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Courtesy Diana Jain Nicole Capizzi runs a CSA from her 1/2-acre urban farm in Seattle’s Rainier Beach neighborhood. Anyone who’s secretly been keeping more than three chickens in Seattle is no longer breaking the law, thanks to new legislation that updates the city’s land-use codes on urban agriculture. But it’s ixnay for the roosters. The […]
When Red first came to live with us, we viewed him as just a mellow older Quarter Horse, the kind you could put little kids and adult beginners on without a worry. The friend we got him from told me that he had royal cutting horse bloodlines, but I figured he probably just didn’t have what it took to be a cutting horse.
Photo by Rick Gush Using a soil sifter, I sift my dirt and compost for my potting mix. I cleaned out the main compost bin this week and am really happy with the results. I’m doing some seeding and repotting these days, and the compost has allowed me to prepare what I think of as […]
Photo by Lisa Munniksma Farmers’ markets across the nation are competing to be America’s favorite in a contest sponsored by American Farmland Trust. Vote for your favorite by Aug. 31, 2010. American Farmland Trust is celebrating the work and dedication of farmers who sell at national farmers’ markets through its America’s Favorite Farmers Markets contest and […]
This four-part celebration of biodiversity on my farm wouldn’t be complete without mentioning the heritage livestock breeds and heirloom plants that live and grow here.
I've been finding all these little bugs in the garden all summer long that I couldn’t identify at first.
Photo by Judith Hausman Some may consider these tomatoes rejects. I consider them soup. I finally found it. Thanks to food goddess Alice Waters’ The Art of Simple Food (Clarkson Potter, 2007), I finally have the perfect summer tomato soup recipe. After many attempts that turned out too watery, too acidic, too sweet or were […]
I was driving a nail the other day and managed to smash a bit of the fleshy part of a finger.
Courtesy Cornerstone Farm Ventures Cornerstone Farm Ventures created the “Mini Mobile Processing Unit,” a smaller, less expensive mobile slaughtering unit. One of the consequences of the consolidation of food production in the United States is the dramatic decline in the number of slaughterhouses. According to the USDA, the number of USDA- or state-inspected slaughterhouses has […]
It’s been super hot here for the past few weeks. And, even worse than that, we’ve had no rain to speak of; not even the occasional random thunderstorm.
