I have the equivalent of Jackie O’s pill box hat. I’m the community garden organizer for my local (organic) community garden, here in East Boston.<\/p>\n
Now Michelle Obama is putting in an organic garde<\/a>n – the first since Eleanor Roosevelt’s.<\/p>\n I’m so excited. I mean, my own garden is exciting enough, but this is incredible. I had watched this video about the history of White House gardens<\/a> which urged the Obamas to bring gardens back, but I didn’t realize it was something that would actually happen. I can’t tell you how much pleasure I got out of ordering seeds and getting ready for the spring (seriously, I think it’s the major factor in my cheerfulness during winter). Now my smug<\/p>\n Now, to give you just a hint of my late-winter fervor, I’ll list for you the plants I’ll be growing (and blogging about) this summer:<\/p>\n Bean Tiger’s Eye Oh yes, I keep a spreadsheet. Now who’s ready to come visit and eat their weight in tomatoes? Beware, canker sores come from too much acidity. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I have the equivalent of Jackie O’s pill box hat. I’m the community garden organizer for my local (organic) community garden, here in East Boston. Now Michelle Obama is putting in an organic garden – the first since Eleanor Roosevelt’s. I’m so excited. I mean, my own garden is exciting enough, but this is incredible. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bucket-of-sunshine"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/outsidecat.com\/wordvehicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/outsidecat.com\/wordvehicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/outsidecat.com\/wordvehicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outsidecat.com\/wordvehicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outsidecat.com\/wordvehicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=893"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/outsidecat.com\/wordvehicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":897,"href":"https:\/\/outsidecat.com\/wordvehicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893\/revisions\/897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outsidecat.com\/wordvehicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outsidecat.com\/wordvehicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outsidecat.com\/wordvehicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCabbage Premium Late Flat Dutch
\nCucumber Double Yield
\nEggplant Thai Green
\nFlower Coreopsis Tinctura
\nHerbs Basil, Globe
\nHerbs Dill Grandma Einck’s
\nHerbs Lavendar, True
\nHerbs Spearmint
\nHerbs Thai Basil
\nLettuce Seed Savers Lettuce Mixture
\nMelon Tigger
\nOnion Australian Brown
\nPepper Aurora
\nPepper King of the North
\nPepper Bull Nose Large Bell
\nPepper Joe’s Long Cayenne
\nPepper Orange Thai
\nPotato Carola
\nPotato La Ratte
\nPotato Purple Peruvian
\nSoybean Shirofumi
\nSunflower Arikara
\nSwiss Chard Fordhook Giant
\nSwiss Chard Rhubarb
\nTomato Brandywine
\nTomato Cherry Roma
\nTomato Hungarian Heart
\nTomato Italian Heirloom
\nTomato Wapsi Peach<\/p>\n
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\nThey’re all being grown from seed, and they’re all heirlooms from Seed Savers<\/a>. I have a technogarden<\/a> to start the seeds indoors – it’s hydroponic, and has grow lights. (I bought it refurbished at a Marshall’s for $50.)<\/p>\n