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OV: The Original Vegetarian
Straight outta the garden! “As God is my witness, I’ll never be hungry again!” Growing up Korean in New York City meant your diet was going to be Korean and everything else. I mean diverse. From...
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DIY Brooklyn
Have you ever been? Art in action: Jenna Morello creates a mural for the Bear’s garden When I first moved to Brooklyn back in the nineties, I had people tell me they couldn’t visit me because they...
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The Constant Korean Gardener
If you’re an urban gardener, you might very well be a home gardener… Starting out seeds which means you’re probably real crafty and savvy about finding places for your seeds to grow… Like in a...
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The Boyfriend and the Tomato
I like watching the Boyfriend while he’s eating… Especially when he’s eating a homegrown ‘mater! Heirloom: Purple Cherokee Tomato This handsome fella was grown in the Pacific Street Brooklyn Bear’s...
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How Greens Was My Valley: Collards
My mom cooked up batches with a big old ham hock! Brassica oleracea: Growing collards from seed in the Brooklyn Bear’s Community Garden So, according to an academic paper I recently read, collards...
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Must Bee the Season!
Let it bee… Let it bee know what I mean? My community garden is a sanctuary for all sorts of creatures, of which bees are one of my favorites. Squash blossom They come for our blossoms. And they like...
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Grow What You Eat: Radical Radish
Eat what you grow. Eat a radish The idea of seed saving wouldn’t have caused the brow crinkling that it does now. Monsanto has really planted a pernicious seed in our midst: agribusiness trumps...
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Beautiful Cherokee
If you put your ear close to these beautiful Cherokees… Natives you can almost hear Charlie Parker swinging! Through the winter and early spring of 2014, I took care of tomato seedlings as if they were...
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Grow With Me
Happy Spring! Grow it! Now go out there and grow something! Winter makes you realize how much you love Spring. Certainly I want to appreciate all four of our seasons, but Winter 2014-2015 was a kick...
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Help
Be in charge of your own inner peace. Make arrangements Then do one better and bring it to someone who may need it. After talking to a friend who’d just lost a close one, I thought I would make her a...
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Garden City, Kansas
We are in Kansas. Of sky I spent a week with the Boyfriend out in the High Plains of America. Edwin We started out in Colorado albeit very late as United Airlines cancelled our flight last minute and...
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Just Make It Yourself: Doggie Biscuits
Who knew? Dem bones! I like making treats for pups. Dora is who I trust to taste test my batches of dog biscuits. I baked my first batch for her, on a whim and to thank her and her humans for hosting...
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Oh Julienne
Zucchini that is… Oh julienne This is just one half of the zucchini that was growing in my community garden plot! This is only the half of it! Thanks to the Squash Gods for this great specimen as I...
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April, Stay A While…
It took forever for April to get here, didn’t it? Muy Mojito It helped to have a mojito or two while waiting. Was your winter taken up with watching the Cluster Fuck 17 of the GOP? The Magnificent 7...
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Growing Korean
I am growing Korean. I grew these leaves! I just freed myself this summer from having to buy some Korean crops at the Korean supermarket. Though it will be seasonally that I have this opportunity, it...
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The Good Leaf
This growing season is the season of the Good Leaf. The Good Leaf From seed I grew my sesame leaves (perilla) and have been enjoying them all these months. One classic Korean recipe is a marinated...
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