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How Much Can You Carry on a Bike Part II 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Despite owning a cargo bike for seven years, using it to haul countless loads of groceries, hardware and even people, I often find myself doubting its capabilities. Recently, I needed to transport an ...
Delicious Cauliflower 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
For me, cauliflower is a vegetable which eludes inspiration. I eat it raw. I roast it. I’ve made soup with it once or twice. That’s about the sum of my historic use of cauliflower. Now, everything has...
Picture Sunday: Baldassare Forestiere’s Underground Paradise 25 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Sicilian immigrant Baldassare Forestiere spent 40 years, until his death in 1946, digging an underground house to escape the unforgiving heat of Fresno, California. He hoped that his underground abode...
Saturday Linkages: Controversy Edition 24 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Gardening Homegrown polenta? Floriani corn plants deliver ‘amazing flavor’ http://fw.to/2ju3QtE The High Line in Person by Susan Harris http://gardenrant.com/2013/08/the-high-line-in-person.html?utm...
Karp’s Sweet Quince Update 22 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Several years ago I planted a variety of quince called Karp’s Sweet Quince, named after local pomologist and writer David Karp. This variety comes from Peru and is unusual in that it can be eaten fres...
Root Simple Video Podcast Episode 4: Straw Bale Garden Tour 21 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
In the forth episode of the Root Simple Video Podcast we take a tour of our straw bale garden as it appears this week. The vegetables varieties you see growing are Tromboncino squash, Lunga di Napoli ...
LA’s Parkway Garden Dilemma: Not Fixed Yet 20 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
A parkway vegetable garden on Sunset Blvd.. The City of Los Angeles’ crackdown on parkway vegetable gardens made international news thanks to an article by LA Times columnist Steve Lopez. Lopez was r...
Closed vs. Open Floor Plans 19 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
One of the things that attracted us to our house is that it had been neglected for most of the 20th century. With the exception of the bathroom, there was no horrendous 70s or 80s era “remodeling.” Ou...
Picture Sunday: Succulent R 18 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Spotted at Flora Grub Gardens in San Francisco.
Saturday Linkages: DIY Coffee Roasting and That Crazy Rhubarb Lady 17 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
IKEA hack: DIY coffee roaster. DIY IKEA hack FrankenRoaster – DIY Coffee Roaster Drum http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ikeahacker/~3/Ii6NHUh_5Hg/frankenroaster-coffee-roaster-drum.html … Made in the ...