When It Was Dirt

Before there were savory vegetables, luscious herbs, and delicately wrought row-markers, there were two lonely plots:






Under the watchful eye of the bird-for-hire, the dirt is being monitored 'round the clock, awaiting cultivation:



All winter long, the giant metal machine enriched the soil, and now it is ready:



Are the novice gardeners up for the challenge? Can they really transform dirt into gourmet vegetables? Is democratic, collective gardening a horrible, horrible mistake?

The plots thicken.