On the Thirteenth Day of Christmas: Two Cheddar Cauliflower and One Pair of Aubergine Hunter Rainboots

A Rain Shower Washed our Garden

The Garden Enchanted with Winter's Charm

Matthew A. Schiller, our very own GreenTeam Co-President, bends down to inspect GT's Cheddar Cauliflower.  The Cheddar Cauliflower made her debut in our garden this fall semester, along with her entourage of Chard, Kale, Spinach, Butter Lettuce, German Camomile, Radish, Carrot, and Basil to name a few.  She is a gorgeous plouf of shapely Rubenesque form and is the tint of pastel yellow.  I thought it was neat when Matthew pointed out from the outermost to the innermost leaves, they provide shade and protection to the cauliflower head to ensure it is tender and moist at harvest.
We would like to award the "Largest and Most Beautiful Cheddar Cauliflower" Award to Ken and Libby Perrin, who have been married for 53 years.  They were one of the first couples to join our community garden and maintain a plot of their own alongside our GreenTeam students, faculty, and staff.  We can learn a thing or two from the best, especially from the love they share and a relationship symbolically represented in the growth (with proper water, sun, soil, and care) of a stately, blossoming cauliflower.  Congratulations and Thank you.
The Garden will be maintained over the winter holiday by some of our GreenTeam students, along with Resident Faculty, and Facilities, Management, and Planning Staff.  We appreciate your help and we look forward to growing with you in the garden next year, January 2012!  Merry Christmas.

The Joy of a Jaunt at the Malibu Farmer's Market

I went to the Malibu Farmer's Market yesterday and walked around enjoying the fragrance of fresh produce, pressed juice, and homemade treats.  The wisps of sound reached my ear of people discussing the growing of this or that, the making of this soap and that jam, and the ingredients to their creations as totally organic and without preservatives.  How wonderful!  I tried fresh, raw Amish cream with lime juice and then bought two bottles of Rosa's Fermented Hibiscus Tea (it was so delightful and quenched my thirst after working out at the garden for an hour or so).  It was full of healthy probiotics and I read on the label the ancient Egyptians Pharaohs used to drink Hibiscus Tea.  That made it even cooler.  Rosa's Tea also uses special water in making their tea that at molecular level is pure and easy to penetrate one's cells for optimal hydration. For more information and to see this product go to: [http://agroindustriasrosas.com/]  It is sold at the Farmer's Market every Sunday from 10h00-15h00 in Malibu (across from the new park) and PCGreens (a grocer on the PCH, just past the Malibu Pier).

I encourage you all to consider healthy and succulent options as the holiday season begins, and also to visit the Malibu Farmer's Market for perhaps a refreshing drink and some color therapy in looking at all the wonderful produce God has made and in which humans have mindfully and carefully cultivated.  Also, I wish you all good health and happiness.

Blessings,

Emilyrose Reeder

Co-President, GreenTeam

[p.s. the photo above I took last year in Nice, France.  You will notice the Euro sign next to the price.  France's farmer's market are absolutely incredible and bursting with delicious produce.  Of course, the French know what is the best.]

Updated Calendar of GT Events

Date.Time.Place. Description.

24 November. Happy Harvest, Happy Thanksgiving.
7 December. 10h00-12h00. Malibu Lagoon. Outreach to Young Children Nature Walk. Contact Pepperdine Volunteer Center, Brittany Thompson.
8 December. 19h00-22h00. Green Living Project Hosts "LA Sustainable Films Premier."Stage 22 at Bellevardo Studios (Silverlake) 2107 Bellevue Avenue LA, CA 90026. GreenLivingProject.com/

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25 December. Merry Christmas! Love, GreenTeam
Spring 2012. 
17h30. Nutrition Cooking Lab in AC. GT California Cuisine Cooking Class. 
17h00. Elkins Auditorium. GreenTeam Sustainable Film Series Premier - Dirt! The Movie, King Corn, and Queen of the Sun.
Gardening Days Frequently on Saturdays.

11h00. Garden site. Pepperdine Organic Garden Opening Ceremony to the University.

4 April. 12h00 - 14h00. Adamson Plaza. Earthday Celebration.

The Stillness of the Garden

after a long day of planting.  Can you see we have an ocean-view property? :) The University gave us this land to grow on.

Our Blue Bird Bath