On June 3rd, 2012, EDIBLE ESTATE #12: BUDAPEST PLANTED…
…on day #2, a hot blazing sunny afternoon requiring speedy watering as soon as roost hit the ground and then paths were covered by a think layer of …
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On June 2nd, 2012, KALAKA!…
…the name for ‘the old Transylvanian tradition of the whole village getting together to do a job, usually building a house but can be other things as well’…
On June 1st, 2012, OH @$%#^(*&@&%^#, IT’S ILLEGAL…
…to plant a visible kitchen garden in Wekerletelep (or Wekerle Estate, the early 20th century planned utopian Garden City inspired Budapest community actually engineered for residents to grow…
On May 31st, 2012, GARDEN PLANS AND PLANTS…
…was the order of the day as we prepare for a weekend planting of Edible Estates #12: Budapest in Wekerletelep – so I sketched away the morning on…
On May 24th, 2012, ‘FOUNDING GARDENERS’…
…is the title of the 2011 book by Andrea Wulf I am just finishing, engrossed in the stories of gardening maniacs Washington, Jefferson, Madison, and Adams, and how…
On May 12th, 2012, MATILIJA POPPIES…
…or Romneya coulteri, or fried-egg flower, are the towering white petaled and yellow native Californians whose drama is greeting visitors to the Theodore Payne Foundation right now (the…
On May 10th, 2012, PEA HARVEST…
…has been on my mind since I first noticed some of those pods plumping up a few weeks ago, and this afternoon I have the gumption to hunt…
On May 5th, 2012, ANNOUNCING THE LENARD FAMILY RESIDENCE…
…as the site for the Edible Estate Regional Prototype Garden #12: Budapest, Hungary to be planted over the weekend of June 2nd – commissioned by Blood Mountain Foundation…
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…
On April 5th, 2012, LUNCH STRAIGHT FROM THE GARDEN…
…is the pleasure of late winter L.A., enjoyed as four guests are coming over for a midday meal, so today it will be everything veg for a big…
On April 4th, 2012, BROCCOLI IS IN THE HOUSE…
…ya’ll, jealous? just violently beheaded from the plant out my window and now I’m slicing it up for steaming, but actually it tastes like heaven just raw.
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 18th, 2012, GATHERED ROSE PETALS…
…from a wild climbing rose bush (which has surprisingly thrived as a neglected castaway – who knows how it got there – in a hidden overgrown corner of…
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 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 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.…