The Chicagoist garden plot at the Peterson Victory Garden is winding down for the fall. All of the various root vegetables are popping out of the ground, the last of the green beans are coming in and we're harvesting tomatoes left and right. more ›

Last time we checked in with our Victory garden, it was nothing but a bare patch of recently-planted soil. We were quite worried that, due to our spat of early-June monsoons, the garden would be washed out and our plants would drown. Despite our trepidation, almost everything turned out just perfectly. This weekend, we harvested our first crop of French breakfast radishes and transplanted some tomatoes and jalapeno peppers, per the suggestions of some readers. The only failure was our carrots, which didn't seem to sprout at all. more ›

Last month, I bought a garden plot at the Peterson Victory Garden Project. It's been amazing to watch the project get underway. Less than a month ago, the space at the corner of Peterson and Campbell was a vacant lot, filled with concrete, irregular gravel and standing water. But after tons of work, gravel, mulch and sweat, the garden is looking beautiful. Over a hundred raised beds have been built and filled with soil, and planting has begun in earnest. more ›

Surrounded by dirt, trellises, plants and happy gardeners; you would think we had wandered into a fairy tale about sustainable agriculture. Which, in a way, we had … except this storybook was set in a magical land 20 feet above the ground. On Saturday, Uncommon Ground opened America’s first organically certified rooftop garden at their Devon Avenue location, and they invited Mayor Daley to join in the revelry. more ›