On April 7th, 2012, ANOTHER ROOFTOP GARDEN REPORT…
…follows on the heels of others from Jan 16 and Mar 2, and today the reports are coming in of wildflower blooms, big fat broccoli heads, more kale…
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On March 20th, 2012, DECOMPOSED GRANITE…
…is the beautifully warm-colored soft-textured stone that comes up with almost every shovel and trowel on my hill, which I covered my roof with as it was coming…
On March 14th, 2012, COLLARDS…
…in a messy row between the broccoli and the kale are up and ready to eat on the rooftop garden ya’ll.
On March 2nd, 2012, ROOFTOP GARDEN PROGRESS REPORT…
…is so much greener than just 6 weeks ago, when dry dirt ruled over a newly terraced landscape of meager seedlings – but today the wildflowers have taken…
On February 4th, 2012, BUDDING GRAPE VINES…
…(which I have been training around the house for the past 11 years) are a sign that we have entered the back side of winter, the surprising reminder…
On February 2nd, 2012, BROCCOLI ON THE ROOF…
…was planted a few weeks ago in the new terraced beds I labored over for weeks, now finally paying off with some evidence of slow February vegetable growth,…
On February 1st, 2012, WILDFLOWER SEEDLINGS…
…are taking their time popping up their heads above the soil on the roof that I carefully prepared for them, after planting a few weeks ago – a…
On January 30th, 2012, CAROB TREE STOOLS…
…pieces of the trunk cut to 18 inch units lining a new primitive 20 foot long table in the garden are the legacy of my fallen tree –…
On January 16th, 2012, THE GARDEN ON THE ROOF…
…here was a crazy out of control mess that I first established when I moved into the house 11 years – featuring a lawn, of all things, plus…
On January 12th, 2012, THE THEODORE PAYNE FOUNDATION…
…provides a literal and figurative breath of fresh air at the edge of the city as it pushes against the mountains to the north, in the wild foothills…
On December 28th, 2012, THE COMO PARK CONSERVATORY…
…is where we have come this morning with nieces and nephews in tow for some escape out of cold dry midwest winter and into the hot moist tropics.…
On October 17th, 2011, THE ALLOTMENT AT KENSINGTON GARDENS…
…was a highlight find hidden in the endless fields and lawns of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens – first viewed through a mysterious high window…they have chickens that…
On September 20th, 2011, PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURE SOCIETY…
…volunteers tend the recreated typical 18th century Philadelphia garden that I passed by this afternoon (on my way to the Apple Store for an emergency laptop battery procedure…
On September 11th, 2011, ISTANBUL KIDDIES IN THE HOTHOUSE…
…(the Edible Estates garden headquarters at SALT Beyoglu) gathered for some gardening workshops with Pelin Demereli throughout the afternoon, and since I couldn’t understand anything they were saying,…
On September 10th, 2011, ISTANBUL GARDEN WORKSHOP ACTIVITIES…
…today and tomorrow (plus a talk this evening) have brought me back to town to check in on the Edible Estate rooftop hothouse garden headquarters on top of…
On July 26th, 2011, A NEW HOME FOR THE ROMAN ROOFTOP GARDEN…
…on the ground of the former parking lot at the Ex-SNIA community center – a vast abandoned industrial complex east of Termini being reclaimed by trees and meadows…
On July 11th, 2011, FONDAZIONE CINI…
…on the Venetian island of San Giorgio Maggiore is where I have come to visit an Italian designer friend (working with Michele de Lucchi on one of his…
On July 1st, 2011, THE BEAN POLE WIGWAM…
…I placed on axis with the top floor Academy corridor – where I live and work – is providing some drama in the distance this morning as I…
On June 29th, 2011, CUCUMBERS…
…cetrioli, (two of them) are busting out, pumping up daily, from those vines creeping up the rebar structures that I installed months ago – finally, finally being put…
On June 27th, 2011, BORLOTTI…
…beans have arrived to the rooftop garden, with harvest day for the speckled magenta pods hiding everywhere I look.