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Hi! I'm new in this group. A while ago I started a mini garden on my tiny balcony. I've planted some tomatoes and herbs. Do you have any suggestions what else I could keep in small containers? :) You can see how my garden is going so far here: http://minifarmbalcony.blogspot.com/

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Urban Orcharding - Growing Your Own Fruit Trees

By: Greg Peterson

When you think of an orchard, do you envision acres of perfectly spaced apple trees and workers on ladders picking the fruit with harvest colors in the background? Are you then discouraged because you realize you don’t have the property to produce a bountiful harvest to delight your family’s

Posted by: Greg Peterson Created on: Wed 05 October 2011 15:56 Last modified: Wed 05 October 2011 16:07

This article was posted in Urban Farming at it's Finest and tagged with Fruit trees, Urban Farm, Greg Peterson, Urban Orcharding

Creating Healthy Soil - A Simple Primer

By: Greg Peterson

During our tours and classes over the past month I have chatted a LOT about the importance of healthy soil. The five components of healthy soil are water, air space, dirt (broken down rock), organic material and everything that is alive in the soil.

Typically our desert soils have only

Posted by: Greg Peterson Created on: Mon 03 October 2011 10:33 Last modified: Never

This article was posted in Urban Farming at it's Finest and tagged with Urban Farm, edible landscapeing, lasagna gardening, sheet mulching, permaculture

Becoming an Urban Farmer

By: Greg Peterson

We are in the mist of a revolution. A food revolution to transform our industrial food system into local food systems that grow healthy, ripe in season food, provide local jobs and build community. There are many ways to participate from shopping at your local farmers market and supporting

Posted by: Greg Peterson Created on: Mon 26 September 2011 06:45 Last modified: Tue 27 September 2011 09:46

This article was posted in Urban Farming at it's Finest and tagged with Urban Farming, The Urban Farm, Greg Peterson, Edible landscaping

Getting that much closer to my food!

By: Greg Peterson

I'm not a vegetarian which surprises some people given my stand about a greener world. But I am not one to be completely one thing or another. I don't take on any one thing completely. That being said I take many opportunities to eat a vegetarian diet.

However given that I am not,

Posted by: Greg Peterson Created on: Tue 14 June 2011 12:51 Last modified: Wed 15 June 2011 05:10

This article was posted in Food Frenzy, Chickens and tagged with Meat chickens, urban farming, cornish cross chickens

Michael Pollan's Food Rules Part Two

By: Greg Peterson

Oh My this is so much fun. Do you have any food rules that you would like to submit? Don't miss out.
Greg

Dear Supporter,

Last year I published Food Rules, a short book offering 64 rules for eating well. Food Rules struck a chord with many people, who found that it helped them

Posted by: Greg Peterson Created on: Fri 25 February 2011 05:06 Last modified: Fri 25 February 2011 05:12

This article was posted in Tip of the Week and tagged with Urban Farming, permaculture

Where do you place your heart?

By: Greg Peterson

I am currently taking an Anusara yoga Immersion at Desert Song Yoga with Meg Byerlein and our assignment yesterday was to write about shradda. Shradda is the Sanskrit word for faith. Apparently though literally translated it means "where I place my heart?" Where do you place your heart?

Posted by: Greg Peterson Created on: Sun 05 December 2010 06:07 Last modified: Sun 05 December 2010 08:16

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Why LED’s Lamps Are More Energy Efficient

By: Greg Peterson

There are several reasons that LED’s are more efficient.

LED lighting produces light is a completely different way making them more efficient than traditional sources. Conventional light bulbs (both incandescent & fluorescent) generate light through the ignition of gases or the glowing of a

Posted by: Greg Peterson Created on: Tue 09 November 2010 15:31 Last modified: Tue 09 November 2010 15:31

This article was posted in LED Lighting

Top 12 Reasons To Install LED Lighting

By: Greg Peterson

The top 12 Reasons to Install LED Lighting

12. LEDs come in several colors including: Day White, Natural White and Warm White.

11. Many LEDs are dimmable.

10. LEDs are flicker-free eliminating the eyestrain and headaches commonly associated with fluorescent lighting. This is a real must for

Posted by: Greg Peterson Created on: Tue 09 November 2010 15:23 Last modified: Tue 09 November 2010 15:23

This article was posted in LED Lighting

Never Buy Another Fluorescent Light Bulb Again

By: Greg Peterson

Or

How I Saved My Friend Over $38K Per Year

Just by Changing Light Bulbs

These days changing a few light bulbs can save hundreds or even thousands of dollars in electricity -- and that is just the beginning of the savings and the environmental impact that they make. I’ve been

Posted by: Greg Peterson Created on: Tue 09 November 2010 14:17 Last modified: Wed 15 June 2011 04:59

This article was posted in It's a Movement I Tell Ya and tagged with The Urban Farm

Garden Questions Answered...25 cents

By: Greg Peterson

Hey Join me this Saturday at the Phoenix Downtown Market for a morning of fun and gardening questions. I'll also have a nice supply of open pollinated/heirloom seeds for you gardening pleasure.

