1/8 acre urban farm

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“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”

Believing that we could produce more, consume less and have a positive impact on our environment, all while living on 1/8 acre in the middle of the city, this quote became the mantra of our small family as we began our journey into a homesteading way of life. We spent 7 years building raised beds, chickens coops, and top bars bee…
March 1, 2015
Grow, Harvest, Eat

Grow, Harvest, Eat

Some day soon I will catch everyone up on what's been happening in my life...in our lives...but for now, we'll stick with the literal fruits of our labors. Sometimes, when life gets challenging, it's best to just keep doing what you're doing, release the things that aren't working or that you don't have any control over and do your best…
September 23, 2013

The Mid-September Garden

Oh September, how I love and hate you all at the same time!!! The gentle glide into fall is a time of year I look forward to every year.  The cooler nights, the comfy clothes, the hot tea and hot toddies, pumpkins everywhere and Halloween right around the corner...Oh, I do love it all! However, the sad, declining garden and…
September 16, 2013
Do Our Backyard Chickens Still Pay for Themselves?

Do Our Backyard Chickens Still Pay for Themselves?

Keeping chickens over the past few years has been quite the adventure in both the actual keeping of chickens and in the human response to the fact that we keep chickens.  Conversations are either based around confusion or excitement!  I get questions all the time like;You can keep chickens in the city?Is it expensive to keep chickens?I've always wanted to…
September 2, 2013
Flies in the Chicken Scratch

Flies in the Chicken Scratch

Teeny, tiny flies...tons of them...in our chicken scratch. We've been keeping chickens for a few years now and I have never seen this before!  I first saw them on Saturday when I went out to feed the Ladies.  I opened up the Scratch Bin and noticed a few tiny flies, but didn't think anything of it.  Then, as I scooped…
August 20, 2013
We Made it onto the Front Page!

We Made it onto the Front Page!

A Reporter (Adele) from the Santa Fe New Mexican (our local paper) showed up to the Kitchen Garden & Coop Tour on Sunday and chatted me up for a bit.  Silly Me didn't think much of it since not every story a reporter comes up with actually makes it into the paper...but this one did and it even included a…
July 30, 2013
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