First, local forager, Asiya Wadud of Forage Oakland , will be making and exchanging jams, marmalades, jellies, and syrups at the Temescal Farmers' Market on Sunday, February 22, 2009. I recently exchanged a lemon steeped nocino (a friend of Italian heritage suggested the lemons) for a nocino made with walnuts from Delaware Street. The provenance of my walnuts are Parker Street and an unknown location (I exchanged garden herbs for walnuts). Too late! The deadline for the UC Davis Honey Bee Haven garden design competition was yesterday. Anyway, you can read about it here and here . The Canadian Centre for Architecture is hosting the Tools for Actions exhibition from 26 November 2008 - 19 April 2009. The theme: actions that "instigate positive change in contemporary cities around the world." 99 actions are available for viewing . I read about Tools for Actions at Curbed SF ; the website mentioned Amy Franceschini 's Victory Gardens 2008+ . Maybe I should submi