So I'm in Columbus for work. Turns out it's a lot easier to garden here than I imagined... There are groups dedicated to this stuff, it's legal to raise chickens near the city and DIY culture of raising your own food for fun and/or profit seems to be thriving.
I'm moving soon from a 400 sq ft studio to a house in Franklinton area of Columbus. I will be gaining reasonably cheap rent, a backyard, access to Columbus Idea Foundary maker space, cool opportunities to volunteer with Franklinton Gardens - a great turn-an-empty-lot-into-garden organization.
So I'm cautiously optimistic - since my previous backyard gardening adventure sort of became a pain and became overwhelming - I am hoping I have learned from that. One thing I know for sure - I would kill for garden fresh cherry tomatoes! They were delicious!
Looking forward to growing a salad - greens, tomatoes and basil. Hopefully more if I can.
The problem that I have is that after finding out that I'm moving to this, less than stellar area of Columbus, I'm being called a 'homesteader'... And while for some it might bring visions of wide open land and Laura Ingalls Wilder - in my head I see Puritans kicking out the local Native tribes... Is that weird? It's funny... part of the reason that I also liked the area is that when I drove by mid-day by a school there I saw black and white kids outside - and they were playing together. Oddly enough, it's not that common of a sight in Columbus...
In any case, I'm hoping my little garden experiment works out this time - I figured if I'm going to live in Columbus, I want it to be interesting. Neither the suburban living or drunken downtown living somehow offered the same possibilities.
