Ron Finley delivers some great one-liners in his Ted Talk presentation. “Plant some sh*t… get gangsta with it” being tops on the list. But his message is bigger than that. His movement of creating a food forest out of the food desert in South Central LA is simple and yet so very powerful — human [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Urban Gardening’
April 9, 2013 by Emily Murphy · Leave a Comment
Filed under: DISCOVER, News, Perspective, Profiles
Social Tagging: Change through Food • Food Forest • Urban Gardening
Filed under: DISCOVER, News, Perspective, Profiles
Social Tagging: Change through Food • Food Forest • Urban Gardening
November 21, 2011 by Emily Murphy · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Botanical Moment, DO, Grow
Social Tagging: Companion Planting • Hearbal Oil Infusions • Making Calendula Oil • Urban Gardening • What to grow in your kitchen garden
Filed under: Botanical Moment, DO, Grow
Social Tagging: Companion Planting • Hearbal Oil Infusions • Making Calendula Oil • Urban Gardening • What to grow in your kitchen garden
I’ve tried growing all sorts of flowers as companion plants in and near my kitchen garden. Calendula, Calendula officinalis, remains my go-to plant. There are, of course, others I appreciate. I love the delicate blue, cucumber tasting flowers of borage, Borago officinalis. But it tries my patience. It’s lovely until it stubbornly and unyieldingly reseeds [...]
July 16, 2011 by Emily Murphy · Leave a Comment
Filed under: DISCOVER, DO, Gardens, Grow, News
Social Tagging: Grow Your Own Food • Illegal Food • Jail Time for Growing Veggies • shoot or pass the pistil • The New Victory Garden • Urban Gardening
Filed under: DISCOVER, DO, Gardens, Grow, News
Social Tagging: Grow Your Own Food • Illegal Food • Jail Time for Growing Veggies • shoot or pass the pistil • The New Victory Garden • Urban Gardening
Are the days of victory gardens gone? A recent news flurry surrounding misdemeanor charges for growing a front yard veggie garden have made me wonder. Julie Bass of Oak Park, Michigan has built 5 raised beds where she grows typical kitchen garden produce: squash, tomatoes, corn, etc. She has since been found to be non [...]