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On January 22nd, 2014, A CRAZY WINTER HARVEST…

January 22, 2014

…this morning included tomatoes (!) and peppers (!!) ripened in our recent unseasonably warm temps (and drought thanks to our Ridiculously Resilient Ridge while the Eastern and Midwestern US…

On May 4th, 2012, VEG ON THE ROOF…

May 4, 2012

…in their crowded bed – lovingly raked, graded, laid out, and sprinkled with compost just this winter – is dusty green, bright green, lettuce green, strawberry green, onion…

On April 27th, 2012, CARDOONS…

April 27, 2012

…or Cynara cardunculus, are found wildly making their way all over my L.A. hill, and I do my best to encourage their big-leaved purple-thistle-flowered towering drama – and one…

On April 26th, 2012, JUPITER’S BEARD…

April 26, 2012

…or Centranthus ruber, has been creeping around the gardens here for years, looking great and flowering and continually coming back with little encouragement or even a drop of…