As I’ve mentioned before I tend to wander in alleys from time to time because I’m not a normal person. But never mind that. While wandering in an alley behind 10th and Quincy I discovered a huge triangle garden with sunflowers and vegetables. It was gigantic. Do all the folks whose houses abut this giant triangle take care of the garden? It is pretty sweet. And certainly like nothing I’ve ever stumbled upon before.
I thought this was an interesting sight – it is two identical attached homes where one has pure grass as a front yard and the other (left obscured by the tree a bit) has an absolute wild combination of plants and shrubs. I think they both have merits. But which do you like better grass or plants, flowers and shrubs?
photo by Mitchell Laurren-Ring
Dear PoP,
I was wondering if composting is a topic that’s ever come up on the blog. Everyone is going green these days, but I grew up out in the country and everyone had a compost pile. We’ve looked for “urban composters” online but they are all HUGE. Our little yard is the size of a postage stamp – you would think there would be options for us too. Any chance you could ask the question and see if anyone has a solution?
Small Composter
Anyone have any ideas? And a question of my own – is it possible to build a compost pile in the city without attracting rats and other creatures?
From a reader:
“I started a vegetable garden in my backyard.
Here’s a link to the article I posted about it
and also photos from the garden. It would be great
if you could highlight this in your blog and invite them
to join the Petworth Edible Gardeners Group.”
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/
You can’t keep up with these Joneses so don’t even try…
That’s pretty wild, yeah? I can’t decide if it is the coolest planter I’ve ever seen or the most ridiculous. What do you think?
And they seem to be doing it damn successfully. Dang, I can’t even grow a tomato. Much respect. So if you are like me and can’t grow it you can some wicked fresh corn at the U Street Farmer’s market at 14th and U. (more…)
Pretty fresh though, yeah?
If mulch like this exists why would anyone use that red mulch?
What do you think of the brick planter – thumbs up or down?
That’s what I thought until I saw all these little black spots that I quickly realized were bumble bees. There must have been a hundred or more. Pretty wild. Check out some close ups after the jump. (more…)