It may look like summer to us -- warm and dry, days still longish and the hills a sunny gold -- but from the honeybee point of view we’re well into fall. And that can only mean one thing: The…
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Gardening for the birds
With the devastating news last week that North America has lost about 3 billion birds since 1970, many of us are wondering what we can do about it. It turns out at least part of the answer can be found…
A bumper crop of cat flags at Stone Garden
Strolling around the garden a few days ago I saw a strange sight: Planters full of fluttering plastic flags. What the heck? Turns out they’re the latest strategy for keeping the resident cat, Sawyer, from pooping in the raised beds.…
LEAF workshop gave tips for using herbs (recipes too!)
At our July workshop, LEAF Center Garden Supervisor Lisa Wills showed us how to use the abundance of herbs from our gardens in muddled waters, pesto, aioli, salts, bath cubes and even dainty little drink cubes. We learned about the nutritional…
Community gardens afield
While traveling in Seattle recently, I stumbled across a delightful community garden in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. Exploring further, I found another one nearby and learned that Seattle, with a population of 756,000, has about 90 community gardens, with over…
Greenhorns free movie
Where does your food come from? More and more Bay Area markets and restaurants proudly advertise that their meat and produce is local, brought fresh to the table by farmers working near and even inside urban areas. You can get…
