The Edible Landscape
The Edible Landscape: Building a Stone Wall
In the lowest part of the garden, where a wide staircase leads down from the back deck to the old apple tree, a new vista has opened up. An old and rotting redwood retaining wall used to stretch some 30 feet toward the back of the yard and was sketchily shored up over the years with concrete rubble and densely tangled invasive ivy.
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The Edible Landscape: Winter Solstice 2011
In the weak winter sunlight, I head out to the garden and come back two minutes later, shivering and feeling chilled through. I notice the last cherry tomato plant still struggles to grow despite the cold. It’s dark by 5:00 and I just want to curl up on the couch.
The Edible Landscape: Autumn Equinox in the Garden
Life in balance is what I strive for and the garden is where I go to find it.
The Edible Landscape: Summer in the Garden 2011
In 1993, when I moved to Florence Avenue, my front yard was a wilderness of sickly aspen trees, clumps of grass sticking out of solid clay soil, and snail-infested ivy overrunning the cement retaining wall along the sidewalk. A group of long-haired angels bearing garden tools and a flyer for Planting Earth Activation (PEA) appeared. They asked me, “Would you like an organic vegetable garden in your yard?”
The Edible Landscape: Spring in the Garden 2011
Lots of rain, then a warm spell and the garden has exploded with yellow flowers—the oxalis invasion is here, covering every inch of ground that is not already covered with something else.
The Edible Landscape: Summer's Spreading Bounty
Space–the final frontier. Tomatoes–the ultimate goal.
In the Garden: Spring Equinox
Last night the wind howled, the wind chimes rang all night and the spring rain continued into the morning.
In the Garden: Winter Solstice 2009-2010
My birthday fell late in September, just as fall began to lower the curtains on the summer drama in the garden, reminding me how much nature can accomplish in a short summer season and what a blessing it has been to have had months full of fresh, nourishing food right outside my door. Equally important, it reminds me also of the need for rest.