Small Space Gardening: Parking Space Garden

The LFP’s 9x19 foot Parking Space Garden is producing a lot of delicious vegetables in a small space. Our senior intern, Lauren, prepared the soil back in June by double digging the beds—using a garden spade to dig out a trench one foot deep, then loosening the sub-soil with a garden fork, repeating down the length of each bed. The result was four fluffy beds perfect for close-planting a wide variety of crops. So far, we have harvested 9 pounds of Swiss Chard, 13 pounds of Lettuce Heads, and 2.5 pounds of basil from this small space. And there will definitely be more to come! See pictures of the Parking Space Garden. Check back to read about the yields in our 700 square foot Feed a Family Garden.

Harvest Update

Tomatoes are here! The Local Food Project crew harvested the first of our Sun Gold cherry tomatoes last week. The wait was worth it! These sweet-tart little jewels just taste like summer. Other summer crops in our recent harvests include Cocozelle zucchini, Adam pickling cucumbers, Mangan eggplant, and Corno di Toro peppers. Our broccoli plants are still producing nice heads and we have plentiful onions and leeks. View more photos from the LFP’s harvest days.