http://missionlocal.org News From San Francisco's Mission District Fri, 24 May 2013 22:00:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://missionlocal.org/2012/02/garden-store-for-urban-growers-and-non-profits/ http://missionlocal.org/2012/02/garden-store-for-urban-growers-and-non-profits/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:58:56 +0000 Noah Arroyo http://missionlocal.org/?p=169005 Roots, a garden store that specializes in plants that require minimal water, sunlight and attention, opens today at 425 South Van Ness, between 15th and 16th streets. “We cater to people who don’t have yards,” said owner Michelle Reed, who knows what city she’s living in. The store also reflects her philosophy of giving back to the community; some of the proceeds will go to nonprofit organizations. Reed sells Tillandsias,...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2012/02/garden-store-for-urban-growers-and-non-profits/feed/ 1 http://missionlocal.org/2011/05/bomb-your-neighborhood-with-wildflowers-50-cents/ http://missionlocal.org/2011/05/bomb-your-neighborhood-with-wildflowers-50-cents/#comments Mon, 30 May 2011 21:30:07 +0000 Heather Smith http://missionlocal.org/?p=119882 At Rainbow Grocery, an obviously modified gumball machine. It sells clods of dirt, with wildflower seeds embedded in them. It has an interesting effect on people. When I first passed by the machine, a middle-aged Indian man in chinos was embracing it and staring into its depths with this soulful intensity, like maybe it held the answer to all of life’s questions. It might. I haven’t bought a dirt clod...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2011/05/bomb-your-neighborhood-with-wildflowers-50-cents/feed/ 0 http://missionlocal.org/2011/05/ornate-and-tiny-garden/ http://missionlocal.org/2011/05/ornate-and-tiny-garden/#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 23:00:04 +0000 Heather Smith http://missionlocal.org/?p=119895 At the Dearborn Community Garden. It’s so neat and tidy and manicured — even the skull. The whole thing looks like it’s made out of gumdrops.]]> http://missionlocal.org/2011/05/ornate-and-tiny-garden/feed/ 0 http://missionlocal.org/2011/02/mr-vegetable-goes-to-the-planning-commission/ http://missionlocal.org/2011/02/mr-vegetable-goes-to-the-planning-commission/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:18:00 +0000 Heather Smith http://missionlocal.org/?p=106904 "You had a great idea," says Commissioner Sugaya, "and then you ran into the bureaucracy." ]]> http://missionlocal.org/2011/02/mr-vegetable-goes-to-the-planning-commission/feed/ 2 http://missionlocal.org/2010/07/at-the-free-farm-stand/ http://missionlocal.org/2010/07/at-the-free-farm-stand/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:22:10 +0000 Heather Smith http://missionlocal.org/?p=72496 En Español]]> http://missionlocal.org/2010/07/at-the-free-farm-stand/feed/ 2 http://missionlocal.org/2010/07/my-mission-eskender-aseged/ http://missionlocal.org/2010/07/my-mission-eskender-aseged/#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:10:16 +0000 Heather Smith http://missionlocal.org/?p=69487 And so I threw parties. Fifteen years ago I was throwing one a month. Ten years ago I was throwing one a week. Then, six years ago, I opened my own restaurant.]]> http://missionlocal.org/2010/07/my-mission-eskender-aseged/feed/ 2 http://missionlocal.org/2010/04/from-historic-guerilla-garden-to-ward-of-the-city/ http://missionlocal.org/2010/04/from-historic-guerilla-garden-to-ward-of-the-city/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:47:32 +0000 Heather Smith http://missionlocal.org/?p=58473 The garden's users lined up at the microphone yesterday at a meeting of the Land Use and Economic Development Committee to ask the city to remember and hold to the garden's ideals. Sentiment was front and center. Braggadocio too. En Español ]]> http://missionlocal.org/2010/04/from-historic-guerilla-garden-to-ward-of-the-city/feed/ 2 http://missionlocal.org/2010/04/in-season-kumquats-favas-and-morels/ http://missionlocal.org/2010/04/in-season-kumquats-favas-and-morels/#comments Sat, 03 Apr 2010 14:30:51 +0000 Heather Smith http://missionlocal.org/?p=55579 So, apples are gone. What is delicious now? ]]> http://missionlocal.org/2010/04/in-season-kumquats-favas-and-morels/feed/ 1 http://missionlocal.org/2010/02/my-neighbors-yard-my-lettuce-farm/ http://missionlocal.org/2010/02/my-neighbors-yard-my-lettuce-farm/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:15:36 +0000 Heather Smith http://missionlocal.org/?p=48160 Community gardens are not uncommon in the Mission. What is uncommon is the notion of trying to make a living growing food in the middle of one of the most expensive cities in the country. En Español ]]> http://missionlocal.org/2010/02/my-neighbors-yard-my-lettuce-farm/feed/ 0