Good Evening,
   I hope everyone is doing well. I seem to think this is all about me, that it is a one way radio, but I don't want that to be the extent of my trip. I must tell you that when I hear people tell me that they have been reading my blog, it is very rewarding and satisfying, it keeps me going when I'm tired and hard on my luck. I want people to send me emails if they so desire, if they have questions or comments or just want to check in with me: tommyhoward39@yahoo.com. Hell, give me a call, 248-885-1284. Seriously.
     I think that dialouge will contribute to both our experiences. There is a threshold of knowledge possessed by all of you and I would like to tap into it and let you tap into mine. I hope you consider this and act if moved to do so. 

     I went to a downtown Miami neighborhood yesterday, my third day in a row in Miami, called Overtown. It is an older section of town trying to burrow its way out of poverty. It is doing so with a lot of urban gardening. They have a large population of Jamaicans and Hispanics that are working together growing a lot of collard greens, okra, tomatoes, eggplant, papaya, and some other fresh goods. This market was really nice compared to the other hectic ones. There were only four stands on the side of a street block selling produce from the gardens on site and our farm with two other prepared food vendors. I met some pretty cool people. One guy was from Vermont, an entreprenuer who told me all about the "Slow Money Movement" that is an economic movement to promote local food. My understanding is that people new to farming meet with investors who are open to this sort of business. They do not expect a 15% returned profit, but rather a 1-5% and are okay with that because they think that it is a worthy cause. Its what I would call eco-nomics. Wednesday's market gave me a chance to talk to a few people and learn about the area and the projects. It was the gardening I am interested in, the urban renewing and reviving gardening that inner cities can use practically.
     Today was a more routine day, we moved 80 tomatoes, 8 varieties of 10, into larger bins because a scientist is coming to pick them up from the University of Miami to conduct experiments on. I was just struck with a very good idea a dinner minutes ago. I think I am going to save some seeds from Bee heaven's large collection of heirloom tomatoes and bring some back to Michigan to plant this coming fall. I know we all love our tomatoes! I think I will do this with a few other more obscure plants so to introduce my friends back home to new asian greens like yukina savoy and tay sai. I have exactly two weeks left on the farm and it it seems like adequate time to do such a project and plan on making it happen.
     WELL, I am tired, fare the well folks,
              Tommy