By Rae Russell Whether you are a new or seasoned vegetable gardener, deciding on what to plant when can require a good deal of research and guesswork, especially here in the cascade region, where our weather can be rather temperamental. Nurseries and farmers market vendors often complicate things by selling cold or heat sensitive plant varieties […]
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Community Supported Plant Start Program
Posted in Growing on February 27, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Flowers!
Posted in Growing on February 18, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
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Tool Sharpening at NE Sustainable Seattle’s Hands on Skills Fair
Posted in Cooking, Crafts, Growing, People on the Move on February 12, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
There were lots of great classes and workshops at this year’s fair. I made pillows at the sewing station, did tool sharpening with two experts, learned how to make tortillas, toothpaste, deodorant and more! This was the third year and classes were held at Meadowbrook and Ravenna Eckstein community centers. It’s rare to have so much expertise […]
Wassailing at Piper’s Orchard
Posted in Growing on January 13, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
What you may ask is wassailing? It is the wishing of good health upon either someone’s home or upon an orchard. By singing, drinking cider and making lots of noise evil spirits are scared away and the trees are awakened to ensure a good harvest of fruit. At the Piper’s Orchard wassail a king was elected to lead the […]
Winter on the Urban Farm
Posted in Growing, tagged winter garden on January 11, 2013 | 2 Comments »
Last night we finally got a good hard freeze. In addition to being lovely it will reduce the amount of bad bugs in the coming season and make the greens sweeter. Now I just hope it snows….
Urban Farm Hub on the Road to Rhode Island
Posted in Growing, People on the Move on January 8, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
This Christmas my family and I made our yearly trek out to Little Compton, RI. Little Compton is a charming New England town with tall steepled churches, low stone fences, crisp winter days and the smell of wood smoke on the air. It’s also increasingly getting more and more into local food. While there we visited […]
Jennie Grant on Goats and More
Posted in Growing, People on the Move on November 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Jennie Grant, our local founder of the Goat Justice League, has a wonderful new book out. City Goats is a book I wish I’d had a few years ago when I had the animals; it is full of useful information on everything from selecting your goat to what to feed them. Jennie is a clear […]
Urban Farm Hub on the Road – Chicago Botanical Institute
Posted in Growing on November 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Just got back from a great trip to the Midwest to visit colleges with my daughter. I got a chance to visit the Chicago Botanical Institute and it was well worth it. If you are in the area definitely a good place to visit. They have a vegetable and fruit area with lots of suggestions […]
Bullish on Watercress
Posted in Growing on October 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Pulling my windbreaker tight around me, I headed down the gravel road from the Big House on my aunt and uncle’s ranch towards the pasture just across the interstate from the Madison River. Next to me ran Happy, my aunt’s big English sheepdog. Even though it was August, we were high enough up in the mountains that […]
Goats and Mercedes Just Don’t Mix
Posted in Cooking, Growing on September 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
We never knew quite what to expect when we pulled up to my aunt and uncle’s Montana ranch after the long drive from Arizona. One year we pulled in with cherry bellies–that’s what we’d call eating way too many dark, sweet cherries at a u-pick orchard–to find my aunt waiting for us under the big cottonwood tree next […]
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