Here is reason 1 (of 50) to grow borage lemon verbena and strawberries. They made a fine garnish for the birthday cupcakes! Although Griffin is a minimalist when it comes to cake…so the one below is more his style. Just enough frosting to glue on the strawberry. And the frosting was a simple stick of [...]
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Borage, Lemon Verbena & Strawberries
Posted in Edible-Herbes, Edibles-Flowers, Edibles-Fruit, Recipe, The Family Plot, tagged borage flowers, cupcakes, lemon verbena, strawberries, The Family Plot on May 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Six plants I can’t live without!
Posted in Cutting Garden, Edible-Herbes, Edibles-Flowers, tagged lantana, maidenhair fern, poppies, thyme, wisteria, yarrow on April 21, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I received my daily delivery of Dirt du Jour, with the heading “Six plants you can’t live without!”. Launched by the Sunset blog, Fresh Dirt, the meme question for every blogger today is a good one and thankfully we don’t have to have only six. It’s interesting to think about and even more so, to [...]
Go Native at Rancho Los Cerritos
Posted in Cutting Garden, Edibles-Flowers, Foodie Field Trip, Recipe, School Garden, tagged Catalina cherry, edible, Edibles-Flowers, nasturtiums, Native California plants, rancho los cerritos, Santa Susanna Tarweed on April 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
At first glance it looked like a tiny cosmos. Friend to tiny butterflies. But just clicking through the Theo Payne website (my new fave-this week), I think I am going with Santa Susanna Tarweed. Love the name! It is in the aster family and in fact it is a nectar flower for hummingbirds, butterflies and [...]
Community of Gardens
Posted in Edible-Herbes, Edible-Vegetables, Edibles-Flowers, Edibles-Fruit, Food Politics, School Garden, Small Spaces, winter garden, tagged community garden, csa, eat the view, rancho los cerritos, school gardens, small space gardens, urban farming, white house vegetable garden on March 20, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Last night the White House announced that Michelle Obama is taking out 1100 square feet of the White House lawn and planting a vegetable garden. You can read more about the “eat the view” movement at Kitchen Gardeners International, and see the plans. This is awesome! It’s the first step toward food reform and a [...]
Dewy Morning at the Garden
Posted in Edibles-Flowers, tagged community garden, daisy, Edibles-Flowers, flowers, mum, sunflower on October 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
With 300 different gardeners there is always a lot to see out at the Community Gardens. This morning, after building a little onion patch and a sprinkling of water…I took a quick and brisk walk around. Here’s what I saw: A couple of really nice chrysanthemum plants, definitely want to plant a few of these [...]
