Questions from You: Broadfork
Questions from You: Broadfork Jan asked: We’ve been looking for a broadfork but can’t find any in Arizona. We just purchased our retirement home in Mesa and want to start our first garden/farm in Arizona. Are…
Urban Farming on a Different Scale
Urban Farming on a Different Scale Many of you know that this past January I moved out of the Urban Farm. What you may not know is that I am…
A Request from Greg Peterson to Help Build our Local Economy
A Request from Greg Peterson to Help Build our Local Economy Many of you know about my deep commitment to building our local economy and the local food system. In…
Urban Orcharding – Growing Your Own Fruit Trees
Urban Orcharding – Growing Your Own Fruit Trees When you think of an orchard, do you envision acres of perfectly spaced apple trees and workers on ladders picking the fruit…
Creating Healthy Soil – A Simple Primer
Creating Healthy Soil – A Simple Primer During our tours and classes over the past month I have chatted a LOT about the importance of healthy soil. The five components…
Becoming an Urban Farmer
Becoming an Urban Farmer 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…
Getting that much closer to my food!
Getting that much closer to my food! I’m not a vegetarian which surprises some people given my stand about a greener world. But I am not one to be completely…
Where do you place your heart?
Where do you place your heart? I am currently taking an Anusara yoga Immersion at Desert Song Yoga with Meg Byerlein and our assignment yesterday was to write about shradda.…
What is Permaculture, Anyway?
What is Permaculture, Anyway? “Permaculture” is a term popping up all over the urban farming world nowadays, but what exactly does it mean? How is a permaculture farm any different…
Never Buy Another Fluorescent Light Bulb Again
Never Buy Another Fluorescent Light Bulb Again Or How I Saved My Friend Over $28K Per Year Just by Changing Light Bulbs These days changing a few light bulbs can save hundreds…
