Herbs, originally uploaded by Antonia Quest Photography. I fondly remember this one particular garden and gift shop on the Central Coast of California. They had bunches and bunches of dried herbs hanging from the ceiling. It was so sweet. In my small urban space, I want to start growing herbs. It would be so nice…
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…
Vertical Garden at CaixaForum in Madrid, originally uploaded by pdbreen. The City of San Francisco is currently looking at available space for urban farming. Abandoned lots are being turned into community gardens like Hayes Valley Farm (was an old freeway) and farmers are leasing space while it is not being used like Little City Gardens….
Moulton Barn | HDR, originally uploaded by ZachAncell. When I was a child there used to be a painting that hung on the wall in my room. It was an old barn with craggy mountains, trees and horses in the background. I knew that my grandmother had painted it, as she still is a very…
Potager, originally uploaded by Diana Sorella. The textures and foliage colors in this potager garden are incredible. The potager garden has it’s roots in 16th Century France as what is now more commonly known as a Kitchen Garden. However it’s design was just as important as it’s function. Aristocracy had gardeners to tend their sprawling,…
making cheese – tomme – river valley cheeses, originally uploaded by donuts!. I was walking around the Farmer’s Market and came across this store with antique garden supplies. I was drawn to these old french cheese molds. They were awesome. They were also $95 each. It got me excited about the thought, though. Ok. I…
AR83060_AR83060-R1-E012, originally uploaded by Alicia J. Rose. Get out and take care of yourself, yoga style. Spring is here and work in the garden will most likely increase. No need to wake up in the morning with a sore back and stiff muscles from toiling all day in the garden. There are many yoga poses…
Thank you to Frances Ellsworth for submitting to us this fabulous photos of pear blossoms at night. I love the deep contrast between the white flowers and black background. If you have a great photo that you think we’d love send it on over to us at dogislandfarm(at)gmail(dot)com or add it to our flickr group…
Ogródek ziołowy, originally uploaded by pracowniak.pl. We perused vegetable box ideas that were good enough to get us up and looking at the empty spot in the back yard, rooftop, windowsill, fence… What will your vegetable boxes look like? This Tuesday, we selected the above very romantic garden photograph to highlight. Fantasy almost, isn’t it?…
Dog Island Farm is a small urban farm in the San Francisco Bay Area.
