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…
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On July 25th, 2011, A FAREWELL ROMAN ROOFTOP DINNER…
…last night, cooking for my local Roman friends, was the best way to say goodbye – to them, to the city, and to the garden, which was picked…
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.
On June 12th, 2011, THE MID-SUMMERS ROMAN ROOFTOP GARDEN…
…is needing a good watering every morning (that nearby Lago Bracciano is happy to oblige, providing Rome with the abundant local clean water that is the pride of…
On June 3rd, A ROOFTOP SUNSET DINNER PARTY…
…last night, just after an errant storm passed over delivering a bit of cooling rain, was enjoyed on long rooftop garden-side peony-centered table set in the colorful vintage…
On May 28th, 2011, ROMAN ROOFTOP GARDEN NEWS…
…includes reports on recently planted loquat seeds; sad bean plants that are still refusing to climb up the bamboo wigwam structure that was made for them months ago;…
On May 24th, 2011, A SOLITARY BEE ESTATE…
…or trap nest – similar to the more massive, monolithic version that I made for the Mason Bees in New York City in 2008 – is my Roman…
On May 22nd, 2011, THE STRAWBERRY REPORT…
…brings good news of the most regular and welcome daily fruiting arrivals in my Roman rooftop garden these days – with always a few to be found hiding…
On April 29th, 2011, SPRING PLANTINGS IN THE ROMAN ROOFTOP GARDEN…
…including little tomato starts, bean seeds, eggplants, basil, squash, corn, and other future pleasures of the summer finally went in the rooftop dirt this week after much delay…
April 23rd, 2011, FAVAS…
…from the Roman rooftop – shelled twice and served fresh with pecorino are the classic May 1st Roman picnic dish – which we are enjoying a week early…
On April 20th, 2011, RSFP ROOFTOP SALAD HARVEST…
…was a proud moment today, as Miles from the Rome Sustainable Food Project kitchen – which energizes us with daily meals of local, seasonal, organic and delicious food…
On April 19th, 2011, YOGA ON THE ROOF…
…today and frequent evenings around 17:30 is the great gift of warmer days, later sun sets, stone pavers that hold the days heat, and a critical mass of…
On April 11th, 2011, PEA, FAVA & WORM POOP HARVEST…
…is the breaking news from the Roman rooftop garden this morning – having never grown the favas, I’ve waited until they are as big as those I’ve been…
On March 26th, 2011, ROMAN ROOFTOP HOMESTEAD GARDEN UPDATE…
…today includes happy news about the reals stars of the show at the moment, the bursting crop of fava beans (which I saw all over Praiano this week)…
On March 17th, 2011, DINNER FROM THE PLANTS…
…of the Roman rooftop homestead tonight included baby potatoes with mint/rosemary/nettles pesto – harvested during a brief afternoon break in the rain – as a steady stream of…
On March 13th, 2011, MINI ROOF GROTTO…
…in a big barrel was my solution to the daily rearranging of my moss gardens by the big birds who rule the skies up here on the Gianicolo…
On March 3rd, 2011, MINI MOSSY ZEN ROOF GARDEN…
…is something I started messing around with a few months ago (featuring a miniature landscape of tufa rocks and scavenged blocks covered with pieces of moss varieties gathered on…
On February 21st, 2011, THE PEA REPORT…
…from the Roman Rooftop Homestead is very good indeed, with the happy plants beginning to climb up the pea-stake branches that were just installed for them, and today…