It was about a year and a half ago that I helped my mom with a barren area of her yard by planting an herb garden. The back flower bed along the fence was full of weeds and she was very reluctant to plant anything. She was nervous about watering and any maintenance. Her soil [...]
Entries Tagged as 'permaculture'
Garden Project Update: Easy Herb Garden
June 16th, 2010 · 4 Comments
Tags: design · frugal · gardening · herbs
Spring School Project
June 7th, 2010 · 1 Comment
I can’t believe I made it through this year! School was wonderful, interesting, challenging - everything I hoped it would be. Jay living 3,000 miles away, taking on a huge writing project, and working side jobs complicated things a bit. I somehow managed to keep all those balls in the air and still have time [...]
Swarming Season
April 27th, 2010 · No Comments
‘Tis the season for bee swarms! Spring seems to be the most popular time of year for bee colonies taking it to the streets - moving out of the hive and into a temporary location until they essentially find a better home. This is referred to as the bee colony “swarming”, when they hang out [...]
Tags: beekeeping
Is It Just Me?
April 23rd, 2010 · No Comments
Perhaps it is just my own impatience this year, but it seems like everything is taking longer than normal to grow in. I feel like my garden at home and my beds at the Urban Farm are like a watched pot that is not boiling. I hover over the sown seeds and little transplants searching [...]
Tags: row covers
Spring Greens
April 6th, 2010 · 4 Comments
Oh, the wonders of a greenhouse! The Urban Farm has a pretty simple, plastic greenhouse that has been keeping me well-fed for the past month. This lovely photo is an abundant harvest from a couple weeks ago. Today we hauled out about twenty pounds of these fabulous greens.
What we are looking at includes, starting at [...]
Tags: cloche · cooking · row covers · vegetables · winter vegetables