Edible Landscaping at Nomad Pizza

I feel really lucky to be able to walk to an edible landscaping project in Hopewell Borough that is an active part of the slow food movement in our Princeton region.  Nomad Pizza makes divine wood burning pizza five nights a week with basil, salad greens, and garlic grown right here in raised beds next to the restaurant! The pizza artisans work with local farmers for cheese and go organic whenever possible. Nomad Pizza also has a vintage 1949 REO Speedwagon truck that will bring their pizza to you and your party if you wish,  complete with a mobile wood burning oven or cooked on site in their Stefano Ferrara oven. 

The garden space has easily become a favorite place for local Hopewellians, Princetonites and all of Amwell Valley to mingle. Local artisans are showing off a lovely fountain with fish, a sculptural art piece infused with plants, and a nifty garden. I love this seasonal wreath and the lovely winter tree that was decorated along with the trellises all ablaze in white lights. The owners are as much a part of the experience as their delicious fresh pizza. After one of the owners returned from Rome, they offered the super thin pizza he found on his travels. Warm, inviting and full of charm, one feels like part of the family while dining. Tasting the terroir of Hopewell is a special gift, and they share it with us, naturally.

Sustainable Princeton: Fruit Trees Growing in and around Princeton

I got to thinking this morning about spring and the two apples trees and one pear tree on the carriage homes property! A narrower lot in Hopewell borough there is not and fruit trees abound!  They have been pruned rather horribly over the years but this spring I am going to have an arborist come out and help me tend to them.  They have a fungus/rust that I will want to be nipped in the bud. It doesn't hurt the trees too terribly  but it seems to inhibit the growth of fruit.  I have had the advice to scrap the trees and start fresh but I really like the fact that these trees deliver food to birds and at least one horse in our life. If trees are tended to, perhaps a few pies are to be made also...
I think it really connects my daughter to the earth and reminds her where our fruit comes from.  From this personal effort to connect food to table, it grounds us all.   My daughter is very lucky in that she is able to study gardening, edible landscaping, composting, some tree care and becoming a steward of her environment at The Waldorf School of Princeton.
I will enjoy showing you their garden as spring approaches.
Speaking of edible landscaping, I can't wait to share with you Nomad Pizza's edible landscape in Hopewell Boro.