Posted by: Greg Peterson Created on: Mon 20 September 2010 16:50 Last modified: Mon 20 September 2010 16:50

This article was posted in Events and tagged with Chickens, Greg Peterson, Urban Farm, Urban Farming, permaculture, Living Green, greywater, Urban orcharding

Shakti Tribe Concert

By: Greg Peterson

Join me for an awesome rocking chant and sing along with Shakti Tribe - http://www.larisastow.com. They are awesome. Check them out - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK1VBBfXG4E

Posted by: Greg Peterson Created on: Mon 20 September 2010 15:56 Last modified: Mon 20 September 2010 16:20

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Spence Ecovillage Garden Installation

By: Greg Peterson

OMG - I am working on an incredible ecovillage project in Tempe. Well we are not yet calling it an ecovillage, I just needed a name for it. It is an 8 unit apartment complex near ASU with sustainability students living it in. I am working with the students to create the space into a place. The

Posted by: Greg Peterson Created on: Mon 20 September 2010 15:35 Last modified: Mon 20 September 2010 16:51

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Fruit Tree Class in Scottsdale

By: Greg Peterson

Join Greg Peterson as you learn how to create an Urban Orchard in Your Own Backyard! Even if you don’t have a lot of space to work with, you can plant a few fruit trees and enjoy a bounty of fruit from each tree. A fruit tree also makes terrific and sustainable holiday gift!

Join our tree experts

Posted by: Greg Peterson Created on: Mon 20 September 2010 15:17 Last modified: Mon 20 September 2010 15:17

This article was posted in Events and tagged with Greg Peterson, Urban Farming, Urban orcharding

Fruit Tree Class at the Phoenix Downtown Market

By: Greg Peterson

Join Greg as he discusses creating an Urban Orchard in Your Own yard! Even if you don’t have a lot of space to work with, you can plant a few fruit trees and enjoy a bounty of fruit from each tree. A fruit tree also makes terrific and sustainable holiday gift!

Join our tree experts and learn what

Posted by: Greg Peterson Created on: Mon 20 September 2010 15:09 Last modified: Mon 20 September 2010 15:19

This article was posted in Events and tagged with Greg Peterson, Urban orcharding

Urban Farm Tour 8am

By: Greg Peterson

Join us for a stroll through the front and back yard of the Urban Farm. We begin at 8am and work our way through the many different aspects of the Urban Farm with an eye to teaching you how to create your own Urban Farm. We will see over 80 fruit trees, a primarily edible landscape, 3 different

Posted by: Greg Peterson Created on: Mon 20 September 2010 14:52 Last modified: Sun 26 September 2010 11:42

This article was posted in Events and tagged with Greg Peterson, permaculture, edible landscape

Annual Solar Energy Day

By: Greg Peterson

I am very excited about our 'annual lets all learn about Solar PV' day at the Urban Farm, Saturday April 10.

• Solar Energy Day
April 10, 2010
8:30am or 10:30am - Just show up
6750 N 13th Place, Phoenix, AZ 85014
Just south of Glendale Ave on 13th Place.
This is east of Central Ave.

These days

Posted by: Greg Peterson Created on: Thu 08 April 2010 11:51 Last modified: Fri 09 April 2010 14:15

This article was posted in Tip of the Week

Eating Heartily from My Yard

By: Greg Peterson

Recently I decided to eat my entire breakfast from the yard. So I grabbed a colander and headed for the front yard for some chard, spinach, onion tops, regular & golden eight ball zucchini, and to the back yard for some eggs.

Then I went to work and chopped and sautéed the veggies in butter (not

Posted by: Greg Peterson Created on: Wed 17 March 2010 12:15 Last modified: Fri 12 November 2010 14:34

This article was posted in Urban Farm Tour, ...Mon - The Urban Farm and tagged with Greg Peterson, Urban Farm

Mature Fruit Tree Experiment

By: Greg Peterson

Hey all,

I had several questions about strategies for doing severe cutting on deciduous trees.

Posted by: Greg Peterson Created on: Fri 05 March 2010 09:02 Last modified: Fri 05 March 2010 09:18

This article was posted in Tip of the Week

Fruit Tree Update

By: Greg Peterson

So at my last tour people were pretty flabbergasted by my significant cutting back of the new

Posted by: Greg Peterson Created on: Thu 04 March 2010 09:51 Last modified: Thu 04 March 2010 09:51

This article was posted in Tip of the Week

Urban Farm Tour

By: Greg Peterson

Title: Urban Farm Tour
Location: 6750 N 13th Place, Phoenix, AZ 85014
Start Time: 11:00 am
Date: 2010
End Time: 12:30 pm

Posted by: Greg Peterson Created on: Wed 24 February 2010 12:12 Last modified: Tue 02 March 2010 12:32

This article was posted in Tip of the Week, Events

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