On January 15th, 2014, WILDFLOWERING LA: SOME WORDS ON WATERING…
…were just written up by Theodore Payne Foundation‘s Genny Arnold for the participants at the 50 Wildflowering LA sites across LA County: California is experiencing its driest year…
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On January 14th, 2014, WILDFLOWERING LA: WHAT ABOUT THE WEEDS?..
…is the recurring question coming from many of the 50 participating Wildflowering LA sites across LA county, and here is Theodore Payne Foundation‘s Genny Arnold detailed response: It’s exciting…
On July 29th, 2013, RETURN TO EDIBLE ESTATE #15…
…in Woodbury, Minnesota early this morning was my very first stop of the day and more later on the on the garden, but in the mean time some…
On August 6th, 2012, WALKING STICK CACTUS…
…or Cylindropuntia spinosior, in the cactus gardens buried in the sloping pine woods of the Montalvo Arboretum and County Park – lights up with a halo of back-lit low sun…
On August 5th, 2012, YARROW…
…or Achillea millefolium is a favorite pollinator attractor, providing a broad horizontal landing pad for lots of good airborne visitors – today found in Montalvo culinary fellow Niki…
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 4th, 2012, VEG ON THE ROOF…
…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…
…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…
…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…
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 February 24th, SUCCULENTS ON THE KITCHEN COUNTER…
…were placed as little garden cuttings a few months ago in a 24″ diameter shallow glass disk – one of about fifty which I had designed and made…
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 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 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 August 13th, 2011, PRETTY DUTCH GREEN STUFF…
…is allowed to go wild and have it’s way sprouting out of the corner between the sidewalk and the house facades all over town – the best part…
On April 28th, 2011, HANGING GREEN STUFF…
…and plants growing out of and in to unexpected places is always a welcome surprise when turning any corner in Rome – as I did this afternoon in…