urban farming/homesteading

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Proposed Bee Ordinance

Today I found out that one of our City Counselors is proposing this new bee ordinance that would require bee keepers to register their apiaries, get inspections and keep their hives 75 feet away from property lines (unless there are walls or fences at least 6 feet high to separate them) as well as a few other minor details. He…
April 19, 2011
Potato Seeds and more seeds!

Potato Seeds and more seeds!

We got our seed potatoes in the mail!!!  Last year we purchased our seed potatoes from one of those big home supply stores.  They did really well at first and then just died :-(  Hopefully this years will survive! Now they just need to sprout their eyes...We plan on planting them in an old kiddie pool we purchased for the…
April 17, 2011
Transplants

Transplants

Today was a fairly busy day, in a calm sort of way.  I woke up before anyone else (even the dogs stayed in bed when I got up!) and decided to have my tea in the front yard.  I thought I could just relax, enjoy the sun, the tea and my current book (Stephen Kings Bag of Bones). No such…
April 17, 2011
The first harvest of the spring!!!

The first harvest of the spring!!!

Yesterday morning was beautiful.  That was before the winds whipped up and coated the entire city in a gross, dusty haze (we really, really need some real rain).  Before the haze, though, I got some work done in the front yard (when you wake up at the crack of dawn you can get a lot done before 10am)I started off…
April 10, 2011
The Three Sisters

The Three Sisters

Bandelier National Monument is a fantastically beautiful place (especially on a weekday in spring when there are not a trillion people mulling about) and has been "calling" me back for the past couple of years.  We finally made the short drive yesterday (the beauty of following the public schools calendar it that, when they are closed, I get to take…
April 9, 2011
Which way is up?

Which way is up?

Alright, so in all of my searches for "how to plant peanuts" and "how to start peanuts inside" all I've found is "Plant seeds from shelled raw peanuts 1 to 3 inches deep".  Well, I did that and I got this...About half of the peanuts have spouted right-side-up and about half of them came squirming to the surface like something…
April 8, 2011