We’ve set the intention this year to build our soil up. You know, all the tons of soil we’ve brought/hauled/shoveled in? Yeah, that soil 😉 We figure that, since we plant heavily and harvest amazingly from our humble soil, we should give back a little. So, compost, compost tea, soil builder, a little bit of new top soil and a…
With the exception of a few times after Baby got hurt, milking and feeding the goats over the past several months has been a breeze. Baby cooperates, her sister, mom and kid cooperate and everything goes rather smoothly. When we got to the goats yesterday, however, the were riled up! All four were pushing each other around and talking to…
MATERIALS: Green onions and celery, one cup, one shallow bowl, water, a sunny location inside. TIME FRAME: 15 – 60 minutes + 1 – 6 months growing time PROCEDURE: Before cooking something with green onions or celery, plan to use the bottoms of each as an experiment in regeneration! Cut only the tops off of one or each of your…
Since beginning our journey into the world of urban farming a few years ago, it feels as though we’ve been go, go, going non-stop. From the removal of rocks to the building of beds to the tearing out of old Junipers to the shoveling of soil to the planning and implementing and back breaking, down and dirty, actual work,…
Spring weekends are the best weekends. Really. Last weekend, in addition to spending time with friends, cooking and relaxing on the couch for a bit, we also got a lot done in the garden! I up-potted a bunch of tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, luffa, broccoli, cabbage, tomatillos and pac choy while Tool Lady worked on our drip…
Our success with backyard grown potatoes has been mixed. Our first year, we were mildly successful with the few random sprouting potatoes we had in the pantry that we stuck in some dirt. Not very intentional, but it worked out OK and we got a few yummy spuds for our effort. The second year, we purchased some German Butterballs…
