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…
Chard we were saving seed from knocked down by storm The weekend before last we went to a brunch at a family friend’s house. Everyone is pretty interested in what we’re doing. Then, as what happens at many gatherings, our conversation moved to discuss the weather. Temps were cool and rain was in the forecast….
Our turkey poults struttin’ around the patio “I started thinking about this last year when I had a pig roast at my house. A bunch of people told me that even though they loved eating pork, they really didn’t want to think about the fact that the pig used to be alive. That just seemed…
Part of our garden a year ago This season has been….interesting. Late frosts, knocked over mini greehouses, and a proliferation of snails made for what I thought was a very late start. Then I looked back on my post that I made last year at this time. It was a harvest post and it appears…
Me teaching yogurt making at the Maker Faire last year OK, so I realize this is super late notice but this weekend is the Maker Faire at the San Mateo Event Center. I’ll be helping out at the East Bay Urban Agriculture Alliance’s booth in Homegrown Village. At 11:30am Esperanza of Pluck and Feather…
I was going to publish this long post I had written about the City of Oakland, Novella, and the animal rights activists that want to ban all livestock but after writing it (which was very cathartic) I decided to just leave it be. Kitty over at Havenscourt Homestead did a pretty good job hitting most…
People are picky. They are used to buying perfect produce at the supermarket. Even the certified organic produce is pretty without very many flaws. Honestly, I used to be one of those picky people. That was until I started growing my own food. Holes happen. Since growing my own food I have to wonder how…
We’ve got quite a few things to do this weekend. We’ll see how far we’ll get. A lot of our Curcubits are up in their pots and need to be transplanted out. Pamina was kind enough to give us some hot pepper seedlings. We’ll be planting them out this weekend as well. Irrigation! The lines…
I’m always looking for a good perspective to take photos of the progress of our yard. Unfortunately, in the height of summer, most perspectives are hidden by tall growing plants.Right now the photos work but eventually the corn that’s popping up will completely block any decent views from the above shot. I don’t know why…
Dog Island Farm is a small urban farm in the San Francisco Bay Area.
