When I started digging what would eventually become the street garden I had no idea that it would evolve into a social and scientific experiment. People often ask me if I grow food in this garden. The following twelve points should clear 
I often dream of hens clucking around in a small garden pecking at bugs and laying fresh, organic eggs but alas that is not going to happen living in the cold, white north with no backyard or shelter against raccoons 
Since I have begun talking about seeds and showing photos of my little seedlings, people have been writing in to ask me what I'm growing. I have been purposefully avoiding saying too much about 
Okay so the succulents are half-dead and it's actually a corny window display for a glasses store but this shallow plexiglass planter box found while walking through Portland, Oregon is at heart a good idea. Shallow-rooted succulents like hens and chicks would do 
...of garbage and urine. Click on the picture to see it large.
I took this photo of my street garden late one night in late fall. It was taken using a swing lens panoramic camera. The tall plant with the large,
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