Early Garden Pictures

In case you were wondering, I am located in Baltimore, Maryland which lies within USDA zone 7. The weather has begun to warm up with average day time temps in the 60s and night time temps in the 40s. It has also been fairly rainy. I managed to get my backyard garden setup for the season around the middle of March. I planted sugar snap peas, leaf spinach, radishes, and various varieties of lettuce all from seeds. Most of the seeds germinated around early April and are now growing fairly steadily.

On 4/12 I was notified that the community garden was plowed and ready for planting, albeit a little muddy. My assigned plot is 132. On Sunday, 4/17, my son Cameron and I went to find plot 132 and stake our claim. It turns out plot 132 is in a fairly decent spot. It's accessible my vehicle via a gravel road and grass path. It's in the back of of the garden area off the main road. I'm glad its accessible that way I won't need to worry about tramping through another person's plot, but at the same time I'm hoping my plot isn't overly attractive to vandals. I guess it depends on how you define "community"...my definition doesn't include stealing...we'll see who is right. While searching for our plot, Cameron and I met another gardener named Johnny, who is a past gardener here. He was very nice and explained the ins and outs of the garden and helped us find our plot. It turns out that I used to work with Johnny when I was in college. When I told him that, we ended up having a 1 hour conversation, much to the chagrin of my 3 year old. Sorry bout that buddy!

My plot is roughly identified by the red lines...