Supplement your diet—and save money in the process—by gleaning the wild and wonderful plants growing around your city.
Portable photovoltaic systems come in a range of sizes and energy-holding capacities for charging anything from a single device to your entire digital arsenal.
A Mediterranean native, bay laurel trees are a perfect plant for container growers who want to grow their own flavorful seasonings.
Courtesy .brioso./Flickr Odd eggs are par for the course in the world of backyard chicken-keeping and are usually still fine for the frying pan, as well as a little laugh. On the whole, egg abnormalities should usually not cause any concern. Sometimes, though, bizarre eggs may indicate a deficiency in vitamins or a hereditary anomaly […]
Grow more food in your small space with these tips for keeping your soil healthy and crops productive season to season.
Expand your urban hive and give your bees some growing room with these two methods to split a bee colony.
Photo by Rachael Brugger In a world where once summer hits, zucchini bread seems to be the only logical use for the summer squash piling up on the counter, I love the way this vegetable quick bread turns the usual on its head. Quick breads are so often sweet, even when made with overgrown zucchini, […]
Stroll through your garden in style with these tips for creating a durable and attractive gravel path.
Excerpt from the Popular Kitchen Series magabook Canning & Preserving with permission from its publisher, BowTie magazines, a division of BowTie Inc. Purchase Canning & Preserving here. Frozen foods can be kept safe almost indefinitely, though the taste and quality might be affected, according to the USDA. If a food smells peculiar when it is […]
Excerpt from the Popular Kitchen Series magabook Canning & Preserving with permission from its publisher, I-5 Publishing magazines, a division of I-5 Publishing, LLC Purchase Canning & Preserving here. You’ve extracted the juice from your fruits and vegetables; now what? Here are some ways to keep your delectable fruit and vegetable juice fresh and flavorful. […]
Pay special attention to temperatures when canning and storing your food.
Mark Bomford, Yale Sustainable Food Project’s director, sits down with Urban Farm Online to talk about the future of food. Bomford grew up working around agriculture in Canada, and took that knowledge to New Haven, Ct., where he joined the Yale Sustainable Food Project. The Project manages an organic farm on the Yale campus, which […]
