Jim Bruner 9/13/24 Jim Bruner 9/13/24

Our Mission, Home, Purpose, and Business

It's all hiding right there in the logo! Red Brick green tree urban farming non-profit! It's way more than the sum of its parts. It's a new way of thinking about sustainability.

Jim Bruner 12/23/23 Jim Bruner 12/23/23

Mezzacello Urban Farm and the Story of Two Maps

This is a blogpost of Mezzacello's evolution from a side yard farm to a 21st Century applied STEM Learning Lab.

Jim Bruner 12/23/23 Jim Bruner 12/23/23

Mezzacello Urban Farm As A Formal Garden

This is a blogpost of Mezzacello's Formal Garden plan (the gardens that front 20th Street to the east of the farm.

9/16/23 9/16/23

History Repeats and the Line is a Circle

Why does history repeat? And is that a bad thing? An essay in redemption and growing. All lines are circles after all.

8/29/23 8/29/23

A River Ran Through It; Alum Creek, Kerr Mill, and a Farmhouse

This house will be 155 years old this year. A quick history of the house and the land around it.

10/10/22 10/10/22

The Renfield House

The origin story of our 1868 house and the coffin box that still resides in the attic of the original builder of the house at Mezzacello.

8/6/22 8/6/22

Care and Instructions for a Parterre Garden

The parterre garden has a long and storied history. It is a good system for gardening and is quite effective.

2/17/22 2/17/22

Big Mom's Cast Iron Pan

The story of a pan. Not any pan. Big Mom's cast iron pan passed down through generations and now a beloved member of Mezzacello.

1/30/22 1/30/22

Just The Right Light

A great view from the part of the house at Mezzacello literally begging for a revamp! It’s a makeover montage!

1/1/22 1/1/22

Building Mezzacello In Stakes, Strings, and CAD

The behind the scenes story of how Mezzacello has evolved and the personalities that have enabled this growth.

6/8/21 6/8/21

The New Neighbor Who Has 100 feet

6/3/21 6/3/21

The Manure That Infected Mars

5/5/21 5/5/21

The Rule of Sustainability - 3 and 5 Strategy

Sustainability is an important topic right now. We need more of it, and better metrics to define what "it" is.

4/1/21 4/1/21

Spring 2021 at Mezzacello

3/4/21 3/4/21

The Foodist: Big Mom's Pan-Seared Potatoes, Onions, and Kale

3/3/21 3/3/21

Spring 2021 and the Brunerform

An update on the gardens this spring and a candid little confessional and observation on Spring, Beauty, Life, and Fashion.

2/17/21 2/17/21

The Vision for the Formal Gardens

2/7/21 2/7/21

The Paths To The Ecosystems

The roads most traveled on an urban farm and what these paths to the ecosystems tell us. How the ecosystems of Mezzacello connect.

1/21/21 1/21/21

Love and Hope and Yin and Yang

1/15/21 1/15/21

The Foodist: Rabbit Pot-Au-Feu