Describing Beth Grollmes-Kiefer and Tim Kiefer as “two peas in a pod” or “two birds of a feather” may seem a bit old-fashioned for the young founders of Perennial City Composting, above, but after visiting with them last summer and seeing their operation in action, the expressions seem to fit “like a glove.” Their mission,…
Category: Urban Gardens
Founders of CWE Farm publish “A Gift Garden”
“It’s best to take the picture while we’re harvesting,” Arthur Culbert said, as he and his wife Nancy were hurriedly picking the last of the summer’s bounty grown at the CWE Farm to benefit neighborhood food pantries. With the first frost in the forecast, there was little time to pose for photos the morning I…
An impressive visitor
A dear friend shared photos of a surprise visitor she found perched on her “terrasse” at the Executive House last week. It’s been more than a few years since other CWEnders sent photos of hawk sightings (here and here), or since I observed one myself near Euclid and Washington. I was beginning to wonder if…