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Q&A With Let’s Be Frank

Urban Farming
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Celebrate National Hotdog Month with with a farm-to-frank hotdog from California’s Let’s Be Frank food truck.

9 Beautiful Edible Landscape Plants

Urban Farming
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For a garden where form meets function, turn to edible crops that are also pleasing to the eye.

6 Ways to Fight Hunger With Your Garden

Urban Farming
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Pay it forward with your harvest by growing food that you intend to give away.

UF Hack: Garden For Free By Swapping Seeds

Urban Farming
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Avoid buying costly plant starts! Save seeds from your garden and exchange them with friends and neighbors.

What Is The Cooperative Extension?

Urban Farming
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Whether you’re digging your first urban garden or have spent years cultivating the land, the Cooperative Extension Service is your BFF (best farm friend).

6 Tips For Swapping Cultures

Urban Farming
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Eating fermented products builds more than your gut biome—it builds community, too. Diversify the ferments you make by swapping cultures with friends.

Your Hive Inspection Checklist

Urban Farming
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When it’s time to tend the hive give it the run-down, do it quickly and efficiently to minimize disruption to the bees.

Q&A With Earth Stew Compost Services

Urban Farming
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A grassroots composting business in Madison, Wis., transforms food scraps into vermicompost that can be added back to the garden.

UF Hack: Three Sisters Growing Method

Urban Farming
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Grow several crops in a small space while building up your soil using this traditional companion-planting method.

7 Things To Know Before Keeping Ducks In The City

Urban Farming
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Ducks are another backyard bird that doesn’t get quite the amount of attention that chickens do, but they can offer a lot to your urban farm.

7 Tips To Plan For Pollinators

Crops & Gardening | Urban Farming |
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Planting a garden that fosters native pollinators will create a circular relationship that benefits plants and insects alike.

UF Hack: Multi-Grafted Fruit Trees

Crops & Gardening | Urban Farming |
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Grow many types of fruit in a small space by grafting several different fruit cultivars onto one rootstock.

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