Eureka! I have vegetables!

Well finally after two long months I have vegetables in my rooftop garden! I am very excited. I have about four green peppers, two tomatoes and two bushes full of habaneros! I can not wait until everything is ripe enough to pick so I can truly enjoy my garden. I have enclosed some pictures of all of my new vegetables.

My green pepper plants!

Habaneros for spicy salsa.

My first two tomatoes.

My garden is really doing great. It is more than I could have hoped for. My project was a success. I showed that you do not need a lot of room or grass to grow food for your family. I hope that others will take my lead and give it a try, it is a very rewarding experience.

Here is another before and after shot, it still amazes me.

Just waiting for veggies....

Well it has been almost two months since I started my garden and my plants are huge. I can't wait to harvest my first crop. All of my plants have buds on them now and I should have some veggies in about a month or so. I have already decided that next year I want to plant strawberries. Here is the newest picture of my garden.

This is what my garden looks like now.

This is the humble beginnings of my garden. I am still amazed of how it has grown! Now that I know I have somewhat of a green thumb, bigger plans on in the making. Stay Tuned!

It's Alive.....

Well it has been two weeks since I have posted and I have baby veggies! I am very excited the garden has really taken off in the last week. It has been in the 90s here with several thunderstorms plus a lot of heat. I will be updating more regularly. I have included pictures of the baby veggies below.

The plant on the right is my tomato plant, the one on the left is my green pepper plant.

My other pepper plants are doing well too. I can not wait to see new buds on those. As soon as I see them, you will see them. I have also included a before and after picture of my garden. I planted my garden about a month ago and I am amazed by the progress in one month. Well I hope you enjoy the pictures and check back for more.

May 2008 the first picture of my garden.

The latest picture of my garden, not bad for a not so green thumb!

So many plants, So little time...

So, since the last time I posted I have been very busy. First of all my green pepper plants have new growth! I am very excited. My rooftop garden is doing well and it is finally starting to warm up so they should really take off soon. I have also been working on a few friends yards and finally have the pictures for that. First I put a vegetable garden into my friends backyard, which includes tomatoes, green and yellow peppers and habanero peppers. My big project though is still in progress but I have pictures of the progress. I am redoing another friend's front flower bed. So far I have ripped out all the dead plants and bushes and completely weeded it. Second, I put in two azelea bushes and transplanted bluebells from the backyard to the front yard. The next step will be to put pavers across the front with small ground cover flowers in between. I have had help from my mom with the flower bed. Thanks Mom! So stay tuned because I have two other projects that I am going to be starting in the next two weeks. Just to note all of these projects are urban gardens!

A Week Later.....

Well it has been almost a week and my plants are doing well so far. We have had a lot of rain so I have not had to water at all. I moved the plant so that they could get a southern exposure but they are still on the roof top. I have added pictures of each plant. I added flowers to the beds for color and pollination. This project has inspired me to help my friends with their gardens. It has been a lot of fun! I hope you are enjoying the blog so far and please check back for more pictures.

Day One of the Pepper Project

This blog was inspired by my mom. It is a project in urban gardening that I hope will lead to urban farming. My mom is a full force supporter of the slow food movement and growing your own food. Unfortunately many of us live in urban areas with little to no green space of our own. My project is to see how much you can grow in containers on a rooftop. I have planted habanero, hot chilis, bell peppers, pimento peppers and tomatoes. I will updating the blog weekly to let you know how my garden is going. I plan to add jalapeno to the garden as well. Let the adventure begin!