Dreams really DO come true!

I have dreamt of having a garden ever since I got married. Living in an apartment in the city has not allowed me to do much toward this goal, however. I've tried my hand at growing herbs on my window sill, and even tried some potted tomato plants one year, but I haven't had much luck.

The neighbors in the home just in back our building have a beautiful garden area all fenced off. It has gone untended for several years, and my Handyman and I have eyed it longing, wishing we could put it to use. Well, a couple of nights ago we were outside with Sweet Pea. My Handyman noticed the neighbors out on their back deck and got up the courage to ask them if they would be willing to let us plant some things, and offered to possibly rent it from them. We'd never actually met these people before, but they are so nice!! They were thrilled to have us care for the garden - they actually said that we would be doing them a favor. Can you believe it?!

In the densely populated metropolis we live in, land is like gold. I think we hit the mother load!! The space is about 20' x 30', with a lovely picket fence all around it. It's seriously as big as some people's entire backyard! Oh, the possibilities!!

We're planning to plant tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, squash, zucchini, green beans, and several herbs. Maybe some other things, too. I'm afraid we're a little late in getting things started, so we'll see how we do.

The wilderness of our garden

It's just across the alley from our apartment

The weeds were tall and thick!

The work begins...

Progress!

We uncovered a small patch of rhubarb!

My Handyman did a lot of the work - Sweet Pea was not thrilled with gardening...

She did let us get a cute picture, though!

After 5 hours of work, we'd prepared about 1/2 of the space.

There's still a ways to go...

The robins are thrilled with the feast we uncovered!

The pile of weeds we pulled out was enormous!


The transformation is amazing!