Zinnia from seed mixed in with the basil starts - my new favorite combo right at the front porch. Nothing better than opening the door and grabbing handfuls of basil, bunches of sorrel, ears of corn, and a few flowers for decoration.
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Basil & Zinnia
Posted in Cutting Garden, Edible-Herbes, Edible-Vegetables, Small Spaces on September 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Container Gardening Tip
Posted in Edibles-Fruit, Small Spaces, winter garden, tagged container garden, cyclamen, lobelia, strawberries on March 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Over at Life On The Balcony they are having a little contest. Container gardening tips…Go check it out!! Here is my container garden tip… I found a nice baker’s rack and placed it on a south facing wall. Or, if you have a sunny balcony-terrific! I like to plant red cyclamen, lobelia and strawberries together [...]
Daily Veg #1 – Scarlet Runner Beans
Posted in Edible-Vegetables, Small Spaces on May 18, 2008 |
Scarlet Runner Beans from seed in a space of 2 inches by 2 feet. These eventually climb to the roof and provide shade for the kitchen window, nectar for the bees, butterflies and my favorite humming birds. The red flowers turn in to large bean pods, vigorous and beautiful!
