I woke up today and went for my regular walk through “the farm,” as I affectionately call my four raised boxes, and it was like everything changed overnight!

The beautiful purple flower I admired a couple days prior has turned into a baby eggplant, the squash plant has produced gorgeous yellow blossoms, the eight tomato plants are going nuts, the watermelon vines are practically snaking into the street, and there are enough herbs to supply my restaurant salad dressings for weeks.

But the best part of all is watching my neighbors’ smiling responses as they walk their dogs in the evening. People are so happy as they pass by, and as soon as things ripen, I plan to leave a little table with a basket for neighbors to help themselves to what I have left for them! I can’t wait!

Holy Cannoli, it’s a radish! That’s right, the girl with the black thumb and absolutely no luck with gardening skills of any kind has picked her first handful of radishes!Â
    

Jenny Levison proudly displays her first harvest (radishes!) from her organic garden.

I am so impressed with myself that I can’t stand it! It has been one month since we planted Farmer D’s garden extraordinaire, and all that is happening is far-out fantastic. 

Less than a month ago, this garden space included only seeds and tiny plants.

I have eight—count ‘em eight—varieties of tomatoes growing at a super speed, incredible beans, eggplant, Sunflowers, squash, zucchini and a slew of peppers from poblano to jalapeno. The herb garden is abundant enough to start an herbal tea store.

I am simply beside myself at the growth, and I have done nothing but water! Sounds ridiculous doesn’t it, but I could be the poster child for gardening for dummies!

Jenny shows us around her garden, where watermelon vines (planted from seed) have grown so prolifically they’re in the yard! In the background, tomato plants have grown to a height of four feet—they were only about six inches when planted in mid-May!

 

Garden update video  Jenny Levison’s organic garden