I try to keep it under wraps, but those who know me see right through the platform stiletto, vintage hero boyfriend shirt wearing, get made up to look like you just got out of bed, don't look like you're trying, boho fashion plate that I so clearly am... Move over Mary Kate Olsen, I've got the unflattering, ill-fitting, rarely matching corner of fashion usurped.
But really, I'm the girl that a couple years ago asked for a dictionary for my birthday. Also, if I were stranded on a deserted island and could magically receive only one periodical it would be the Economist. I miss the Dewey Decimal System. I think reading is magic.
Enter Urban Farm Girl wearing one of her favorite hats, the Policy Wonk hat...
NIMBY...If you're a part-time policy wonk like myself it's likely that you have heard this term. Politicos like to throw it around like it's some kind of bad word, but rest assured it's not as bad as "gerrymandering." It's suppose to simultaneously spook you and threaten you. Definitely it's suppose to incite something in you. NIMBY...Not In My Backyard.
Example - Public Transit:
"Then the westside residents got all NIMBY about it and blocked the subway from running up Wilshire to the beach."
NIMBY Origin 1980-85. Related forms: Nimbyism; noun
It's elitist, pretentious and I just don't like it. On most days the way I feel about NIMBY is how I imagine Kim Kardashian feels about privacy. I'm against the very principle of it. It's bad, does nothing for anyone and I want none of it in my life. BUT then Manduca quinquemaculata caterpiller finds it's way back and all I can think is NIMBY!!! That's right, there goes the neighborhood.
The charming, domestic partnership living, Italian/American neighbors were in their front yard gardening the other weekend and guess what was making itself at home in their defoliating tomato plant???
That's right, this guy... GO AWAY!!!
Please. Please go away.
It was a beautiful tomato plant home for this guy while it lasted. Check out the neighbor's heirloom tomatoes! Garden envy...
Again, circle of life. Once more, Cranberry gets the prize.
Urban Farm Girl - "I cannot deal with another one of those piece of sh*t worms for one more second."
Shirt: Bergamot Station Gift Shop
Shorts: Old Navy
*At this point, you should be reading this with irony
The day wasn't all scare tactics and squirm, there was plenty of gardening involved. I planted the lettuce seeds we harvested along with some herbs.
Seeds that we harvested from left to right:
lettuce mix (red leaf, romaine, butter lettuce/Boston bibb), coriander/cilantro, arugula
So it's definitely not all doom and gloom. Winter will be upon us soon and our winter crops have already begun to peek through the soil. The real question at this point is...will we have enough eggs to get us through to spring? That worrisome tale is for the next blog post.
