Category Archives: Winter 2011

On a beautiful sunny Saturday in early January, we held our first garden party of the Winter Quarter and it was a wild success! Over 50 participants came through the PICA garden. We started in a large circle where we … Continue reading →

Life begins in the compost. It begins with the tiny microorganisms, which ultimately bolster the immune system of the garden and even with the snakes that capture the critters which enter the garden uninvited.  I have come to see the … Continue reading →

I came to Santa Cruz in April, after over a decade in New York City, where I’ve been writing a dissertation in English literature. My training, and my teaching, have for the most part taken place in a very formal … Continue reading →

I haven’t lived at PICA for 5 years, yet it feels like yesterday. Probably because most of the people I communicate with are PICA alums still. Like that potluck yesterday, beer tasting last weekend, or the woman I live with … Continue reading →

Hidden below in the depths of the lower quarry is PICA, and so fitting is our location. This quarry supplied parts of San Francisco’s architecture with its stone resources, and now here we are tucked into the dug hole that … Continue reading →