ECM New Year’s Potluck – Jan 21
Happy New Year! There’s a whole lot of Change-Making going on! Please join us for a New Year’s Potluck on Weds Jan 21, and find out about all the projects ECM has underway. Meet new friends and join in the…
What happened to the GMO-Free Zone?
Not everything we do comes out successful. Sometimes we have some rather spectacular failures. Hopefully, we learn from them, we dust ourselves off, and we continue on. When you’re fighting GMOs, you know that at some point you’ll encounter opposition.…
Edible Gardens around Los Angeles
Some of my favorite Edible and Functional gardens around Los Angeles. All these gardens are open to the general public during selected hours (see their websites for hours and directions). in Westchester/LA 90045 … Community Garden at Holy Nativity –…
Let’s Starve the Storm Drains!
Honestly, we’re not forecast to get very much rain this season. So shouldn’t we make the most of every drop we get? There is no reason to waste any of it down the storm drains.Is your property set to soak up every…
Toxic lawns
If you thought a “GMO-Free Zone” in Los Angeles wasn’t too important because there aren’t a lot of farmers inside the City, think again. Scotts and Monsanto are getting ready to surround you with genetic modification: genetically engineered lawn grass.…
Crop rotations in So. Calif: When to change seasons
It’s autumn in Southern California. Or is it? The weather has changed. Wait, it’s changed back again… Contrary to what East Coast people say, Southern California does have its seasons. But there’s rarely a clear “cutoff” date. Add climate-change-driven Weather…
‘That lettuce’ Frisee
When it rains in L.A., ‘that lettuce’ comes up all over my yard. My sister is probably the one who named it, years ago, asking me whether I had any seedlings of ‘that lettuce’ to share. A mild-flavored green, pretty…
Fig ‘Black Jack’
Delicious black-skinned, ruby-throated fig, juicy with sweet flavor. Tree is a genetic dwarf, which means it is easily kept under 6-8 feet, and will never grow too big for your city garden. The Black Jack fig performs wonderfully here in…
Collards ‘L.A. Green Glaze’
Kale grabs the media spotlight, but did you know that collards are botanically the same plant? And they are heat-tolerant and crazy-easy to grow? When I started growing homegrown collards, it was like I had discovered a new vegetable. Homegrown…
Make L.A. a GMO-Free Zone
The campaign to make L.A. a GMO-free Zone is getting lively again! Last October, Councilmembers Koretz and O’Farrell introduced a Motion to Los Angeles City Council. The motion would make the City of Los Angeles a 502sq mile GMO-Free Zone with regards…