Walking my daughter to school each morning, I often looked wistfully at the huge expanse of yard next to Cardozo Senior High School and thought what a wonderfully productive garden it would make. All that space with a clear southern and western exposure. What a shame to pave it over with grass that no one […]
It seems the whole world is badgering the Obamas to tear up part of the White House lawn and plant a food garden. Kitchen Gardeners International started a petition called “Eat the View” that calls on the first family to plant a “victory garden” within their first 100 days in office. Michael Pollan, writing in […]
The garden at my daughter’s charter school here in the District of Columbia is into its third season. A year ago a nearby condominium association donated five of these big, sturdy metal benches. I had the perfect spot for them: surrounding our herb garden, where my gardening partner, Elizabeth, built this brilliant, ceramic-lined pond. I […]
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