almost famous

LoHud.com, the online version of the Journal News, the local newspaper is hip to the Almar Garden and CityCountryCity! The ran a feature story on local gardeners today, with a teaser on the front page and a huge photo of me holding seeds on the front page of the life & style section. The neighbors hipped us to this in the AM...told us to watch out for the Katonah paparazzi. When they're finished with Martha, maybe they'll swing by...



This was all much more excting than the reality of today's task: working in a bunch of compost and shrimp based fertilizers...literally shovelling shit and seafood. Somehow, I can't quite capture that smell in a blog!

before & after

Now i'm ready to begin the "country" part of this blog in earnest: the last two weekends have marked the start of the gardening project. I've marked off roughly 100 square feet of lawn to turn into a vegetable garden. The lawn is off, the soil is tilled, and the compost is stinking up the joint. Now all I need is a little bit of warmth and I can get some of the many seeds I'm gonna grow into the beds. I'm gonna do my best to keep a visual record of this, as well as a description of any standout meals that come out of the project. And anyone who wants to link to my blog gets a claim on whatever kind of harvest I produce...