Grow – The Story of an Urban Farmer
I don’t have a guest post for today, but I do have a short film done on Esperanza of Pluck and Feather done by Whole Foods!
I don’t have a guest post for today, but I do have a short film done on Esperanza of Pluck and Feather done by Whole Foods!
Yeah, I know. If you’re here in the Bay Area, you might think I’m a madwoman for posting about ice cream. But hey – it’s JULY. It’s SUMMER. And even if there is water falling from the sky and a chill in the wind that I can feel INSIDE MY BONES, I am going to…
I’m a huge proponent of heirloom and open pollinated (OP) seeds. The difference between them and F1 hybrid seeds is that heirlooms and OP seeds can be saved each year and the offspring will be consistent with the parent plants. F1 hybrids cannot produce similar offspring the following year. Heirloom and OP seeds help keep…
As I’ve mentioned before, I have this really long post about raising livestock in urban areas but I just haven’t posted it. There is a TON of misinformation being spread out there by the animal rights activists about urban livestock. Every time I read another one of their articles or posts – rehashing the exact same misinformation again…
Here is our updated garden photo. The corn is about 12′ tall and some of the other stuff has grown in more. Our lemon tree surprised me this week. It’s always been about 4′ tall. This week while walking by it Tom pointed it out. I looked over and all of a sudden it was…
Armenian Cucumber Infused Vodka6, originally uploaded by brandonmatzek. I thought I’d be safe growing Armenian cucumbers and pickling cucumbers. After all, Armenian cucumbers are actually a melon. Melons aren’t necessarily known for their overabundance like cucumbers and summer squash are. As I harvested the first batch I thought to myself “we better love cucumbers.”
Today’s guest post comes from Jeremy Fordham, a contributing writer for Online PhD Programs. The Benefits of Sustainable Agriculture The Earth is a vast place, but the materials that make up the Earth (soil, minerals and water) are finite and non-renewable resources. Agricultural practices of the last 70 years have caused the depletion and contamination…
Until about a week and a half ago, I had never made brownies from scratch. Sure, I’d made layered ricotta cakes and light-as-air macarons and fresh sourdough bread and all SORTS of complicated sauces and things, but somehow I must have missed the day where I was supposed to learn the recipe for good old-fashioned…
I sent this letter to the mayor, city planner, and city manager of Oak Park, Michigan. If you haven’t heard, the City of Oak Park is threatening Julie Bass with 93 days of jail time for having a very nicely maintained vegetable garden in her front yard instead of lawn. Mrs. Bass and her family…
I’ve got quite a few books on vegetable gardening, some are great, some I wish I had never bought. So to help other gardeners, especially those just starting out, I’ve decided to review some of my books. I’ve included a rating, but for some books, while they are great, they may have a low rating…
Dog Island Farm is a small urban farm in the San Francisco Bay Area.
