A garden with a view

Its a bit of a fixer-upper, but its our very own piece of land to do whatever we want with. The plot is nearly the size of our apartment, and for the super low price of $30 a year, its the best deal on land the city of Boston has to offer. The land is part of the Emerald Necklace, a system of parks along the Muddy River designed by the father of landscape architecture, Frederick Law Olmsted. During World War II, the Fenway Victory Gardens were created to reduce pressure on the food supply brought on by the war. While gardens like these were quite common during the era, the one in Fenway is now the last continually operating victory garden in existence. The Fenway Garden Society maintains the area and accepts applications for new plots. We were lucky enough to get one this year, and as long as we maintain it we can keep it indefinately. Our plot is Z25 in the center section north. It is a quiet plot near the Muddy River with a great view of the Prudential Tower (tallest building in Boston, and 26th tallest in the US). We plan to plant: tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, eggplant, summer squash, zuchinni, peppers, basil, cilantro, cantaloupe, and watermelon.