The hanging plant above was transplanted from an single room occupancy (SRO) hotel room by one of its residents who also weaved the plant hanger from twine. This garden volunteer dreams of getting house plants that respond well to growing in SRO's to help formerly homeless individuals feel more at home in their new housing. He would also like to teach a class to teach others how to make their own plant hangers.It should be noted that the plant above, a trandescantia pallida, is commonly known by a racist name. We have been taking the opportunity to educate individuals about racism as we talk about this plant and have encouraged people to call the plant the Purple Heart or Purple Queen (it's less commonly used names) rather than the "wandering Jew."
Our succulant pockets have been flurishing since we planted them. The small pink flower that is currently blooming is called Camus.
Our oats and peas cover crop started growing right away. Here is what they looked like a week after scattering seeds.
We've got a large pumpkin growing in the garden that looks like it will be ready just in time for halloween.
Today we harvested all these parsnips.
For our lunch today we shared harvested veggies, including the carrots and kohlrabi seen above.
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