Time to Water the Garden (and We Are in a Drought)
Time to Water the Garden (and We Are in a Drought) By Greg Peterson This time of the year I get a lot of questions about how to best water…
Urban Livestock: To Raise Meat or Eggs?
Urban Livestock: To Raise Meat or Eggs? By Greg Peterson In pondering urban livestock, the difference between involvement and commitment is like ham and eggs. The pig is committed and…
A Lifelong Journey in Farming
A Lifelong Journey in Farming By Deb Goff Editor’s Note: Deb Goff is The Urban Farm’s featured farmer for this month. Read our Q&A with Deb here. One always wonders how…
Why are All the Bees Vanishing?
Why are All the Bees Vanishing? By Tayler Jenkins Over the past several years, beekeepers and scientists alike have been puzzling over a strange phenomenon in which entire colonies of…
What Food Looks Like
What Food Looks Like By Catherine Slye www.catslye.com [rev_slider Aggie] Click on the photos to learn more about them In January 2015 I started a new project I named “What…
Featured Farmer: Deb from Corner Cottage
Featured Farmer: Deb from Corner Cottage Chicken Emporium and Garden Tell me a little about your urban farm. What is your farm’s name? Size? What are you growing? What kind of…
Story Book Garden on Wheels
Gardening at School: How to Build a Story Book Garden on Wheels By Randy Mann Dirt, security, and educational relevance are three problems many school garden enthusiasts have to overcome when…
Featured Farmer: Catherine from The Cohen Kibutz
Featured Farmer: Catherine from The Cohen Kibbutz Tell me a little about your urban farm. What is your farm’s name? The Cohen Kibutz. Although no one else works it. Size? We…
What is a Featured Farmer?
What is a “Featured” Farmer? By Tayler Jenkins If you’ve been receiving our newsletter, you have probably noticed the introduction of a monthly “featured farmer.” Featured farmer—that sounds so official, doesn’t…
Summer Pests: We’ve All Got ’Em
Summer Pests: We’ve All Got ’Em By Farmer Greg Garden pests … we’ve all got ’em. The question is, what do we do about them? Over and over I have found…
