On 26th Street and Wilshire in Santa Monica there is a beautiful vegetable garden that is ready to be eaten yet it goes unnoticed. If it is noticed, people don't realize that the plants are edible and even if they do, they are skeptical about eating food on the street.

 I do realize that I am one of few people who is able to say that I harvested a zucchini on Santa Monica Boulevard this summer. Many would find this risky and unsafe. However, the zucchini was delicious. I sauteed it and ate it with penne.

 In any case, if anyone is brave enough to do so, the lettuce and swiss chard in this garden on 26th and Wilshire is ready and longing to be picked and eaten. Snow peas will be ready in about a month. It is way too much for me to eat alone, and if it doesn't get eaten soon it will go to waste. I'm thinking that in the next week if it is still as abundant as it is now, I'll go down there, pick as much as I can and make a big salad to serve by the bus stop that it lies behind.