Posts under ‘Other People's Gardens’

Earlier this week, Michelle Obama launched “Let’s Move,” the new national childhood obesity prevention campaign. Though I rarely talk about work here, it was an exciting day for my organization, which has been working on this issue as part of a larger initiative funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
As with all Washington, DC announcements, [...]

Before I was able to add myself to the lease for the new apartment, I had to meet with the property manager, a wonderful woman from Alabama who met me for coffee. “What is it that you do?” she asked, and I told her all about the job that brings in the money.
Later, I mentioned [...]

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The best thing about January? Opening up a brand new calendar. And, while I usually come up with a calendar that features my photography, I stumbled across a resource late last week that I have to share.
The Cottage Industrialist’s monthly calendar highlights seasonal produce and recipe ideas to put those seasonal fruits and vegetables to [...]

While visiting my parents over the holidays, my Dad announced, rather quietly, that he might have found a place to garden this year. My parents moved to Ohio just after I moved to California, and, like me, Dad hasn’t found his gardening groove quite yet. He has a yard, but it’s not a good one [...]

Some days, I take a step back from my life and, well, give it all a big bwa ha ha. It’s not like good things weren’t happening all along the way, but the good things that happen in this still-relatively-new incarnation of my life involve such fabulosity I can barely stand it.
One co-worker has brought [...]

Back in July, I attended The Crucible’s Fire Arts Festival, an event that gave me just the tiniest taste of what Burning Man might be like. In an empty lot in an industrial section of Oakland, a number of artists had installed pieces of varying sizes, all of which featured some form of interaction with [...]

I want to preface this story by assuring you that, in my normal life, I do not make it obvious to the naked eye that I bear an unabashed adoration for the perfect tomato. I have a tattoo, but it’s not visible unless you know where to look, and it is not a design of [...]

Late last week, an email came through from a coworker asking for a plantsitter for the week. She and her family would be on vacation, and the last time she left her two plants for a week sans an official watering agent, they nearly keeled over from dehydration.
I will admit not immediately hitting reply to [...]

My coworker, Adam, was around the corner talking to Dave, the security guard, when I spotted the garden cart.
Pots. Plants. Soil. Best delivery ever.
“Stay away from my trees!” Dave yelled at me.
“I’m just taking a picture,” I said, from my crouch in the corner.
“Where’s this going?” Adam asked.
“Third floor,” Dave said.
“How can I get one [...]