Tom took me to an amazing garden that he had noticed a few times from the car. It had a magical feeling, the same feeling you get when you walk down the steps behind Coit Tower. It's at 7th Avenue at Lawton Street–a little slice of heaven surrounded on 4 sides by traffic, houses, and high rise apartment buildings.
They call it Garden for the Environment and it takes up an acre of city block. We saw the plant below there. We thought it might work in our front "yard" because the leaves had a bluish cast, and it didn't seem to grow too high.
I remembered seeing it at Sloat yesterday (a place I don't recommend–I like Home Depot better, the new one in Westlake). But Home Depot didn't have these plants. So we bought 2 flats at Sloat. We filled the Nebulous with tons of compost and so many bags of chicken manure that we could barely close the trunk. Did you know that chickens had manure?
The plant we bought is called Mouse-ear. (Do you believe it?) It's also called Snow-in-Summer. The guy at Sloat said these plants were fierce–that they grew like weeds–so we thought they might work for us.
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girl, I am ordering that green algae-seaweed supplement NOW!!!!!!!!!!!
There's a strip joint in Knoxville called The Mouse's Ear.
We could use some patches of the "Garden for the Environment" down in Los Angeles.
I "visited" it via google maps (street view). It's lovely.
p.s. did you notice they're offering a class about how to keep ducks and/or chickens in the city?
I knew I'd heard that name somewhere -- and the Katch One, right?
Funny about chicken manure-- you can't just pick it up and put it on your plants-- it'll burn them, or so they say.
I like the "fierce" picture ... I just came back from the post office, and need to return tomorrow. I will remember to be fierce so I can get out of the house.
We have a big bald patch on the slope that no plants like to inhabit. Maybe the mouse-ear might like it. Hmmm ... :) Well, I hope it will work splendidly for you, Linda!
Stray: !!!
Lisa H: I remember that! I loved that name.
Namo: I have never been a gardener, and really wanted to skip the trip to this community garden. But when I got there, I was entranced.
Sally: Now that you mention it, I'm wondering if I mixed it in enough with the compost and soil. Because our plants are turning yellow near the ground. Is this what happens when plants get burned?
'tude: There was a wall made of tile at the garden--it was just beautiful. That was one of the broken pieces. I bet mouse-ear might like your slope. It's supposed to thrive in dry sunny areas.
have you been to the junk-sculpture-garden in berkeley, near the racetrack? you'd like it...
Marie: NO!!! I've got to go there--I know I'd love it. Just tried to Google it. Do you know what it's called?
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