Garden-Related Sightings

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As you know, we're really excited to get back to our garden in Somerville. Thinking about spreading compost, collecting rainwater, and defending against pesty bugs and rodents occupies more of our time than it probably should. But we can't help it if springtime has awakened Paris' green thumb and stoked our imaginations.

Someone has planted a container garden on the steps of La Madeleine. We don't know who did it, but we're pleased. Even better, this coming Sunday and Monday, the Champs-Elysées will be turned into a massive pedestrian zone and filled with soil, grass, cows, and agricultural delights of all kinds. The program is called "Nature Capitale" and we will surely be visiting.

We saw this nascent container garden at the Parc Montsouris and raged internally. It's time to plant stuff! Get on it!!

If we were staying in Paris through the summer, we might have signed up for the service advertised here - a farm share delivered to your neighborhood! And of course it's called "potager." This doesn't look quite as "organic" (both in the sense of how the food's grown and how the organization is run) as the farm shares we know in Somerville, but no matter - it's still exciting to see the idea catching on in France's biggest city.