Hip Chick Digs

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

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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 [...]

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

Rain Garden Workshop

April 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment

This past Saturday I attended a workshop on building rain gardens, which was organized through East Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District, the Johnson Creek Watershed Council, and Leach Botanical Garden. The workshop was held out at the Leech Botanical Garden in outer SE, which I have never been to before. It was a [...]

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Tags: green action · rainwater harvesting · workshop