Hip Chick Digs

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

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February Veggies

February 24th, 2010 · 1 Comment

I am feeling the rush of gardening season as the soil becomes workable again! The Urban Farm has a nice head start on the season inside their greenhouse, which houses some of our latest seed starts and lovely greens that are already reaching maturity.

Most of the larger vegetables in the ground are lettuce varieties: red [...]

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Tags: seeds · vegetables · winter vegetables

When to Plant

February 18th, 2010 · 8 Comments

There are a few rule-of-thumb planting dates among the gardening community that we enjoy repeating every year. One is to sow your peas on President’s Day. Another is to plant potatoes on St. Patrick’s Day. These are general rules though which will not apply to you if you happen to live in sunny southern California [...]

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Tags: gardening · row covers · seeds · tips · vegetables

Winter Gardening

February 3rd, 2010 · 4 Comments

It is that time of year to start planning the coming season’s garden and get our seeds going indoors. I have to admit that I haven’t started a thing yet and I am already feeling really behind. Hopefully this weekend will allow me a sliver of time to get my seed starting organized.

In the mean [...]

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Tags: gardening · urban farm · vegetables · winter vegetables

Goodbye Urban Farm

December 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment

It’s time for me to spend the last of this year in New York, so I said goodbye to the Urban Farm a few days ago. Sure I’ll be back in January, but going away for the next few weeks without my favorite corner of Eugene made me a little sad to be leaving. I [...]

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Tags: urban farm · vegetables · winter vegetables

The French Kitchen Garden

November 12th, 2009 · 3 Comments

This morning I am frantically cramming for a midterm in one of my classes. In this particular class, we have been studying some of the greatest gardens in the world. Although taking tests is always a drag, it is a pretty good excuse to immerse myself in something I am completely obsessed with anyways: gardens. [...]

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