On February 14th, 2011, ROOFTOP PLANTING CRATES…
…and their happy healthy plant residents enjoying this afternoon’s sun, are visible out the window as I shuffle around in my dim influenza delerium, at least encouraged to…
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On February 2nd, 2011, THE LETTUCE REPORT…
…from the Roman rooftop garden is good – and though some are still looking small and scrappy after months in the ground, growing very slowly with the cool…
On January 26th, 2011, ORTICHE…
…or nettles, are to be found all over the streets of Rome, coming up from any unattended space between stones, they sting (a fact I am sure every…
On January 21st, 2011, THE FLOWERING FAVA BEANS…
…or Vicia faba, are keeping my rooftop garden spring-like in the middle of a Roman winter – and since I have never grown them before, it is all…
On January 5th, 2011, THE WORM REPORT…
…is good, they are devouring my kitchen scraps (about 3 pounds a week), turning it into sweet smelling fertile black-gold worm casting compost, and reproducing like crazy (lots…
On December 30th, 2010, ROOFTOP POTATO HARVEST…
…is the surprising legacy of the potato plants that were cut down by the one night of frost up on the roof last week – and as I…
On December 20th, 2010, BACK TO THE ROOFTOP…
…for the Roman Rooftop Homestead plants – returning from their warm holiday retreat in my makeshift window greenhouse – now that this city has returned to it’s Mediterranean-climate…
On December 18th, 2010, A WARM GARDEN BUBBLE…
…has been created in my East studio window this morning, providing a new winter retreat for my rooftop plant refugees as sub-freezing temperatures arrive in Rome evidenced by…
On December 7th, 2010, PLASTIC BOTTLE SEED-STARTER COLD-HOUSE WATER-CATCHMENT…
…is a simple little system I have going on the Roman rooftop garden (also known as Edible Estate #9: Rome, Italy) which involves collecting unwanted empty containers (from…
On November 19th, 2010, A RAINBOW OVER THE ROMAN ROOFTOP GARDEN…
…this morning is a welcome punctuation to endless days of November Roman rain.
On November 5th, 2010, LETTUCE IN CARTONS…
…is beginning to pop up – obviously enjoying the alternating sunny and rainy weather we have been having – and creating brilliant contrasts between the raw wood crates…
On November 4th, 2010, POTATOES GROWING IN BURLAP COFFEE BEAN BAGS IN WOOD FRUIT CRATES…
…is the cute, rustic, and homespun exception to my otherwise ‘trashy’ (in the best sense) garden of exclusively found, salvaged, and recycled goods with all of the plants…
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…
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 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…