If you're out wandering in the snow tonight, stop by the APPLE Center for Sustainable living in Nevada City. The "Just Grow It" exhibit opens tonight. Local urban food grower Tania Carlone is speaking about how she and her family transformed their kentucky bluegrass lawn into an edible, permaculture-based mecca. You can also see a photo of my favorite tool, my well-worn pony irrigation spade.

The exhibit focuses on home food production and is filled with facts and figures about hows and whys of growing your own food.