This is gardening for beginners 101. Rather than my own garden, the city has become my yard and I use my neighborhood and public spaces as my study subjects. I am starting at the beginning because I don't know which vegetables are perennial or how plants can be so diverse in their soil needs or why some plants compliment each other and some don't. There is much to learn and the work I do on this blog will hopefully transform me into a gardener extraordinaire and will become a starting point for others out there, pounding the pavement and wishing they were digging in the dirt instead.