The garden at Will's is starting to come up rather nicely. The paper that we laid has managed to stay in place after burying the edges. We do have a problem on one end of the lettuce bed however. One end the lettuce is coming in very well and is getting ready for harvest, but the other end is almost the same size as when it was planted. We suspect a fungal infection of some kind. Everything else is doing well, we even have a pumpkin plant that has spouted out of our compost pile. Will plans to transplant it into a pot and see how well it does just as an experiment. The project as a whole has done much better than I had anticipated. The compost took longer to decompose than I had thought, but it is looking good now. The only real problems are the one with the lettuce that I have already addressed along with a little leaf wilt and insects. With this inspiration I have decided to try a small container of my own on my balcony. I have planted peppers that are growing well, and cucumbers that are just now starting to sprout. Hopefully they will both work out.