I’m sorry to have been out of touch for so long, but several weeks ago my husband and I decided to unplug from our computers, TV and coffee-maker (oh, the agony) to embark on an off-farm backpacking adventure.
Courtesy Reverend DeVanie Jackson Chef Noah Sheetz with Reverends Robert and DeVanie Jackson organized the fig jam in Brooklyn. A tree grows in Brooklyn — a fig tree, that is, and in Bedford Stuyvesant, no less. In 2004, when the Rev. Robert Jackson and the Rev. DeVanie Jackson had finally trudged through the red tape […]
Spruce up your home’s garden landscape with cultivation advice from professional gardeners.
Courtesy The Park People The city of Denver’s Denver Digs Trees program distributes trees to neighborhoods twice a year—once in the fall and once in the spring. If a tree falls in Denver chances are very good someone will plant one back in its place. That’s due, in large part, to Denver Digs Trees, a […]
Students from the University of Kentucky built a solar house for the 2009 Solar Decathlon with sustainability and liveability in mind.
Courtesy Stock.XCHNG American farmers’ market shoppers casted their votes for their farmers’ market. Last month, farmers’ market goers across the nation entered their picks for their favorite farmers’ markets as part of a contest by American Farmland Trust. “Over 50,000 people from across the country voted for their favorite farmers’ markets this summer,” says Jane […]
Fall means the figs are ready to pick and preparations for the huge olive harvest here are just starting.
I once read an article (and I think it was actually in a long-ago issue of Hobby Farms) where the author stated that the term "free-range chicken” really means "crap-everywhere chicken.” Spot on, my friend.
Photo by Stephanie Staton Worm exchange programs help people who vermicompost obtain red wiggler worms for free. Worms are taking center stage in the fight against food waste. Worm composting, also known as vermicomposting, is becoming more popular in urban settings where gardeners lack the space for traditional compost heaps. Housed in small bins, red […]
