting worked so much better, but it might be [...]

More sprouts today! This time inside. These are actually my black eyed susans, but when I was planting them, basil seeds got stuck to everything. So as you can see, even though there isn’t any sign of the black eyed susans, the basil seems to be having a great time. I’m [...]

It was so crappy out today, but I took the chance to set up a couple of buckets to collect water. These gutters coming off the stairs to the roof turned out to be perfect.
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been able to fill a couple of containers with water, but it [...]

The Italian Market in Philadelphia is one of the oldest open air markets in the country. It’s also filthy. It’s also really beautiful in the mornings, and dirt cheap. I spent a long time wandering around in the market this weekend trying to get some more ideas for vegetables to grow. [...]

Home Depot had about 50 different kinds of potting, garden, and top soil to choose from.  Most of the bags were anywhere between 3 and seven dollars.  I wasn’t about to pay that, especially for the amount of dirt I needed.  So I chose the cheapest dirt there, 79 cents a bag, or at least [...]

The first garden. These are the plants that made it through the winter in my kitchen. On the far right is the only surviving basil plant. It’s only two inches tall and looks worse and worse every day. I think that maybe I’ll end up killing everything in my garden.