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City chick gets her hands dirty on her urban homestead planting an edible garden, raising backyard chickens, preserving the harvest and working toward a greener future

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Entries from June 2007

Inspiration from South Korea

June 27th, 2007 · 3 Comments

As you may know, I was lucky enough to travel through South Korea for a couple weeks in June. I took some lovely pictures that are either garden-related or livestock-related and I thought I would share. I am trying to keep the descriptions breif since there are lots of pictures! Click on the actual photo [...]

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Tags: gardening · traveling · urban chickens

Post Vacation Freak Out

June 25th, 2007 · 1 Comment

I had a wonderful trip to South Korea for two weeks and I am looking forward to sharing some interesting gardening-related photos soon. I got in late Saturday night and woke up bright and early to squawking chickens at around 7:00am. Not exactly the ideal situation for a jet-lagged traveler returning home. Upon bursting into [...]

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Tags: gardening · urban chickens

Give me Seoul

June 11th, 2007 · 1 Comment

I am currently in Seoul, South Korea, visiting my little brother. So no new posts for the next two weeks! If you have some great travel trips for South Korea, let me know! We are keeping things laid back and flexible, but have some fun excursions planned.

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Tags: traveling

The Fig Tree That Could

June 8th, 2007 · 4 Comments

It all started at the Horse Brass… Jay and I were sitting around a table of friends the other night when his buddy, Blair, offered up his fig tree to us. He was even willing to throw in some bamboo he had thinned out recently as well. The fig tree was great, but he had [...]

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Tags: food forest · gardening · trees

Stocking Up

June 3rd, 2007 · 2 Comments

I have high hopes my friend, high hopes, for my garden. You would think I would exchange those high hopes for guarded enthusiasm instead… This is, after all, my first permanent garden, being a new home-owner and all. But no. High hopes.
My husband Jay bought me a great book I hope to put to [...]

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Tags: cooking · urban homesteading