Entries Tagged as 'Gardening Blogs'
March 27th, 2009 · 14 Comments · Uncategorized
We don’t publish many guest posts here at The Slow Cook (this may be the first). But this story was too good to pass by. Nat West, of Portland, Oregon, got tired of waiting for a community garden plot. So he went to Google’s satellite map, located a vacant lot near his home and turned […]
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Tags:community gardens·CSA·Gardening Blogs
March 24th, 2009 · 16 Comments · Uncategorized
The Slow Cook is scheduled to talk about urban food gardening on the Kojo Nnamdi show at 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 25 (tomorrow). Kojo, a popular host on WAMU radio here in the District of Columbia,is located at 88.5 FM locally. You can also listen to him live on the internet here. The program is […]
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Tags:food news·Gardening Blogs·urban agriculture
March 9th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Uncategorized
I spent most of my Sunday taking advantage of spring-like weather to work in the garden–preparing beds, mulching and planting seeds. Apparently I gave the impression that this was so much fun that daughter, home from a long bike ride with Mom, came running over to join me. “Where I can I plant my garden, […]
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Tags:children·edible flowers·Gardening Blogs·planting·spring