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You Grow Soil
“We did not inherit the land from our fathers. We are borrowing it from our children.” -Amish Proverb A good book on any subject ought to leave you with a quotable- some wisdom that you wish you had...
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Worms, Manure, and Fertile Soil
So in the reading I have gone nearsighted conducting for the gardening brethren, I’ve come to some conclusions and changing gardening practices with regards the proper use of manure, specifically...
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Chicken Tractor Pulls
My chickens don’t pull tractors; they live in them. Also called chicken arks, these mobile coops are what I use to create a virtual free range for our birds. If I let them roam free year round, they...
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Kids Get Gardening
Judd's Spuds That’s my son, Judd, all 20 months of him, helping me plant potatoes. Like a typical boy, he likes dirt, and it likes him. And since it contains an ample supply of Judd’s preferred medium,...
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You Gotta Fava
The mighty fava… that’s what it is to me now. My goodness, the goodness that comes from this plant: it enriches the soil by fixing nitrogen and producing massive quantities of vegetation for the...
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Putting the beds to bed
To sleep… to dream… and perchance to catch up on some projects around this place. Over the last four months, we have survived a toddler with tumor; put up 200 feet of fence; dug a pond; hooked up a...
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harvesting rainwater with sponges and muffin tins…
Using simple models, muffin tins, sponges, and a measuring cup, Brad Lancaster – the author of Harvesting Rainwater, a book we highly recommend – demonstrates some simple concepts behind how we might...
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brown and gray and a fringe of green
This is that time of year in Sacramento when the downpours temporarily and occasionally abate and the world has a look vibrantly drab. The deciduous trees that dominate the Sac region have gone...
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doing good in your own front yard…
I like TED Talks, presented by folks who have some passion or expertise with a mission or insight they wish to share. This six-minute talk from someone using the growing strip in front of his house...
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wasSUP?!
June 1, Saturday, 8AM. An army of college students from SUP – Sacramento Urban Plunge – descended on our urban farm and worked some magic with shovels, a few wheelbarrows, and the good humor and energy...
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