Chicken pasties, designer mulled lemonade, buskers and juicy produce; the Bellingham Farmer’s Market has it all. Yesterday under the glorious sunshine we got a chance to visit this vibrant place.
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Bellingham Farmer’s Market
Posted in Cooking, Crafts, Growing, tagged Bellingham, farmer's market, tourism on April 13, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
Fewer Flies in the Chicken Coop
Posted in Growing, tagged chicken coop, fly prevention, raising chickens on April 10, 2014 | 3 Comments »
Keeping flies down in your chicken coop is good for the health of your birds, keeps your neighbors happy and definitely makes collecting eggs a lot more pleasant. Over the years what I’ve found works best to keep these pests down are the following things: Using traps to catch existing flies. Preventing flies by keeping down the […]
Ways to Jump Start Your Garden
Posted in Growing, tagged early gardening, garden hoops, remay on April 5, 2014 | 2 Comments »
So what is all this rain doing to your garden loving heart? Are you just itching to get out and plant something? Well here are some ways to calm that itch through indoor seed starting, using Reemay floating row cover and setting up some plastic covered hoop beds. Now is a good time for cold season starts and, if […]
How to Install a Water Cistern
Posted in Growing, tagged water cistern on April 4, 2014 | 1 Comment »
By Jennifer Brown While living and working all over the world, Jennifer Brown has grown gardens in both rural and urban areas. During her time spent in the beautiful and rainy Unites States Virgin Islands, she used a cistern for all of her water needs, from crop irrigation to bathing and drinking, and here she […]
Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetland Leaping Forward
Posted in Growing, People on the Move, tagged Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetland, urban farm on March 31, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
“There is so much to be excited about right now here at RBUFW,” said Seattle Tilth farm manager Katie Pencke, “We are expanding programs and really looking forward to this growing season.” All around I could see neatly mulched beds, vegetable plant starts pushing up their Reemay covers and the calls of Redwing Blackbirds were […]
Megan Horst on the Future of Urban Ag
Posted in Growing, People on the Move, tagged food systems, Megan Horst, urban agriculture, urban planning on March 29, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
Being around Megan Horst for just a few minutes makes me want to get solar panels, plant more food and change the world into a more sustainable place. She grew up in Milwaukee in a family that gardened, had a big raspberry patch and liked to shop at thrift stores but didn’t label themselves as […]
A Visit with Elaine Corets
Posted in Growing, People on the Move, tagged Elaine Corets, urban farming on March 26, 2014 | 1 Comment »
In just four years Elaine Corets has transformed her city yard into a place of food and beauty. She is using a low till method and instead of weeding she “edits” the volunteers that appear; moving salad burnett, mache, bachelor’s buttons and mint, to name a few, to more pleasing places. I love the way […]
Seed Starting
Posted in Growing, tagged seed starting on March 23, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s some more information on starting seeds. Right now is a great time to get seeds going for warm season crops like tomatoes and for cool season crops that need a little boost like collards. While cool season crops can be direct sowed soon I find that doing starts let’s me get a bit of a […]
Adding Growing Space to Your Yard
Posted in Growing, tagged increase growing space on March 20, 2014 | 1 Comment »
More space for planting!! About this time every year the gardening fever seizes me and like a mad woman I stagger out into blowing wind and streaming rain and search for ways to get just a bit more out of my little yard. The dog has made it clear that his area is off limits. […]
