Chicken Attack
First off, everyone is now safe and alive. But we have our first brush with death here on the urban […]
My Dinner Guest
Last night I had dinner with Ruth Reichl. I didn’t just have dinner with her in the sense that we
House Hunt
There are a whole batch of questions that naturally arise from my decision to move to Eugene and return to
Secrets & Changes
It’s been hard for me to not write about this since I made the decision last November. My urban homestead
More Potatoes
Last year I tried an experiment with growing potatoes in tires and it seemed to work okay. Of the five
Soaked, again
The appropriate category for this post would be “rant”. You have been warned. There is swearing. I don’t consider myself
Lettuce Hanging Baskets
Our garden is starting to take off for the season and this weekend required some thinning in the raised beds.
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containers, frugal, vegetablesContainer Herb Garden
I have always found it challenging to be a container gardener without spending loads of cash on pretty pots, but
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containers, frugal, herbsSpring Awakenings
Last year, Portland had a late frost which impacted a lot of fruit crops. Everything seemed to be about 3-4