What a surprise to watch something you know you didn’t intentionally plant…
Month: July 2011
Rainy Day Gardening
Summer rainy days provide a much needed cloud cover and cooling off…
Revisit! Billy and Katie’s “Secret Garden”
Back in the Spring, I stopped in Wicker Park to visit Billy…
Green Miso Soup
Just as I have been in over my head in Swiss Chard, …
Blanching Chard
My Swiss Chard has gone crazy, and I really just can’t eat…
Class Announcement
Lincoln Park Zoo is offering a Native and Prairie Plants of the…
Purple Globe Amaranth
I’m excited to see the purple globe amaranth seeds I started in…
Hen and Chicks
Hen and Chicks are perennial succulents, hardy to zone 3, and great…
Lauren’s Woodsy Wonder
This past week, I had the pleasure of visiting Lauren’s garden. Shaded…
Corner Farm, Logan Square, Chicago
I was biking through Logan Square this weekend and happened upon a…