How Does Your Garden Grow?

I've taken up gardening this year for the first time. Seriously. I'd never planted a seed in the ground in my life until 6 weeks ago. Since the apartment I'm renting doesn't include any land, I'm sharing a rented plot with Erik at Mrs. Krause's community garden. It hasn't produced much of a bounty yet, so I still buy produce elsewhere, (namely the Farmer's Market on 8th and Erie). But I now understand why so many farmers use chemicals. Weeding is so much work! Not to mention all the bugs chomping holes in my leaves.