729 Square Feet — and a Plan

Local chef, mom and soon-to-be Chow Bella contributor Meghan Olesen is gardening in her backyard, proving that you don't need a lot of space to have home-grown lettuce on your Christmas tacos. Her blog is lovely to look at -- and to read. ...
By Amy SilvermanJanuary 11, 2011
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Local chef, mom and soon-to-be Chow Bella contributor Meghan Olesen is gardening in her backyard, proving that you don’t need a lot of space to have home-grown lettuce on your Christmas tacos. 
Her blog is lovely to look at — and to read. 

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Amy Silverman is the former managing editor of Phoenix New Times. She is a two-time winner of the Arizona Press Club’s Journalist of the Year award. Her work has appeared on the radio show This American Life and in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Lenny Letter, and Brain, Child.

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