The discussion around inexpensive containers for indeterminate tomato plants in a recent post has brought up a good point regarding how to conceal the clinical blandness of food industry buckets. The conversation in that post reminded 
Photo by Davin Risk
Sigh. This view of my roof garden from the door feels a million miles away today.
Remember summer? Yeah, me neither. If not for photographic evidence I would have to assume these so-called memories are in 
So I was gonna hold off on this one until it hit new stands but it looks like Organic Gardening Magazine let the cat out of the bag early and has published an article I wrote for the Feb 2008 issue 
Garlic Shown: Stiff-neck which tends to be hardy and stores well over the long term.
Sitting down to write this, my first thoughts are to apologize for the slow down in updates recently. I consider writing to assure you that the slow down is 
This is 'Variegata' hot pepper, a gorgeous and edible heirloom variety that has READ MORE...
Proudly cradling the basil harvested from my community garden plot. Varieties include: 'African Blue', 'Purple Ruffles', 'Sweet Basil', 'Genovese', 'Columnar', 'Spicy Globe', 'Mrs. Burns Lemon Basil', 'Dark Opal', and 'Pesto Perpetuo' (a variegated variety).
I reluctantly harvested the remaining basil plants from my community garden 
I recently became an official card-carrying member of Seeds of Diversity, a move that was a long time coming. Okay, to be honest there is no actual membership card but there really should be -- I am a proud nerd who loves 
My favourite tool bag at my community garden plot, October 4, 2007. I forgot to bring a harvest bag and had to cram everything into the top of the tool bag. I'm currently harvesting lots of dandelion greens for boiling 
Panoramic of the Roof Garden July 21, 2007.
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