Book excerpt: Fresh Food From Small Spaces – Chapter 6: Growing Fruits and...
You know how a good book feels in your hand? The weight, the smoothness of the cover, the delicious, powerful words that live on the cool alabaster pages within? You can’t get the same feeling from the...
View ArticleHOMEGROWN Life: Living in the City with Livestock
One of the biggest hurdles of living in a city and trying to be homegrown is the owning of livestock. Most cities still don’t allow most livestock. Our cities is no exception. I’ve...
View ArticleHOMEGROWN Life: The Waiting is the Hardest Part
Tom Petty was right, waiting stinks. I’m finally caught up on sleep after waiting all weekend for two goats we share with friends out in the country to give birth. Starting last Friday, I...
View ArticleHOMEGROWN Life: My Topsy Turvy Tantrum
First off, let me start this post with an apology to all of you reading right now. What I write may offend you and be critical of something you very much enjoy. For that, I’m sorry....
View ArticleWelcome to the “Real World”
This summer I’m getting in touch with “reality”. Two months ago I joined the “real world” as a proud post-graduate. While many of my peers are searching for jobs, joining volunteer corps, or...
View ArticleHOMEGROWN Life: What We Learned From Our Year Without Groceries
I can’t believe it’s been a year now since we started our year without groceries. We learned a lot in that year. We are definitely healthier, but also we’re happier. Our relationship with...
View ArticleHOMEGROWN Life: Visions of Urban Agriculture
Call me nerdy, but I think planning and zoning is fascinating. Give me a project proposal or zoning code, and I gladly immerse myself in land use regulations, zoning jargon and mapping. So...
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