If you were following us last year you probably remember me lamenting about not having any fruit. Of the 2 dozen or so fruit trees we only got a pathetic 95lbs. You’re probably thinking that’s plenty. The only problem is that nearly 20lbs of that was olives (which weren’t even edible until this year after…
Oh how I love the three day weekend. With the days getting longer all I can think about is hanging out in the yard and playing with the critters. But this weekend, this three day weekend I’ve got some big and not-so-big plans. And I have a lot of them. Fava beans need to get…
I make my own cold process soap. I have a tub full of it in my garage. I no longer buy shampoo or conditioner. I no longer buy body wash. I use apple cider vinegar on my hair instead of conditioner. I wash my face with coconut oil – organic hexane-free extra virgin coconut oil….
Unless you’re talking about licking your own elbow “I can’t” is one of those phrases that is such a downer. I like to help people. I like to help them solve problems or move out of their comfort zone. I like to help people get more power over their lives. Maybe that’s kind of obvious….
I’ve been getting a lot of emails lately from people wanting a tour of our urban farm. It is so amazingly flattering that people want to see what we’re doing but it breaks my heart every time when I have to tell them we can’t do it. I can totally understand why they want to…
Maybe I’m beating a dead horse. After all, Erica at Northwest Edible Life and Esperanza at Pluck and Feather have already covered it. But this totally makes me pants-on-head crazy so I have to say something. Williams-Sonoma, the retailer of very high-end kitchen equipment, just released their new Agrarian line. It’s a gardening and DIY…
Apparently it was way too early to say things were going smoothly. And I probably made the dumbest mistake I could have made during planting season. I didn’t have a plan for the slugs. Slugs are our biggest pest here. Usually I just put some Sluggo around the new plants and they are fine. This…
Cash has become this imaginary concept. Its value was once tied to gold but then the government removed the gold standard. Then it became just pieces of paper and metal that we exchanged for goods. Today we barely use physical money and instead use debit cards and credit cards. It’s now become this imaginary thing that has this arbitrary…
Let’s face it. Digging is fun for dogs. That’s pretty much why they do it. Even dogs that aren’t bored like to dig. And once they learn how much fun digging is it can be hard to stop them. If you are a gardener there is nothing more frustrating than finding a newly planted bed…
I realized the other day after I wrote about the cats that there’s one major character here that I pretty much never talk about. I’m not sure why I never mention him. He’s had a huge impact on my life and has taught me a lot about animals. Today I’m going to put the spotlight…
Dog Island Farm is a small urban farm in the San Francisco Bay Area.
