…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 it into fertile worm castings, and all the while smelling just great – ‘che bel profumo!’ we say as we stick our noses in – and their ..
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…at the American Academy in Rome tonight (over the delightful food prepared in the kitchen she revolutionized, and presided over by the indomitable indefatigable Mona Talbott) was a highlight of autumnal Rome for me , as we sat for 3 hours absorbed in conversation about food, art, gardens, and culture occasionally interrupted by animated stories ..
…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 ..
…is something that I recently came across (at gardenpool.org) where a whole subterranean productive animal/vegetable realm is created within empty backyard swimming cavities in which kitchen garden plants, chicken, fish, and moving water is brought together under a translucent canopy to let in the sun and retain the heat and I’m wondering if there anything ..
…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..
…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 textile dyes, etc. – but only with materials, containers, seeds, plants, dirt that are found or scavenged – and here is a little prev..
….was the topic of one of today’s more interesting garden conference talks here in Metz, France, by Jared Braiterman – and check out his web..
…is one of my favorite places in the Rome – where I’m lucky to have some French friends of friends in residence who I can go visit – and today I was treated to a tour of the gardens by one of the French fellows, a landscape historian who took us to the 20m high ..
…is my first stop after a talk at the American Society of Landscape Architects annual conference today – the first time I have seen it, and perhaps most exciting is the beautiful beehive, which has been elevated to protect it from the First Dog. (and check out my March 25th, 2009 essay in the Guardian ..
…were established as part of the new Rome Sustainable Food Project spearheaded by Alice Waters (in beds originally created for cut flowers in the Bass Garden behind the Academy) have been on my mind since I first found out that I would be coming here a few months ago – and I am finally here ..
…is looking great towards the end of the season, producing butternut squash, tomatoes, and lots of lea..
…and a few reds, are popping up in Emily’s vegetable garden at MacDowell Colony – we get some in our lunch if the hedgehogs don’t get to..
…which were planted in the early spring as a part of the “Something for Everyone” show at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut – are now at their end of Summer peak – and I just had the chance to see them this afternoon during a quick day trip… EDIBLE ESTATE #9: ALDRICH ..
…was lead today by Emily, the amazing MacDowell gardener, who is also an old friend who within the past two years has started a garden of natives around Colony Hall, and a new edible garden (recently invaded by a pesky hedgehog) that provides some fresh produce to our dinner pl..
…is the most exotic fantastic gorgeous thing to eyes that have been mostly around a very dry Southern California landscape lately – and this particular mossy space that has been cultivated by Emily, the MacDowell gardener, is especially lovely – like a little minimalist ..
…in Tulsa, Oklahoma is where I will be giving a talk this evening and they have some amazing gardens!..
…on the arbor in the garden behind the dome are ripe and ready to eat just as I am leaving town for a while̷..
…in Salina, Kansas, which was planted over the holiday weekend in 2005 in the front lawn of the Cox Residence and commissioned by the Salina Art Center – and a couple of days ago, Stan Cox, the Estate owner, was featured in the L.A. Times with a story about his new book: “Losing Our Cool,” ..
…is what I am calling this season’s kitchen garden which began with mixing up in a container all of the seeds for edibles that I have been collecting for the last few years but not able to plant, and spreading them around generously on the extremely fertile soil, newly covered with a thick layer of ..
…is the book just out from Princeton Architectural Press (for which I contributed the forward “Above the People: The Meadow, the Vegetable Garden, the Apple Tree, and the Cow!“) by Dan Wood and Amale Andraos of Work AC about their Public Farm installed in the PS1 sculpture courtyard in 2008 – and there will be ..
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