Today I had the pleasure of doing some of my favorite things. We begin our morning bright and early with some delicious coffee. Then a trip to the local farms on Sauvie Island with my lovely friend Denise. We make a great combo because neither of us is ready to quit after just one farm. [...]
Sunday Bliss
August 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: food preservation · lents · u-pick · vegetables
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 [...]
Tags: beekeeping · beneficial insects · lents · methods · permaculture · workshop
Fo-Po Garden Tour
June 25th, 2008 · 4 Comments
As I’ve mentioned before, I am participating in the first annual Fo-Po Garden Tour this Sunday from 10am-2:00pm. I am technically outside the Foster-Powell neighborhood in Portland, but they are letting me slip in anyways. Everything is suppose to be really informal, but alas I find myself freaking out a bit in preparation!?! There is [...]
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 [...]
Tags: events · farmers market · lents · urban chickens