shoulder-high snow peas
starting today, the watering, weeding, and get-dirt-on-your-knees volunteering is rolling into motion at the 200 foot garden (you can read my first day’s account of discovering this tiny fertile bed of soil hugging an otherwise unremarkable sidewalk in brookline). anyone can volunteer, and here’s the latest email update from local garden co-founder, pat. Hi Everyone, We’re hoping … Read more
adoption notice
NAME: placido “dark opal” puttanesca NAME: domingo “habanero” domingo RELATIONSHIP: long-lost brothers CITY OF BIRTH: barnstable, cape cod organic farm DATE OF ADOPTION: 06/06/2011 AGENCY: whole foods, cambridge STATE OF HEALTH: adolescent, fragrant, rebellious KNOWN AFFINITIES: oxygen, water, steady diet of haiku CURRENT HABITAT: eastern light, terra cotta, tight quarters SPECULATION: salsa, pesto, salads, pickles, … Read more
urban gardening on a skinny bed of soil
one of the many fringe benefits of my new role working at america’s test kitchen (the headquarters are squirreled away in a nondescript building, smack dab in brookline village) is the uber-serene 1.3-mile path between fenway station and my destination. (it’s so pleasant, i only foresee taking the green line in the worst of conditions.) … Read more
