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The $247.06 Egg
We bought six-week old Rhode Island White pullets from a local farmer on March 15. Today, not quite three months later, one of our girls laid the first free-range, organic brown egg. (The two brown ovals at the top right … Continue reading
Sky Garden
I first started thinking about vertical gardening when Anna Mc experimented with upside down tomatoes. www.upsidedowntomatoplant.com I wasn’t very successful, but it got me thinking about all that “unused” sunshine on top of my garden, so I began growing peppers, … Continue reading
Posted in Growing Hops, Harvest, Homemade Beer, Upside Down Tomatoes, Urban farm
Tagged Tomato
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H-2-OH NO!
Last night, the school in my neighborhood held an Eat Real Food event, which was a chaotic and wonderful mix of organic vegetable starts (from the school garden), garage band music, locally sourced food, and kids everywhere. The highlight, however, … Continue reading
Posted in Saving Money, Uncategorized, Urban farm
Tagged Environment, Sightline, Water
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Strawberry Fields Forever
Our house is at the top of a pretty steep hill, and over the years I’ve become famous for losing control of the lawn mower while mowing in my OSHA-approved Birkenstocks. Once it gets away from me, it plunges over … Continue reading
May Flowers (as a Metaphor)
While I was complaining about the rain in April, other people were working on their urban farms. Here’s Zach and Clara’s first garden in this location plus the fence she built plus the chicken coop and chicken fence she built. … Continue reading
Posted in Chickens, Organic, Spring planting, Urban farm, Urban Goats
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Cruel April
“April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain” (The Waste Land). My favorite urban farmer from the Midwest, T.S. Eliot, truly understood the heartbreak of April. … Continue reading
Posted in Organic, Spring planting, Tomates, Urban farm
Tagged Greenhouse, planting date, Starting Seeds, Tomato, urban farm
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My Favorite Place (Today)
Several years ago, Tom chopped down the tree that held Clara’s tree house (she wasn’t in it!) and repurposed it as a greenhouse. He put in insulated plexiglass where the windows and roof had been, insulated the interior with recycled … Continue reading
Posted in Chickens, Organic, Saving Money, Spring planting, Tomates, Uncategorized, Urban farm
Tagged Greenhouse, Starting Seeds, vegetable seeds
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Plowing Up the Back 40
A beautiful, sunny day in Seattle, and Tom is “plowing” the large garden with his 45-year-old Rototiller. We grew soybeans in that garden last year, so we’ll put in corn this year. Meanwhile, I found my Taylor Soil Testing Thermometer … Continue reading
Posted in Cover Crop, Spring planting, Urban farm
Tagged planting date, urban farm, vegetable seeds
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If I Had A Pet Goat . . .
It’s easy to see why I love these five-year-olds. They are busy doing chores to earn quarters so their pre-K class can buy a goat through Heifer International to help other children go to school. Thanks Audrey and Ava for … Continue reading
Shop Like The Amish
If you ever wonder where the Amish and almost-Amish shop, here’s one answer: Lehman’s Catalog (the source of this beautiful, oil-burning Aladdin lamp). It is full of products for people who are looking for alternatives to electrical appliances, from grain … Continue reading