berkeley, ca: finally a plot of my own

Graduate school has brought me back to paradise, also known as Berkeley, California. As soon as we saw the huge backyard, we knew we had to rent the apartment in a four-plex house on Vine St. As soon as we moved in, I immediately staked claim to a 4x8 patch of grass up against the bushes. I figured this patch would be out of the way and it seemed like someone had gardened there at one point in the past. I was so excited, finally a patch of land to grow food! I turned over the soil with a shovel and added some bagged organic potting soil with fertilizer from the local horticulture shop (only 3 blocks away!).

I immediately set about planting a variety of starts: onions, leeks, kale, lettuce, strawberries, beets, tomatoes, lavender and some flowers for decoration. I was so proud of my new garden.