Hip Chick Digs

My final review for the term is tomorrow - woohoo! My project this term was designing an area in the Lents neighborhood of Portland and converting it into an urban agricultural park for the local residents. I think it turned out well, but we will see what the feedback is in a few short hours.
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“An egg! An egg! An egg!” You could hear the excitement in my voice carrying through the neighborhood on a recent, drizzly evening as I did my regular check on the chickens. A little brown egg quietly laid in the nesting box.

I then recalled how my urban hens seemed to be making quite a ruckus [...]

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It is the perfect time of year to plant bare root trees in the garden! While the trees are sleeping for winter, consider what corners of the garden you can stick more fun fruit trees.
I’m dreaming about 5-way pear trees that produce five different varieties on the same tree. The multi-variety grafted trees are also [...]

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Ginkgo trees are graceful, ancient trees that look great in a garden and also commonly found as street trees due to their high tolerance for harsh urban conditions: pollution, drought, compacted soil, etc. The fan-shaped leaves cling close to the branch, giving this tree a rather distinct shape. The leaves turn from a crisp Spring [...]

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We have some new, temporary residents on our little urban homestead: bantam chickens! Bantams are nicknamed “banties” for short and they are most certainly the cutest chickens I have ever seen. Just like standard chickens, there is a large variety of bantam chicken breeds. Bantams are typically about half the size of standard chickens and [...]

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