With cherry blossoms in full bloom and daffodils lining the streets, we are reminded that it is once again spring. The fact that these harbingers of life are being dusted in snow reminds us that it is spring in Washington, DC. And with spring comes the human instinct to connect with the earth, to go […]
Since moving to The Hill in June 2009, I’ve wondered what — if anything — would eventually be built at the corner of 13th and C Streets SE. Sure, it had a sign promising a “community park and garden,” but there weren’t any specifics. The garden was simply promised at some “future” date. The site […]
The ginkgo tree is a thing of beauty with its stick straight branches reaching toward the sky and fan shaped leaves that are a lovely shade of green all spring and summer, before turning to a bright shade of yellow come fall. Well, at least the male ginkgo tree is a thing of beauty. The […]
Gardeners are a great group of people. Being a gardener myself means I get to bask in my own compliment; but I don’t think that’s so bad because speaking recently to Colleen Cancio and Tom Kavanagh, leaders of the happy effort over at the Green East Community garden, I have even more solid proof of […]
There may still be heaps of snow on the ground, but some people are already thinking about juicy, red tomatoes fresh from this summer’s garden. A call recently went out on the Hill East listserv to recruit those interested in being part of a new community garden in the alley bounded by 17th, 18th, D […]