Goal #1: Obtain community garden plot - CHECK
Goal #2: Get rid of those damn weeds - hmmm..
The weed situation in our plot was pretty dire. I mean we had some serious weeds, and not the fun kind that make me want to eat a bag of funions and watch looney tunes. These dudes were bad news. Apparently the previous owner was an elderly woman who had gotten sick and was no longer able to tend to the plot for some time. What had ensued was pure chaos, a veritable gardening nighmare. There were what appeared to be numerous different types of weeds had managed to make themselves quite comfortably at home in our unsuspecting little plot. The weeds were thick and unruly to say the least. Getting rid of the suckers would be no easy feat, but we were two women on a mission, and we had hoes.
Monday, July 19, 2010
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Welcome to green belle!
Welcome to green belle. I suppose it's fitting that I begin this blog by discussing what initially brought me here, my community garden plot. I've been a proud co-owner of a lovely 10' x 12' community garden plot for just over a month now. The process of achieving the plot began several months back when during a phone conversation with my mom in which I was relaying to her the latest vegetarian meal I had cooked myself for dinner, she proceeded to ask me why I don't get a gardening plot and start growing my own veggies if I loved them so much, and so I asked myself, well why don't I?
After doing some research and reaching out to atleast 10 plot coordinators near my neighborhood of Back Bay, I quickly realized that these plots were a pretty hot commodity in Boston and one that people did not give up so easily. Somewhat discouraged, I proceeded to fill out applications and get myself on the waiting lists for several different gardens, thinking to myself that maybe I'd hear back within the next couple years and that hopefully I'd still be living in the city at that point..but then, memorial day weekend, while enjoying a peaceful vacation in Austin, TX visiting a friend, I received the call from now fellow plot owner Matt that a plot had become available in the garden and it was mine if I wanted it, but I had to meet him that day to go over the specifics. Ecstatic over the prospect of having a garden, a venture I thought had turned out to be a long shot, could now become a reality, I quickly called up my roommate to see if she would be interested on going in on it with me. I obviously would not have been able to meet Matt that day and I didn't want to risk losing the opportunity. Hailey agreed and met up with Matt to get the dirt. A mere $25 later and we had ourselves a key to the watering hose and a plot, completely full of weeds.
After doing some research and reaching out to atleast 10 plot coordinators near my neighborhood of Back Bay, I quickly realized that these plots were a pretty hot commodity in Boston and one that people did not give up so easily. Somewhat discouraged, I proceeded to fill out applications and get myself on the waiting lists for several different gardens, thinking to myself that maybe I'd hear back within the next couple years and that hopefully I'd still be living in the city at that point..but then, memorial day weekend, while enjoying a peaceful vacation in Austin, TX visiting a friend, I received the call from now fellow plot owner Matt that a plot had become available in the garden and it was mine if I wanted it, but I had to meet him that day to go over the specifics. Ecstatic over the prospect of having a garden, a venture I thought had turned out to be a long shot, could now become a reality, I quickly called up my roommate to see if she would be interested on going in on it with me. I obviously would not have been able to meet Matt that day and I didn't want to risk losing the opportunity. Hailey agreed and met up with Matt to get the dirt. A mere $25 later and we had ourselves a key to the watering hose and a plot, completely full of weeds.
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