>> We definitely didn’t have this when I was a student at Fairfax High, but apparently LAUSD has a gardening program — and it’s about to get cut.

>> A Forever 21 development’s planned at the site of the former South Central Farm. “The development proposal for the farm site could force Villaraigosa to choose between environmental activists willing to stage protests outside his home and office, and a business that has a huge effect on the region’s economy.”

>> Water shortages are forcing some to turn to raw sewage to feed their gardens. “The good news – for farmers at least – is that the irrigation water from sewers comes with free fertiliser in the form of the nitrates and phosphates bound up in human faeces. The bad news is that this coprological cornucopia is filling vegetables sold in city markets with heavy metals, pathogenic bacteria and worms.”

>> Last but not least — at least to me: I planted some lettuce seeds, and most of them sprouted — then some disappeared! I saw an earthworm in one pot and I’m wondering if that’s the culprit. Anyone had worms commit seedling theft?

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