Jim Bruner 7/10/19 Jim Bruner 7/10/19

The Perfect Cover Crop for Unsightly Chain Link Fence

The original fenceline of Mezzacello and how we disguised the chain link fence we had to create.

7/5/19 7/5/19

Parterre Gardens, Guerrilla Gardens

That one time when I came home from a conference to find 64 1-gallon boxwood bushes that had to be planted. farewell DMZ.

6/29/19 6/29/19

The Neighbors Truck

6/27/19 6/27/19

Why We Do Everything Ourselves

This is a blogpost that perfectly underscores our mission of Grow, Maintain, Sustain, Explain lives and breathes. Teach by showing.

6/25/19 6/25/19

A Tale of North and South Korea: or East Mezzacello & West Mezzacello

6/19/19 6/19/19

The STEM-Based Origins of Mezzacello: My Own Private SOIL Lab

6/16/19 6/16/19

When Mezzacello Was New, Father’s Day, and Good Food

6/15/19 6/15/19

The “Foundations” of Building an Urban Garden

6/12/19 6/12/19

Watering an Urban Garden Efficiently

Living in the city means living in a heat bubble. Watering efficiently is a challenge. My solution to the problem.

6/11/19 6/11/19

Living Lives of Sterile Futility

6/11/19 6/11/19

The Natural Predators of an Urban Farm: Thieves and Raccoons

Jim Bruner 6/8/19 Jim Bruner 6/8/19

Ponds as Spigots and Nutrient Additive Systems

The moment when you realize that the biofilter for the pond is actually also an algae wine cask for the flowers.

6/7/19 6/7/19

Order Requires Destruction or Playing With Fire

Using fire to reset an ecosystem for a parterre garden. Finding the foundations of an old house as well.

6/5/19 6/5/19

The Boy Scouts Were Right; Always Be Prepared

I found a duck on a clutch of eggs and rather than act right then to help, I did the wrong thing. Be a boy scout.

6/4/19 6/4/19

Fishy Business

When you start something new like an entire garden system with multiple gardens and systems, things surprise you, like the fishy business.

4/11/19 4/11/19

Animal Harvest Day at Mezzacello

This one is a bit grim, but super important if you want animals in your ecosystem and not just pets. Everything matters.

3/28/19 3/28/19

Musings on Energy

The blog post where I muse on the intersection between, life, art, physics and metaphysics. A little Rock and Roll, Voltaire, and Newton, with some Clerk Maxwell!

3/22/19 3/22/19

Fear, Necessity, Economics and the Future

Hence Mezzacello Exists. This is a reflection on the past, the present, and the future.

3/5/19 3/5/19

The Ghost Foundations of Mezzacello

Since 1868 when the house was built, there have been three houses built and destroyed here to the south of us. The foundations remain.

Jim Bruner 3/4/19 Jim Bruner 3/4/19

The Evolving Role of the DMZ Between Formal and Urban Gardens at Mezzacello

The DMZ at Mezzacello has traditionally been the line between the formal and feral.