Almost 9 months ago I decided it was time to make a change to my hair care routine. My hair is fine and had a tendency to frizz. It couldn’t make up it’s mind whether it wanted to be straight or curly. I would wash it, use conditioner and then add product before blow drying…
For those of us that raise our own chickens and have had the experience of dressing them out you are well aware of the physiological differences compared to commercial meat chickens. The above photo was a 20-week old Black Australorp rooster. Now compare that to your standard grocery store chicken which generally is no older…
Strawberry Shortcake, originally uploaded by Chiot’s Run. It’s strawberry season! Are you growing these luscious little berries? We’ve been harvesting 1-3 lbs of them every other day for the last few weeks.
This weeks guest post is by Catherine George from Farmscape. She’s an aspiring lunatic farmer but for now she’s working on her large city lot and creating a permaculture, native, and drought tolerant garden. I’m on the verge of becoming a fruit geek myself and the only thing that’s stopped me…who am I kidding? I’m already a fruit…
Radishes. The favorite crop of the impatient gardener. Reliable, easy, pretty, no-hassle. Radish seeds were the first I ever pushed into the ground. The first sprouts I coaxed into tiny plants; the first plants I ever raised all the way to harvest. A bunch of radishes always looked so impressive: I GREW these. In my…
There are lots of garden items that we need throughout the year. Whether they are trellises for climbing plants or tomato cages, compost bins or even just name tags for your transplants, it all adds up and can get quite expensive. So here are some cheap, or even free ways to create items you need…
I’ve been feeling unorganized with the blog lately. We used to have a pretty well defined schedule but as time wore on the schedule disappeared and I started to feel like I was flailing through posts. So last night I sat down and forced myself to get organized and create a new schedule for posts. Wednesdays,…
I yearn for family traditions that were passed down from generation to generation. The idea of traditions and even culture keep meeting me head on lately. In meetings, in talking casually with others, in books, it keeps coming up. My gut reaction to the idea is that I have neither. My family didn’t really pass…
Alright, I’m going to let the cat out of the bag. I haven’t mentioned anything to anyone except for my mom (Hi Mom!), and a few close friends that were involved. Back in late March we spent two days in the rain with a camera crew at our place. Whole Foods just launched their own…
Ladybug, originally uploaded by eljoja. As the growing season gets rolling it’s important to allow for habitat that will attract and shelter beneficial insects like this ladybug.
Dog Island Farm is a small urban farm in the San Francisco Bay Area.
