Refreshing My Tower Garden

Refreshing My Tower Garden By Greg Peterson June 2023 Update:  Hey folks, I took my Tower Garden with me when we moved and I am excited to start this back […]

Milan’s Vertical Forest

Milan’s Vertical Forest One of Europe’s most polluted cities is about to become the home of an impressive vertical forest. The project (called Bosco Verticale) is already underway and consists […]

Gotham Greens: New York's Rooftop Garden

Gotham Greens: New York’s Rooftop Garden  A food producer in New York has found an innovative way to grow food in Brooklyn, a city with little open space:  rooftop gardens. […]

Welcome to Your New Urban Farm Lifestyle Newsletter

Welcome to Your New Urban Farm Lifestyle Newsletter “Change is inevitable. Change is constant.” Benjamin Disraeli, British Prime Minister and Novelist, 1804 – 1881 Change is a grand adventure and […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Eating Heartily from My Yard

Eating Heartily from My Yard 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, […]

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