I am officially tired of working on the patio. The project was a good idea, and I am sure there are lots of benefits of working on it ourselves. But I’m sick of it. We spent all day Saturday working away outside. We filled the dug out area with fine gravel from Mt Scott Fuel. [...]
Hip Chick Digs
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
My Twitters
- making goat cheese in our nyc apartment. it's so easy! can't wait to enjoy it for a late lunch. 2 weeks ago
- time to get outta the city and do some upstate new york camping! 2010-07-23
- i love my grandmother's gardening emails, but she always writes in all caps. i find it secretly hilarious. 2010-07-15
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Currently Growing Veggies:
- Arugula
- Lettuce
- Crinkled Leaf
- Butter>
- Herbs
- Rosemary
- Thyme
- Mint
- Oregano
- Basil
- Cilantro
- Chives
- Beets
- Carrots
- Nantes
- Purple Haze
- Tomatoes
- Copia
- Yellow Pear
- Black Cherry
- Pink Accordion
- Jersey Giant
- Peppers
- Sweet Orange
- Golden Treasure
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Permanent Plantings
Trees in our food forest:- Pear (2x)
- Bosc
- Bartlett
- Fig
- Cherry (2x)
- Rainer
- Bing
- Asian Persimmon
- Strawberry Tree
- Cornelian Cherry
- Elegant
- Yellow
- Autumn Olive
- Aronia
- Fruiting Dogwood
- Goumi (5x)
- Goldenchain
- Artichoke
- Green Globe (5x)
- Purple Italian
- Beautyberry
- Currant
- Cherry Red
- Blackdown>
- Everbearing Raspberry (20x)
- Bluecrop Blueberry (4x)
- Gooseberry
- Red George (2x)
- Jewel (2x)
- Flowering Quince (2x)
- Grape
- Marquis
- Glenora
- Trumpet Vine
- Cascade Hops
- Porcelainberry
- China Blue
- Hardy Kiwi
- 74/49 Female
- Male Hardy Kiwi
- Pear (2x)
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