All is not lost in the Motor City. A Michigan State University study suggests that the 5000 acres of vacant land could provide Detroit’s residents about 70% of the vegetables and 40% of the fruit that they need. Could a new version of Facebook’s Farmville be on the way???
While I was in Amsterdam for the GRI Conference in May, I met Katarzyna Dulko, a freelance journalist who is also a sustainability manager for a leading European conglomerate. I thought I’d ask her to share her interests—in some ways she is like a Polish Rachel Carson.
April Fool!
The White House Scrambles to Explain how M.O. Used Jacqueline Kennedy’s Gloves Word at JFK’s Inauguration
The White House was caught reeling over the revelation that Michelle Obama, who expanded the White House vegetable garden this year, did so at the expense of wearing Jacqueline Kennedy’s gloves, worn at her husband’s 1961 inaugural ceremony.
The gloves [...]
Forgive me. I have been wanting to truncate my postings for my email subscribers, so I’m testing Feedburner to be sure this works.
So today’s first blurb is on my second annual spring garden, which I planted last week. Last year I tried planting just about everything you could find everything in the produce section, with [...]
I try my best to buy fruits and vegetables when they are in season. I loved my time in Chile, but I prefer not to buy produce shipped from there. I’m staying away from salad greens, only because we got spoiled last year when we grew our own salad greens: my attempt at a winter [...]
GreenGoPost now has a channel on YouTube!
We promise there will be better videos down the road, but for now, enjoy this 7 minute video of our backyard garden: and feel free to fast-forward through it!
Got a video of what you’re doing in your yard? Please reply back with a video!!!
Activism. Activist. They are words that many people love to shout out. To me, they often give me the creeps.
How many times have you heard someone say, “I don’t eat THIS” or “I don’t buy THAT” or “I don’t do ALLOFTHEABOVE.”
My response is: it’s always easier to NOT do something. It takes a lot more [...]
This weekend, after feeling under the weather for a few days, I decided to start my fall planting. I had been thinking about it for a while, and then I decided to just get off the sofa and do it. It was sad in a way–I yanked out a bunch of tomato plants . . [...]
My elementary school in Cupertino was a great place to spend the K-6 years, come to think of it. It was walking distance (unless you’re an Angelino), and it was small enough to know everyone. Best of all, there was a huge playground and field, big enough to serve as a city park. Many school [...]
Whether you live south of Sunset in Silver Lake, or north of Sunset, in a nearby neighborhood, or the West Side, or outside of LA, please join the Parkman Triangle Gardeners Group to exchange seeds, tools, ideas, and photos! The group has been around since July, but GreenGoPost and the group’s founder, Ara Babaian, are working to get [...]
I have written a lot this year about the rewards I’ve found in gardening–with much help, of course. Luckily there are great magazines out there, such as Sunset, to which I can refer for advice. Nearby is also a fantastic nursery, also named Sunset, where I can ask my questions and treat myself to another [...]
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