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Spring’s Beginnings

Spring’s Beginnings

A walk around the garden these days is a glorious and hopeful thing!  From the Apricot blossoms to the other fruit tree buds to the rhubarb, garlic and hops, the brown and grey of winter is slowly allowing for a few (a very few) colors to break through!  It's such a hopeful and exciting time! I hope, no matter where…
March 26, 2014
Seed Starting 2014

Seed Starting 2014

With Spring officially upon us, it only makes sense that it would be time to begin the seed starting process! I have felt very behind in the seed starting area this spring, though really, I'm not behind where most people are, just behind my own idea of how far ahead I would like to get in the seed starting process…
March 24, 2014
Spring!!!

Spring!!!

With Spring officially upon us, I can feel the veil of winter slowly lifting off of me. Don't get me wrong, I do love winter. I love all four seasons we get here for different reasons. Winter can provide a time of rest and reflection. This winter has allowed me to crawl inside of myself a bit, to reflect on…
March 20, 2014
The Benefits of Urban Farming

The Benefits of Urban Farming

It seems as though Urban Farming is one of those things that more and more people are catching on to.  A few years ago, when I would talk to people in our community about our chickens and bees and all of the veggie beds we were building, more often than not I would be looked at either in confusion or…
March 12, 2014
Quick Hoop House DIY

Quick Hoop House DIY

A couple of winters ago we decided to turn one of our raised beds into a hoop house in an attempt to extend our season a bit.  So we purchased some supplies, threw it all together, planted a few spinach and kale seeds and expected magic in November. No, I'm not joking.  We got a really late start that year…
March 3, 2014
Urban Gardening – The Basics

Urban Gardening – The Basics

If you'd asked me a decade ago if I'd be writing a post on urban gardening I might have laughed out loud, and yet here I am now.  Who knew? Growing up, my mom always had a tomato plant or a few carrots or herbs growing in some patch of soil.  She had the greenest thumb and could really make…
February 23, 2014