Lessons in urban farming #1 & 2

Lesson 1 - Locally grown
Everything I buy at Portland Avenue Nursery is stunningly better quality- if a fraction more expensive - than the same bought from the big box or chain supermarket. Hands down, every time. Healthy plants, grown locally (read acclimatized), in season. I buy a plant from the big box or chain supermarket now only if I don't care that much whether it survives.
Lesson 2 - Sod
This one I have only heard about - too late. If you're turing sod into garden, go out & buy a bag of soil, plop it down on top of the grass, cut it open & plant in it. While your garden is growing, the plastic bag is smothering the grass underneath. In the fall, pull the plastic out & till. Sure wish I'd done that....