Hip Chick Digs

City girl gets her hands dirty planting an edible garden and raising urban chickens

Hip Chick Digs header image 4

Buying 1/4 of a Cow

September 22nd, 2008 · 5 Comments

Typically we are selective about where we purchase our beef. This isn’t meant to come across as a lecture to people who are not concerned with how their meat was raised, but we choose to be more involved in this area. Things like being grass-fed on pasture, no antibiotics, no hormones, etc. are all important [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: cooking · farmers market · localvore

Bee-Keeping Workshop

July 24th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Last Sunday at the Lents International Farmer’s Market, they had a guest speaker come to talk about bee-keeping in the city. This has been something I have been curious about for some time, but I was never really sure if you could do that in the city. To answer that question, yes you can keep [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: beekeeping · beneficial insects · lents · methods · permaculture · workshop

The Joiner

June 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments

I have become quite the joiner this past week! Although I love the virtual community of gardeners, I have been searching for ways to join a community of gardeners here in Portland. It’s proven more challenging than I first anticipated.
I began the search with gardening clubs. To date, I have found only a couple gardening [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: events · farmers market · lents · urban chickens

Eugene Calling

May 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Eugene, Oregon, will always have a special place in my heart. I spent my college years there attending the University of Oregon and a few monumental things occurred during that time which have left me with fond memories of this little town. My work sent me down there Friday and a work connection hooked Jay [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: cooking · farmers market · traveling

Farmer’s Market Restraint

April 28th, 2008 · No Comments

I had the pleasure of spending Saturday morning with a good friend at the farmer’s market in downtown Portland. It’s the largest one in town and the earliest to open for the season. The past couple weekends have been too busy, so this is my first market trip for the year.
I showed incredible restraint throughout [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: farmers market · flowers