Kickoff!

Hello! Welcome to the Postage stamp garden blog, where I will post the adventures of setting up a productive vegetable garden in the small backyard of our home in Old Town Alexandria.

 My wife and I moved to Alexandria in June 2013. We've always thought it would be fun to have a garden, but have spent the last few years bouncing between cities and apartments and never had a chance. Now that we've settled down a bit we've decided its the perfect time to take a stab at a vegetable garden.

 Our back yard is a postage stamp, hence the blog's name. Undaunted, we've annexed a large chunk of it for the garden. We think it's a challenge to see how much we can grow, and hope to make our little garden more and more productive over the years as we learn what the hell we're doing.

 This blog will act as a journal on our gardening adventures this year. Our original plan was to just keep notes on my computer, but we thought other people might be interested. We'd love to hear from you about what you like on the blog. We'd also love to get feedback from experienced gardeners on what we're inevitably screwing up. Hope you enjoy it!