Today has been amazingly beautiful in New York, and I’m finally home from my work and fun-related travels, so I took the opportunity to finally get my little container garden started (with the assistance and expertise of our green-thumbed webmaster). First goal on this month’s challenge: check! In these pots will someday soon be lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, parsley, cilantro, onions, and beets (my new favorite food).

Are you growing anything this year? If you are, or if you want to get inspired to do so, check out FreedomGardens.org, a gorgeous new social networking and resource site for home gardeners started by the urban permaculture pioneers at PathtoFreedom.com. I rent, so I’m not sure how close I can get to total yard liberation, but I’m darn sure gonna try. Once I get my worm compost bin started, I’ll have the whole circle of life going up in here y’all! So exciting!!