On November 3rd, 2010, WORM COMPOSTING…
…also known as ‘vermicoltura’ around here, is going well up on the Roman rooftop and the little red worms are reproducing quickly, eating their daily kitchen scraps, turning…
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On October 26th, 2010, DINNER WITH ALICE WATERS…
…at the American Academy in Rome tonight (over the delightful food prepared in the kitchen she revolutionized, and presided over by the indomitable indefatigable Mona Talbott) was a…
On October 24th, 2010, ROMAN ROOFTOP HOMESTEAD ARRANGEMENT…
…is at version 3.0 with small revisions every day, and now my worm compost bin is outside too, so the worms can get a little fresh air.
On October 23rd, 2010, EMPTY SWIMMING POOL AQUAPONICS
…is something that I recently came across (at gardenpool.org) where a whole subterranean productive animal/vegetable realm is created within empty backyard swimming cavities in which kitchen garden plants,…
On October 22nd, 2010, A SUNSET OVER ROOFTOP GARDEN PROGRESS…
…this evening as I continue to figure out what form this rooftop homestead should take, though I suspect it will continue to change, evolve, and mutate through the…
On October 17th, 2010, A ROMAN ROOFTOP HOMESTEAD…
…is what I’ll be gradually making for myself this year, including a kitchen garden, bat and bee estates, worm compost bins, laundry lines, a garden of plants for…
On September 29th, 2010, TOKYO GREEN SPACE…
….was the topic of one of today’s more interesting garden conference talks here in Metz, France, by Jared Braiterman – and check out his website here.
On September 16th, 2010, THE FRENCH ACADEMY’S VILLA MEDICI…
…is one of my favorite places in the Rome – where I’m lucky to have some French friends of friends in residence who I can go visit –…
On September 12th, 2010, THE WHITE HOUSE VEGETABLE GARDEN…
…is my first stop after a talk at the American Society of Landscape Architects annual conference today – the first time I have seen it, and perhaps most…
On September 9th, 2010, THE AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME VEGETABLE BEDS…
…were established as part of the new Rome Sustainable Food Project spearheaded by Alice Waters (in beds originally created for cut flowers in the Bass Garden behind the…
On August 27th, 2010, MACDOWELL COLONY VEGETABLE GARDEN…
…is looking great towards the end of the season, producing butternut squash, tomatoes, and lots of leafy greens.
On August 11th, 2010, LEAFY GREENS…
…and a few reds, are popping up in Emily’s vegetable garden at MacDowell Colony – we get some in our lunch if the hedgehogs don’t get to it…
On August 7th, 2010, THE STAFF GARDENS AT THE ALDRICH MUSEUM…
…which were planted in the early spring as a part of the “Something for Everyone” show at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut – are now…
On July 27th, 2010, A MACDOWELL GARDEN TOUR…
…was lead today by Emily, the amazing MacDowell gardener, who is also an old friend who within the past two years has started a garden of natives around…
On July 26th, 2010, A MOSS GARDEN…
…is the most exotic fantastic gorgeous thing to eyes that have been mostly around a very dry Southern California landscape lately – and this particular mossy space that…
On July 15th, 2010, THE PHILBROOK MUSEUM OF ART…
…in Tulsa, Oklahoma is where I will be giving a talk this evening and they have some amazing gardens! (website)
On July 12, 2010, THE GRAPES…
…on the arbor in the garden behind the dome are ripe and ready to eat just as I am leaving town for a while….shucks.
On July 4th, 2010, IS THE 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF EDIBLE ESTATE #1…
…in Salina, Kansas, which was planted over the holiday weekend in 2005 in the front lawn of the Cox Residence and commissioned by the Salina Art Center –…
On June 8th, 2010, ROOFTOP VEGGIE SURPRISE…
…is what I am calling this season’s kitchen garden which began with mixing up in a container all of the seeds for edibles that I have been collecting…
On June 3rd, 2010, “ABOVE THE PAVEMENT—THE FARM! : ARCHITECTURE & AGRICULTURE AT PF1″…
…is the book just out from Princeton Architectural Press (for which I contributed the forward “Above the People: The Meadow, the Vegetable Garden, the Apple Tree, and the…