Being a city gardener means hanging pots on the railing of my fire escape. My acreage is small so my crops consist of mostly of herbs and lettuces. While in isolation, I've become a better farmer, too. In spite of soaring temperatures and squirrel attacks, I have...
I met Pittsburgh-based suburban farmer/chef/author Daniel Agüera on FaceBook. Then one summer day, Daniel told me he and his wife were coming into the city and invited me to meet for breakfast. After that we stayed in touch and so recently, I invited him to talk about...
I have given up baking for farming. More accurately, I'm making a city-guy's attempt at gardening, transforming my withered fire escape into a budding ranch of herbs, a patch of land to bring forth bounty under the summer rays of Sunnyside, Queens. In my...
Going green last summer I decided to transform my fire-escape to an herb and tomato garden, buying micro greens and Italian seed mixes to start. The first batch of seedlings were attacked by my neighborhood's gang of psychotic squirrels. But my puntarelle, which I...
I have tried my hand at gardening, something in which my dear mother excels. Growing up, I remember she had a fabulous garden kept in an apartment owned and surrounded by lots of Italian ladies. They all couldn't understand my mother's green thumb. Their...
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