We have had a dismal-looking backyard since we moved into our apartment almost two years ago. It was totally overgrown and full of old junk. We have a giant window overlooking it and I would often sigh and daydream about cleaning it up and making it a nice space to hang out and grow a little garden. A while back I asked my landlord to fix the gates--we had some random sketchy guy back there one night and another one in broad daylight removing (and taking for himself) the metal legs of a long ago discarded table... Creepy! Anyway, she fixed the gates, hired someone to level the ground out a bit, and then had some mulch dropped off. It was a HUGE pile of mulch and it was starting to grow weeds. One morning I had enough of daydreaming about it and just went out there and started cleaning it up. I moved some of the mulch and then Raf helped me move more of it the next day. Finally I put a call out a couple of ladies in our building and they were totally down, so we got together and finished cleaning it up! I used old boards and an old wine crate as raised beds and added organic soil and compost. One neighbor planted flowers, and I planted a vegetable garden (Early Girl tomatoes, green beans, lettuce, swiss chard, zucchini, and herbs--not bad for a little plot!) and replanted the succulents that were looking sad along the side of our building. It looks so nice when I peek out our window! What a happy space! Now, I just can't wait for the harvest and for the blackberries growing along the back fence to come in...Yay!
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