Up behind the Big House on my aunt and uncle’s Montana ranch wound a dirt road leading deep into the hills. One morning I got up extra early, grabbed some food and my wild edible plant book, and started off. This day I was determined to go farther than I had before; past the slope with […]
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The Old Homestead
Posted in Growing on September 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
More Chicken Tales
Posted in Growing on August 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The saga continues; last fall one of my hens went broody and I dashed out and got fertile eggs I’d found on Craig’s List. I slipped these under the hen and soon had lots of chicks. These grew up and turned out to be mostly roosters. The two hens both developed prolapsed egg sacks and […]
Digging Up Potatoes
Posted in Growing on August 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This weekend I dug up some of my potatoes. This is one of my favorite harvests because you never know what you’re going to get; some years it’s a bonanza and other years it’s just a few. One thing to be really careful about is rotating your plants from one bed to the next. Leave […]
Urban Wheat Thresher
Posted in Cooking, Growing on August 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Now this I have to try! From the Columbia Valley Pioneer here’s a great way to separate grain from chaff. A few handfuls of recycled golf balls, a dryer, and a whole lot of creative ingenuity led a Wilmer man to create an ingenious piece of urban farming equipment. Fritz Reisle, who is a chef by […]
Iowans and Their Corn
Posted in Growing on August 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
In Iowa, sweet corn is king and its preparation an art. “Ioway, Ioway, that’s where the tall corn grows!” my mom and her brother would sing as they tested the corn growing in my uncle’s Montana garden. Bending over a golden ear that looked pretty ripe, they’d push a fingernail into a rounded kernel, watch how it burst then taste […]
Urban Farming and Crime Prevention
Posted in Growing, Policy on July 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
From Mother Jones here is an article about how urban farms nourish both the spirit and the body. I suppose the easy thing to do would be to rail against food deserts, the dearth of fresh produce and other healthy foods for those living in impoverished neighborhoods. Or to enter the debate over whether there are, in […]
A Chicken Tale
Posted in Growing on July 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
One morning late last summer I went out to the coop to find one of my hens brooding on a nest. I picked her up, tossed her off and took the eggs only to find her right back on it a few hours later. I thought “Ok if she’s this determined I will get her some fertile eggs […]
Rats!
Posted in Growing on July 18, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Oh good, more chicken food! “Oh isn’t is cute?!” exclaimed my daughter pointing out the kitchen window at a rat sunning himself on a rock near the chicken coop. I looked out and to my horror saw not just one large sun loving rat but three. “Uh yeah.” I replied. “It kind of looks like we have a […]
Growing on Your Parking Strip
Posted in Growing on July 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Your backyard is maxed out. Last year you pulled up your lawn to plant potatoes but it still just isn’t enough. It’s time to attack the planting strip. This often ignored patch has a lot going for it; it usually gets full sun, it’s a good way to meet your neighbors, you can sneak in some […]
Snow!
Posted in Growing on February 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
After huge amounts of anticipation it snowed last night in Seattle. Lavender refusing to leave her dry shed. Collards Spring is coming… No yard work today Hope you all are staying warm and dry.
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