Photos by author. There is an interesting shopping area in Costa Mesa called The Lab Anti Mall. A lot of the materials are reused and there are great softscape spaces to sit and enjoy the amazing weather. Definitely a great alternative to the big box stores. There was also shopping across the street, The Camp,…
We are beginning to see the garden output increase as the days get longer and warmer. Our tomato plants already have blossoms. Lettuce is beginning to bolt as is our swiss chard. Those will be replaced with more warm season crops. The artichokes are finally done. The last remaining blossoms we left to set flower…
This past Sunday Tom and I joined a group of like-minded people at Biofuel Oasis in Berkeley for their Urban Goat Husbandry Class. The class was taught be the well known Novella Carpenter who wrote one of our favorite books, Farm City. If you haven’t read Farm City I highly recommend you read it. It’s…
little city garden, originally uploaded by sodiumsquared. I have been hearing a lot of discussions regarding zoning; whether it is beekeeping, goats, wind generators, solar panels, etc. The laws can be ambiguous or antiquated. I have not had to deal with this yet. I really want to learn more about this topic over the next…
Five Color Silverbeet Swiss Chard Here it is Wednesday again and I’m caught flat footed. I apologize again for the late post.This week we have a new kid on the block. Swiss Chard. We grow the Five Color Silverbeet Variety. I just love all the different colors it comes in. From deep reds, pinks, whites…
Compost retains water in your soil, originally uploaded by Garden for the Environment. After watching the movie Dirt! and reading the Joy of Dirt article in Ode Magazine, I am learning that dirt is as important as air and water. The best thing we can do to reduce landfills and replenish our soil is to…
Rachel will be presenting how to make yogurt at the Bay Area Maker Faire on Sunday, May 23rd at 11am at the San Mateo County Event Center. You can find her at the Homegrown Village which is run by Farm Aid. In the village you will find homesteading exhibits and other workshops including how to…
Sun Oven Christening, originally uploaded by Earthworm. I don’t really like to watch the news so much. It is always so negative. Why do we have to focus only on that? The good news (haha) is that we don’t have to! There are plenty of other sources to balance it out. I need inspiration. I…
Yugoslavian Red Lettuce Wow! Wednesday snuck up on me this week! I apologize for the late entry. So this weeks rundown is:Artichokes: 8.73lbs @ $4.99/lb Savings: $43.56 (BTW last week I was off significantly in my savings, doh!)Lettuce: 1.82lbs @ $1.99/lb Savings: $3.62Eggs: 2.58 dz @ $6.50/dz Savings: $16.79 Total Savings: $63.97 So for the…
Last Fall’s Beans Photo by Tinywater My beans and corn are missing. Well, most of my beans and corn are missing. The beans and some of our corn in our two new beds have almost all come up and are doing great. 2′ over in our older beds only half a dozen or so have…
Dog Island Farm is a small urban farm in the San Francisco Bay Area.
