Happy Friday, everyone! Plant something: The weather has been absolutely amazing and while I’d like to believe that we’re well into the warm months, I have to remind myself that it really is still possible for us to get a frost or even a snow storm. Given this, I’m still…
Alright, as part of my urban farming goals this year, I wanted to write down all of the expenses we’ve accrued since we began our little adventure a few years ago. We’re calling this our Urban Farm Economics. Little did I know how greatly it would stress me out to…
Do you ever have one of those weeks that simply escapes you? Yeah…I’ve had one of those weeks. Not really sure where the time went…homework…regular work…life in general…yada yada yada. Luckily though, at the end of the week, now that I add it all up, I can remember that I…
This has been another busy week for me and all I want to do is play in the dirt! Instead of, you know, working and getting close to finishing up my classes (research papers suck, by the way). I have to give myself “garden breaks” from time to time so…
Well, it looks like we just might have made it through this last little cold snap OK. Everything that’s in the garden so far seems unharmed by the freezing temps we had the last few nights and for at least the next week our lowest low is supposed to be…
Happy Friday, everyone! Plant something: As April charges on, I’ve gone from feeling like I was doing too much planting too soon to feeling like I can’t get seeds into soil fast enough. Does that ever happen to you? Is there ever a plateau? Under the grow lights Marigolds Habanero…
Happy Friday, everyone! I hope the week has treated you well and the coming weekend is divine! Diving right in… Plant something: Believe it or not, I have not planted a single seed since last week. We hit a bit of a cold snap…rain, snow, grey grossness…for a few days and…
If our fruit trees don’t suffer a hard freeze for the next month and a half, this just might be our first year of real fruit harvests (you know, real as in more than 8 or 10 apples)! Oh, my fingers are crossed and I am so hopeful, but with…