We’re going to now be going out and meeting the farmers that produce our food. I want to try and feature a farmer once a month that raises and grows our food in a way that sustainable and that we feel are doing what’s truly right. This first one is extra special to us. ————————————————————–…
I’m so excited to share another Whole Foods film on urban farming. This time it’s our good friends at Itty Bitty Farm in the City. Also, tonight on Facebook Heidi and I are answering any of your urban farming questions. Just post your question on the ‘Discussions’ tab (under the profile photo) on Whole Foods’ Facebook page and…
It’s a changin’ around here. Stuff is getting pulled out and replaced with our fall crops. The dry beans are gone. The lettuce, kale, tomatillos, garlic and turnips are all out, making an entire bed available for planting. The soil has been prepared and I have put in Swiss chard, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, kohlrabi,…
We get 8-11 eggs every day. Sometimes we have to get creative with what to do with all of them. The amount of eggs we get really doesn’t stop me from wanting more chickens though.
If you have chickens you probably have a good supply of eggs. One of the many things you can make with them is homemade mayonnaise. When I was in high school there was this guy from France that was staying with us. He thought it was so strange that Americans bought mayo and kept it…
We moved into our place in late December, 2008. In January we raced to get in vegetable beds. I used one of those home soil test kits to determine what we needed to do to the soil. According to the tests our soils were slightly acidic but completely deficient in all macro-nutrients. Ok, I’ll buy…
I’ve read two of Michael Pollan’s books – The Omnivore’s Dilemma and In Defense of Food (which will come up in a future review). The Omnivore’s Dilemma is definitely one of those required college English class type of books. It has a lot of information and can become difficult to read just because of Pollan’s…
August has really been a good ramp up. We’ve been extra busy harvesting and planting our fall crops. Our totals have more than doubled from July and they’ll just keep going up for the month of September. The beginning of the month we were harvesting by the basket. By the end of the month we…
Back in March we spent 2 days in the rain with a film crew from Whole Foods. The film just went up today and I’m excited to share it.
Tomatillos, originally uploaded by arimou0. I’ve got tomatillos on the brain after processing 30lbs of them this weekend.
Dog Island Farm is a small urban farm in the San Francisco Bay Area.
