Inspired by Novella’s rundown of her accomplishments I felt the need to put what we’ve done and what we want to get done next year. 2010, you’ve been a busy year. 2009 was mainly taken up by wedding planning activities. In 2010 we decided to get busy. It started with the blog. In March I…
Tom and I have an addiction to documentaries. The theme of most of the ones we see revolve around the food industry and the environment. Here are some of our favorites that we think everyone should see: Food, Inc. The quintessential movie about the food industry. A must see in my opinion. No Impact Man…
Our first average frost date is November 27th but generally the frosts don’t hit hard until late December and don’t really get serious until January. Well, this year has so far been far from normal, so I’m not quite sure why we thought the status quo would continue in term of average frost dates. While…
This isn’t going to be our usual farm and garden post. I just feel like writing about where I live today. I live in Vallejo. Generally everyone calls it V-town. It’s a city of about 120,000, which is about midsize for the San Francisco Bay Area. It has a beautiful downtown area with stately Victorians…
You had created quite the stir among the urban farming community with your book My Empire of Dirt. And it was ugly. But before I passed judgment I decided that I should read it myself. I wish I hadn’t. Let me start off by saying that it took me forever to read this book. Not…
This past weekend Dave the Butcher graciously invited us to the Artisanal Butchery and Dinner event at Soul Food Farm, a pastured chicken egg and meat farm in Vacaville, California. It was a dreary day, raining off and on, but the event was really nice, tucked among the oaks overlooking an olive orchard. There were…
Jeanette as Camo Fairy at our Wedding Ha ha! Just kidding. My close friend, Jeanette, who you may know from some of her posts earlier this year on pheasant hunting and planting in colder zones, raising meat chickens, and gun safety, is staying in the water tower for a little while. She’s excited to help…
Join us at Soul Food Farm in celebration of artisanal butchery and Agricola grass-fed beef. A meat magical line up awaits you as: Chris Arentz and Angela Wilson of Avedano’s and Dave the Butcher along with Josh Kleinsmith of Piedmont Grocery and Zach Gero of Shoppers Corner break down a side of beef to be…
Gloucestershire Old Spot Pig Yep, you’ve guessed it. We’re in the market for some hogs. Well, actually weaner pigs that we can raise for pork. Of all the stuff we do here, pigs are the least likely to fly with our neighbors. So we’re not going to keep them here. We’re currently working on getting…
My friend, Esperanza is taking on the huge task of putting together a directory of Urban Farmers. From her site: WHAT WE’RE DOING Urban Farming and homesteading have taken hold of cities across the U.S. A severe recession and failing food system have prompted many of us to find creative economic solutions and to grow…
Dog Island Farm is a small urban farm in the San Francisco Bay Area.
