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Wednesday in Xochiquetzal Garden

Irene and I had a second workday this week. Our task was very daunting. We took on the reorganization of the shed!! I got there around 10:30 am after seeing that I couldn’t work in the science lab because Rose had waxed the floor. I would come back to work there later.  I started the [...]



Tuesday in Chief Seattle Garden

We had a whirlwind work day on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009.  five gentlemen from a halfway house on 18th Street helped us. They dug a really deep hole, so we could finally  place Nina’s totem pole in Chief Seattle. They (perhaps too zealously) pruned the viburnum, so little kids can run and hide behind it. [...]



McKinley Farmers Market

Garden Journal 8-30-09 Andy and I went to the McKinley Park Farmer’s market today. McKinley Park Farmer’s Market is a fair trade, organic farmers market held the last Sunday of each month during the summer. It takes place at La Palapa Restaurant on Damen at Archer. We brought lemon balm, papalo, collard greens, thyme, sage [...]