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Pedaling the Local Food Movement

Three D.C. Women Take a Three-Month Bike Trip to Montreal to Document Community Agriculture Efforts

By Adrian Higgins

Washington Post Staff Writer

Thursday, July 24, 2008; Page H01



Where do gardening, small-scale agriculture and the future of planet Earth converge? For three Washington women, it's on a road less traveled, on byways unseen from the gotta-get-there, high-speed chaos of the interstate.



It has… Continue

Added by Ecolocitizen on July 24, 2008 at 1:30pm — 1 Comment

A Locally Grown Diet With Fuss but No Muss

Eating locally raised food is a growing trend. But who has time to get to the farmer’s market, let alone plant a garden?



That is where Trevor Paque comes in. For a fee, Mr. Paque, who lives in San Francisco, will build an organic garden in your backyard, weed it weekly and even harvest the bounty, gently placing a box of vegetables on the back porch when he leaves.



Call them the lazy locavores — city dwellers who insist on eating… Continue

Added by Ecolocitizen on July 22, 2008 at 10:07am — 2 Comments

Shrubs and Small Trees for Washington Gardens

An indispensible list for DC gardens



* Japanese maple (Acer palmatum) can take a lot of shade, and comes in a wide range of sizes.

* *Fringe tree (Chionanthus virginicus) is loved for its weeping habit and honeysuckle smell. Its maximum height is a manageable 20 feet. Requires full sun.

* *'Forest Pansy' redbud (Cercis canadensis") - the species grows to 40 feet but many smaller varieties are available.

* *Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia)… Continue

Added by Larry Chang on July 16, 2008 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Comfrey: A Valuable and Important Herb

My mother always had comfrey growing in the garden, and I think that it is one of the most useful herbs to cultivate to bring relief from pain. If I could only grow one herb, comfrey would be my herb of choice. I've used the fresh leaves successfully to reduce the pain and swelling of sprains and, most recently, to alleviate pain when my son’s girl friend bumped her nose on a glass door. On another occasion, my ex-husband’s friend, who was visiting from Chicago, was suffering pain from a nail… Continue

Added by Lee Mitchell on July 12, 2008 at 8:41am — No Comments

Raise the Roof by Making It Green

At Sixth and I streets NW, amid the Chinatown bustle, Nancy Somerville is standing in front of a rolling meadow sprinkled with black-eyed Susans. It's no urban mirage: This colorful mosaic of plants lives four stories high atop the American Society of Landscape Architects' building. Somerville, the society's chief executive, is one of her industry's biggest advocates of green roofs -- layers of soil and hardy plants that replace conventional black-tar… Continue

Added by Ecolocitizen on July 9, 2008 at 9:35am — No Comments

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