02 Saturday Aug 2014
Posted in Garden, Odyssey Orchards, Teaching, Why I Garden
Late one afternoon I finally got to picking the dried black beans. As soon as I reached up to remove the first pods my daughter squealed and asked, “Are these different ones!? Don’t tell me what they look like!” She ran off holding a single dried pod like it was a present all wrapped up in pretty paper. Continue reading
25 Friday Jul 2014
Posted in Garden, Recipe, Why I Garden
Those of you who grow several tomato plants every summer will be no stranger to the image below. It is that time of year in the northern hemisphere when the tomatoes keep coming, and coming, and coming. It is what we planned when we sowed all those seeds and said yes to the seedlings our friends didn’t have room for. This year I ended up with 18 plants. I am not sorry.
16 Wednesday Jul 2014
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Altadena Community Garden, Cinderella Squash, garden, gardening, photography, sustainable food, sustainable living, Wordless Wednesday
Posted by Jessica Y | Filed under Altadena, Garden, Why I Garden
24 Tuesday Jun 2014
Posted in Garden, Why I Garden
07 Wednesday May 2014
Posted in Garden, Why I Garden, Wordless Wednesday
30 Wednesday Apr 2014
Posted in Food Politics, Garden, Why I Garden
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cabin pl tomato, chersonskaya, food justice, food politics, garden, gardening, sustainable living, winter fare beans
The membership card is printed on nothing more than heavy paper, perforated for me to carefully tear out and store somewhere. It arrived a few days ago and I felt so excited to officially be a part of Seed Savers Exchange. I had been meaning to join for some time – mostly because I support what they do and how they go about doing it – but maybe now because I find myself growing three distinct and rare vegetables in my beds this season: Cabin PL tomatoes, Chersonskaya squash, and Winter Fare beans. Each of these has a story of how they came into my possession, and it was not planned that they would all end up in my garden this year or that this was the season I would become and seed saver – officially. But, it was bound to happen. It makes sense. It is a small act that encapsulates how I feel about food and our access to it. It is not a showy act – but is a lifestyle choice that reflects a part of who I am and what I believe in. Continue reading
10 Thursday Apr 2014
Posted in Altadena, Garden, Why I Garden
I start thinking about tomatoes months before I will be able to sink my teeth into their deliciousness. This year my first tomato seeds were sown in the second week of January. This year I planted many, many seeds. Some varieties are brand new to me, others are being given a second chance, while still others are in my “favorite” category. What I hadn’t planned on was the additional tomatoes I would receive from other gardeners – other people’s favorites. Continue reading
05 Wednesday Feb 2014
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Altadena Community Garden, garden, gardening, gardening with children, gardening with kids, photography, Wordless Wednesday
Posted by Jessica Y | Filed under Garden, Why I Garden, Wordless Wednesday
18 Saturday Jan 2014
Posted in Altadena, Garden, Why I Garden
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Altadena Community Garden, garden, gardening, gardening with children, gardening with kids, sustainable food, sustainable living, winter garden
In my backyard garden I put up small fences around many of the garden boxes to keep out the feral cats and the raccoons. Inadvertently, they are now (more or less) keeping out a third destroyer of vegetable garden delights – my almost three-year-old. His motivations are heartwarming. He is not digging for grubs, tearing out anything in his way. He is not looking for a good bathroom. He is actually looking for a tasty snack.
Growing Up in the Garden 