Higos Heaven

Well, I made friends with the owner of the asparagus yard and the fig tree, who graciously allowed me to glean from her yard.  In another week or so, I'll have enough figs to attempt some fig chutney.  Last night I sauteed these with some chicken and balsamic, then tossed with arugula.   And have you ever inhaled the aroma of fig leaves?  It's amazing.

Summer Reading List

Written by my neighbor up the hill, creator of What's That Bug.  The perfect resource for any curious naturalist. 

Ghost Mobile

More on this later...

Vermont after the rain

I forgot to post this a couple of weeks ago while visiting my parents in Vermont.  It was thundering and pouring at cocktail hour, then the golden light and rainbows came out for the dinner hour.   Best show in town.

Asparagus Gone Wild

Abandoned lot with TONS of asparagus growing wild.  There was also a massive fig tree I might have filched a few figs from.   Are these remnants of someone's victory garden?

Food Posters from the Past via treehugger.

Urban Wilds

Saw this little friend molting on my screen door last night.  It was tough getting a good picture in the low light, but thankfully his discarded skin was still there today.  I think it's a wee praying mantis.  Update!  I think this is a katydid nymph based on what I've seen in the gazillion pictures on The Bug Guide.  Any idea?

On a similar note, this article in the NYT Science Times today: Urban Evolution.

Ecoroofs

Image via growinggardens.org

Design Sponge has a nice little round up of living roof pictures: here.   I've had these on my mind lately as I am designing an imaginary school for one of my landscape arch classes.  What kid wouldn't want a classroom with green stuff growing on it?