I took Sharon’s Independence Days Challenge to heart. I’d post garden pics, but I can’t get the newly reformatted computer to recognize my digital camera. Argh. Anyway, here’s my update:
For me, the big one was getting over my fear of the unknown by finally diving in and planting seeds on my little balcony. I’d never [...]
Posted in Garden, Noteworthy on May 3rd, 2008 No Comments »
It’s World Naked Gardening Day–publicradio.org article [mildly NSFW]. Official web site [definitely NSFW].
Take off your clothes and start gardening! But don’t expect me to join you. :o]
It’s billed as a documentary that Americans won’t ever see.. except on the Internet. Google Video has the entire, 1 hr 49 minute film. You owe it to yourself and your children to see it:
On March 11 a new documentary was aired on French television (ARTE – French-German cultural tv channel) by French journalist [...]
Posted in Food, Garden on Apr 4th, 2008 2 Comments »
Yeah, I know. I’ve been neglecting poor Bornfamous. Sorry. It’s just that I’ve been reading and learning so much that I needed time to process it all. And I haven’t been able to decide what to share–and certainly haven’t felt competent enough to set myself up as an expert, which is how I feared I’d [...]
Posted in Food, Garden on Jan 6th, 2008 Comments Off
I couldn’t help myself. I signed up:
Not that I’ve been successful at growing food on the balcony YET. Other than rosemary and chives, but I ate them and that’s a start, right? Damn straight.
Posted in Garden on Jul 19th, 2007 1 Comment »
Well, sort of. After reading and ruminating about gardening for weeks, I got a slow start today. My new worm bin arrived, along with worms, and I got them all settled in their bedding. [Pics coming shortly.] Then, what the heck, I finally transplanted a rootbound pot of rosemary that I bought at a farmer’s [...]
Posted in Garden on Jul 16th, 2007 9 Comments »
Thanks for all the great comments, support and suggestions on my little gardening problem. I’ve been pondering this for the last week and I think the key is my realization that, while the balcony is too hot IN SUMMER, it’s just fine the rest of the year. This IS San Diego, after all. And I [...]
Posted in Garden on Jul 12th, 2007 5 Comments »
Herbs and sun tea at sunset
Okay, so I have a whopping nine plants in my little balcony garden: eight herbs and an aloe vera. That’s it. No tomatoes, no cukes, no peppers, none of the usual summer veggies most backyard/balcony gardeners have going strong by this time.
I got all excited about [...]
Posted in Garden, Noteworthy on Jun 8th, 2007 Comments Off
I am now officially a fan of Bill Mollison, one of the fathers of permaculture. I’d want to have his baby, except I’m over the baby thing now. See Bill demonstrate how to set up a permaculture food garden on a highrise balcony, and then watch the whole series.
Posted in Garden on Jun 8th, 2007 Comments Off
Three new plants! More chives [because I'm eating them faster than they can grow], sorrel, and sweet basil. Mmm…
Posted in Garden on May 28th, 2007 1 Comment »
Plant a Row for the Hungry
Approximately 25 million people, including 9.9 million children, have substandard diets or must resort to seeking emergency food because they cannot always afford the food they need. In the past year, the demand for hunger assistance has increased by 40%, and research shows that hundreds of hungry children and [...]
Posted in Garden on May 25th, 2007 5 Comments »
I went to the farmer’s market and impulsively bought my first herb plants: rosemary, chives, and cilantro. They smell so good!
Posted in Garden, Noteworthy on May 24th, 2007 2 Comments »
I know — I could grow sunflowers on my balcony, for the flowers, the seeds AND the shade. Plus my grungy balcony would look pretty for a change. I love it. Facts about Sunflowers
Posted in 90 percent, Food, Garden on May 23rd, 2007 3 Comments »
The nice thing about living in San Diego is that it’s never too late to start a garden. It’s just a matter of what to plant and when to plant it. Oh, and where. Kind of like the five w’s we learned in journalism class [who, what, where, when and um, how -- I know, [...]
Posted in 90 percent, Food, Garden, Noteworthy on May 23rd, 2007 Comments Off
Freedom is growing your own food. That’s the philosophy of Jules Dervaes and his three grown children. They are supporting themselves by farming almost every inch of their 1/10th-acre yard in Pasadena, California — complete with chickens, ducks and goats. Their amazing urban farm, which yields three TONS of yummy organic food per year, [...]