This story is part of a package about growing food in containers. “If it’s just four to five hours of direct sunlight, stick to strawberries and cane berries — like blackberries, boysenberries and raspberries.” You want to know when the sun first hits your balcony or growing area and when it leaves, Wilhelmi said. Strawberries and mint plants can maybe …
This is the latest in a series we call Plant PPL, where we interview people of color in the plant world. “If you plant kale, you will have food for months.” When a woman from a nearby apartment hesitantly wanders into the demonstration garden without a face mask, master gardener Florence Nishida immediately grabs one for her and proceeds to …
Ron Finley — the self-proclaimed Gangsta Gardener — carries his persona like a shield. Schriber said they asked another one of their instructors, famed chef Alice Waters, for suggestions for someone to teach a class about growing food, “and Alice immediately said, ‘You need to talk to Ron.’” Ron Finley tends the garden he created on top of a huge …
