I have been noticing lately the number of little vegetable gardens springing up just a short walk from our house. I've never seen so many before - and these are only the ones boldly visible from the sidewalk and roadside. Today John and I celebrated Earth Day by riding our bikes along my regular walking route and taking photos.
With baby crib vine supports
Cabbages among the roses
Drive-by corn
Lettuce border
Onion hedge
Vegetable boxes
More roadside corn
Tomatoes in bird heaven
Veggies in a traffic-calmer
Impromptu community garden near public housing
For some reason I kept hearing in my head the song "Little Boxes" (now a theme song for "Weeds") - the lyrics of which are the opposite of what I think is going on here. With apologies to Malvina Reynolds, I had to come up with some new words:
Little
gardens in the front yard, little gardens growing corn and beans
Little
gardens in the backyard, with tomatoes and kale
There’s a
big one and a small one, grown in straight rows or growing everywhere,
And they’re
all made out of seeds and hope, and no two look the same.
I am so thrilled to see these little gardens, so expressive of hope and vitality. It's incredibly simple to plant a seed or a transplant, water it, and let the sun work its magic. But there's also something potentially revolutionary about taking back a little of the food system. Let them grow!
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