Heard it on the radio

Local Columbus/WOSU radio program, Open Line with Fred Anderle, had University of California Berkeley Journalism Professor Michael Pollan on Wednesday morning's show. Michael is author of the book Omnivores Dilemma and In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto. The show's topics included where our food comes from, the perils of contaminated soils in urban gardens and much more. You can listen to an online cast of the program here.

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It's ALIVE!

After a few weeks of playing with mother earth, we have life. Upon witnessing these young frankenstein sprouts we were left wondering: Is my urban garden better than your urban garden? Sure enough the ever-informative New York Times put our garden in perspective with a little history of the deep"seed"ed movement of urban gardening in NYC and beyond. Check out the article here.

Almost there

The finished beds and mulched patch.

John Kortlander and his class showed up promptly to help out with making more raised beds, mowing grass and planting russian kales. The seeds we sowed a few weeks back have also popped up. We thinned some of the plants and touching the soil with our bare hands was curiously satisfying. I started to wonder about soil, the history and politics of it and all the other related things like land, site, ground, dirt...

a great non-profit in Columbus

Check out Four Seasons City Farm
They do great garden projects around the eastside of Columbus, using sustainable techniques. They run 14 different plots in the city!

A Great Start

There's now a horseshoe pit on the site. Come over and pitch
some anytime!

Thank you everyone for coming out and digging in to help
us kick off the garden. Thanks for all your hard work,
gardening expertise and suggestions.