Tomato Potato

Tomato Potato
garden

January 2, 2009 • 5:41 pm PST
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As a New Year's resolution, we'll be starting a garden in the backyard of our downtown los angeles loft. We'll be attempting to transform a good chunk of this asphalt space into a vibrant vegetable growing garden.

At the moment, we have no idea what we're doing. But we plan to learn, and post updates here. If anyone ever has any suggestions or advice for us, please let us know through the comments.

thanks.

Posted in: Environment,; The Community Board

Tags: los angeles,; gardening,; cities

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