Although I come from a family of talented artists, my own artistic skills are, to put it delicately, lacking. Sure, I can do a fantastic hand turkey, but that’s where the talent ends.
This is just one reason why I enjoy traveling to artistic outlets throughout Philly to enjoy the work of others. From the Philadelphia
The Atlantic has a plethora of relevant stories up on its site today, and I thought I would share them, bullet-point style. Nicolas Kristof’s column on cancer and chemicals (from last Wednesday’s New York Times) gets rehashed and interpreted. Raj Patel talks guerrilla gardening. Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan and her stance on genetically-modified crops. Arizona’s anti-immigrant legislation
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At April's PHS Compost Matters Seminar, Will Allen talked about the booming business Growing Power was doing installing corporate gardens. This article in today's New York Times parsed that trend:
As companies have less to spend on raises, health benefits and passes to the water park, a fashionable new perk is emerging: all the carrots and
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It’s that time of year again—college graduates are crawling out of their learning caves, only to be greeted with those inevitable questions: “So, what’s next?” “What do you think you’ll do for the next 40 years?” Well, here’s one salve for graduation anxiety: This year, Temple University’s January and May 2010 graduations are greener than ever.
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A guide to helping cucumbers and melons get their groove onby Char Vandermeer
If summer were a taste, it would surely be cucumber—or maybe muskmelon. They’re both little bursts of sunshine on the vine. While your planting space may be limited to a few pots or a tiny patch in a community garden, that doesn’t mean
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A CSA sprouts in West Philadelphia by Cassie CumminsThere is an abundance of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs across Pennsylvania, but the latest West Philadelphia CSA is significantly different.
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Infill Philadelphia Receives Community Action Grant from the ULIInfill Philadelphia has more than one reason to celebrate. The five-year urban revitalization initiative will complete phase three of the program this fall, and they’ve also been awarded a $25,000 grant from the Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) Community Action Grants program.
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I've been on a pizza bender. Those little balls of dough call to me from the freezer almost nightly, crying out to be topped with asparagus and mushrooms or roasted garlic and goat cheese. And since last week, I think they know that there's a jar of Jersey Fresh tomatoes sitting in the fridge, waiting
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On May 2, I spent some time at the Chestnut Hill Home & Garden Festival, manning the Grid table. Happy Cat Organics was stationed two booths to our left, so I was able to impress upon tomato guru Tim Mountz to select four varieties from his massive collection for inclusion in my community garden plot.
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Am I allowed to say that sprouts are my favorite food? Do they count?
Sprouts really are magical (and not just because they seem to be infinite when you're eating them from their tiny store-bought containers). Sprouts are rich in digestible energy: vitamins, minerals, amino acids, proteins, enzymes and phytochemicals—all of which happen to the beans
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