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The Constant Gardener?
Goodness what a week. It started with a white woman threatening a black man with police for asking her to leash her dog in an area of Central Park reserved for birds and wild things. It ended with riots. In … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Local Food
Tagged current events, gardening, Plot Against Hunger, vegetables
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Ah, Summer…
It’s not that I haven’t been in the garden. I keep forgetting my camera when I go. It’s been a good garden year. I was able to pickle cucumbers and this morning, I’m putting up a second batch of tomato … Continue reading
Pause. Exhale. Ahhh…
I have to say I spent a delightful weekend. What made it delightful? I don’t know. I felt a certain freedom from obligation. I had no social events scheduled and I had managed to get some things done that had … Continue reading
Posted in Local Food, Local Pleasures
Tagged baking, Books, gardening, garlic scapes, goslings, larkspur
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Beauty, Bouquets, and Broccoli
I planted my first garden as an adult at a rented house in Arlington. Every evening when I came home from work, I would look at my plants, pluck a few weeds, and sometimes plan dinner before I even entered … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Local Food, Local Pleasures
Tagged Beauty, bok choi, gardening, Gilead, gleaning, kohlrabi, Marilynne Robinson
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Landscaping? Think About Making It Edible
Usually people think about ornamental landscaping and gardening as two different things. Really, they don’t have to be. Last year, I wrote about my friend Kim, who was using blueberries as foundation plantings and last Wednesday, Kirsten Conrad Buhls gave … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Local Food
Tagged Arlington Central Library, Edible landscaping, gardening, landscaping, vegetable gardening
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An 18th Century Garden Continues to Thrive
Ball-Sellers House is a reminder of Arlington’s agricultural past and a rare example of a home dating to the 1750’s that was owned by an ordinary person. It sits in a neighborhood off Carlin Springs Road that used to be farmland … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Local Food, Other People's Gardens
Tagged 18th century crops, AFAC, Ball Sellers House, gardening, gardens, Plot Against Hunger
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Luckily, the Rabbits Seem Happy Here
There are a lot of rabbits in my neighborhood. Sometimes in the evening, there are three to six of them frolicking in the courtyard, reminding me of the expression “mad as a March hare.” Usually when I see them, I … Continue reading
Peter Just Nibbled the Lettuce
Community gardens have an aura of back to the land neighborliness, and of mixing plant experts and experimenters with novices. When I say I have a plot in a community garden, people are always positive and often interested. I have … Continue reading
Posted in Community
Tagged commumity gardens, community plots, garden security, garden thefts, gardening, vandalism
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