The Milagro Vertical Farm
We live on a farm, or that's the fantasy. A farm in the middle of LA with views of downtown, utilizing concepts and practices from "square-foot gardening" and vertical gardening to get the most bang for the buck with our very limited access to dirt. Here are some random shots of life on the farm.
Broccoli and artichokes, yum!!!!
That broccoli is bigger than my head.
An armful of Arugula, most of which went to the chickens, those lucky gourmands.
Speaking of which, here two of them are having there last go at "free ranging". I've replanted the hillside with lots of clover and other yummies in hopes that they might forage again. In the meantime these hordes must be content to roam the garden run.
Oh so trying to help....
This recently replanted, reseeded hillside will look much more impressive as an "after" picture a little further down the road.
This hillside of nasturtiums is already looking promising for people and chicken alike.
What a beautiful looking tomato and good tasting too. We've already gathered several pounds of tomatoes, using them in all sorts of recipes, including a heritage tomato sorbet and of course many don't make it up to the house at all. They get gobbled up as we tend to the garden.
This pot has produced a goodly amount of cherry tomatoes but could use a feeding.
Perhaps even more so for this one.
This is the "Cannibal" tomato plant that I grew from seed.
"In Fiji, legend has it that among cannibal tribes, the cannibal's tomato was regarded as the perfect sauce for the consumption of human flesh."
A little Sweeney Todd anybody?
It's a zucchini. We made zucchini bread out of it. What kind of caption were you thinking of?
Sometimes success has its down sides. This pond plant kept growing and growing and now prune as I might its root base doesn't fit on the ledge where it sits. I tore off a couple healthy looking rhizomes, the rest of it is chipper bound.
Many more "farm" adventures to come.
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