Learn how an Oregon working-farm bed-and-breakfast repurposed its existing buildings to create unique accommodations and experiences for guests.
We never intended to have roosters, but when two of the rescue "pullets” we adopted grew long wattles and flowing tails, we realized the chicken life on our urban farm would be different than what we had imagined.
Cottage gardens are chaotic mixes of one of this and one of that, and while the big mess may be quite charming sometimes, the unfortunate result is a lack of fundamental power.
I’m sitting on the patio right now. Laptop on my lap, lemonade to my left, dogs at my feet, chickens picking nearby and my son ‘harvesting’ all the dandelions he can hold.
The Dinner Garden is stretching people’s food budgets by enabling them to grow their own food. Victory gardens are making a comeback. Envisioning a nation where front lawns, empty lots, medians, parks, schools, churches and community centers devote space to fruit and vegetable gardens, Texas resident Holly Hirshberg established The Dinner Garden in 2009 to provide […]
This isn't the most earth-shaking of self-discoveries, but it did come as a surprise to me: I'm crazy about tiling.
In the spring, I say an unreserved hurray for salads! The first leaf lettuces are such a relief and contrast to winter roots.
You can hardly pick up a magazine today without finding an article on composting.
When one of my colleagues at work told me he had a friend with a rooster he didn’t know what to do with, I knew I was in trouble.
Liguria, Italy, is a steep place. When the funicular is broken, I know very well how steep it is.
Asparagus beetles! The adults are munching on the spears and I suspect that, as evidenced by the other activity they are currently participating in, there will be lots of eggs there soon, too.
Our April showers show no sign of stopping just because we entered a new month—kind of a bummer from this sun-starved gardener’s perspective—but at least they did bring lovely May flowers, including one of my favorites: The forget-me-not.
