This is what it’s all about. Someone told me once that rural commercial farmers are not all that forthcoming with advice or support. I am thrilled that the urban farming community is the exact opposite. I have met some of the most awesome people in our urban farming community. Some of them have become great…
oyster mushrooms, originally uploaded by DCBits. Last night at the East Bay Urban Agriculture Alliance meeting we got to meet this gentleman named Ray who had started his own mushroom business called Mushroom Maestros. He gave an informal presentation about his business which we found incredibly informative. I now have mushrooms on the brain…
One of the things I’ve been missing while going a year without groceries is crunchy, salty snacks. I’ve made crackers before but have never really been happy with the recipes. So I decided to find something closer to a true saltine cracker. Unfortunately when searching for a “saltine cracker recipe” all the recipes that come…
Soil testing is incredibly important when you’re planning to produce food from your yard. It tells you what you’ve got and what you need. Plants won’t give you their best if they don’t have the proper nutrients or proper pH levels. The three most common nutrients, referred to as macronutrients, that plants need are Nitrogen,…
Once a month I’ll be answering your questions! Ask them in an email (if you want to be anonymous just say so) or just leave a comment – I’ll find them and answer them the best I can. So here is one I found in our comments that I haven’t had a chance to answer…until…
Alfalfa and Orchard Grass When you live in an urban environment it can be pretty much impossible to grow everything you need. I wish I had enough space to grow all the grains we need and all the animal feed as well. But we can’t – there just isn’t enough room. But just because you…
sunflower, originally uploaded by mertcem. I hope everyone gets to enjoy the Summer Solstice!
This week’s post comes from Erica at Northwest Edible. I’m super excited that she agreed to do a guest post for us as I love all of her posts. She discusses the tough stuff about urban homesteading. We were unloading the dishwasher yesterday and Homebrew Husband pulled a sparkling wine glass out of the top…
I LOVE seafood. I mean LOVE it. I’ve loved seafood since I was a little kid. Every year for my birthday all I wanted was to go eat calamari at my favorite seafood restaurant at Jack London Square in Oakland. They are no longer there, but I’ll always remember it. So it would make sense…
I used to be a proponent of rototilling. It was comparatively easy to hand digging new beds. Especially if you have clay soil. When we moved into our house there were no beds. We wanted to make three 75′ long x 4′ wide beds. Seemed to be a rather daunting task to do by hand,…
Dog Island Farm is a small urban farm in the San Francisco Bay Area.
