Lacinato kale doing what lacinato does when you leave it alone long enough. Dark, textured, massive. Curly kale and cabbage filling in the back. This bed earned its keep all season.

Early summer -- squash just finding its feet, lettuce filling in nicely, a few petunias thrown in for good measure. Drip irrigation already doing its job. The quiet before the chaos.

Hand-drawn permaculture design for the Boston Food Forest Coalition at the Boston Nature Center — my PDC final project. Fruit and nut trails, foragers woodland garden, perennial vegetables, wetland. The whole system mapped out by hand.

A romaine head doing exactly what it's supposed to. Tight, healthy, good dark soil. Kale standing guard in the background.

Kale, lacinato, lettuce, chives, dill, broccoli — every inch of this bed earning its keep. This is what intensive planting looks like when it works.

Mid-summer and the garden is doing its thing. Tomatoes staked, squash sprawling, wood chip paths keeping everything tidy. This was the old wooden beds — good years, but it was time.

The full layout in spring — raised beds, in-ground beds, wood chip paths, pots lined up and ready. This is what the season looks like right before it all takes off.

First real handful of the season. Zucchini and cherry tomatoes same day — that's when you know it's working.

First big harvest of the season — zucchini, beans, and more tomatoes than we knew what to do with.

Early morning in the garden before the heat sets in. This is the best hour.

Sun Gold cherry tomatoes. Impossible to stop eating them before they make it inside.

The volunteer squash from 2024. Nobody planted it. It simply decided to exist and thrive.

First signs of life after winter. Nothing beats seeing green push through.

Comfrey doing what comfrey does. Dynamic accumulator, chop-and-drop champion.

Strawberries slowly winning the battle against the mint. Progress.

End of season. The kale is still going strong even after the first frost.

Pole beans love a trellis. These went up 6 feet in a single season.

The new 29" Birdies beds going in for 2026. No more hunching over.

Basil, parsley, cilantro. The herb corner gets harvested almost daily in summer.

First snow of the season. Garlic is in the ground. See you in spring.