Gardening in California Many of you might be dreaming of gardening in California. You are going into the winter months when snow and ice is or will be soon the reality of your day and…
Steven Cornett has the farming bug!! Or rather, the backyard farming bug. Maybe someday, he wants to farm a bigger piece of land in the country. But right now, the farming in the city is fulfilling his dreams.
He happily works many hours to get his backyard farm off the ground.
Until not too long ago, he also worked a regular job – a job he actually liked.
Linda Kelso is a podcaster, a blogger, and a business woman. She is the owner and operator of LK Landscape Design.
You might ask, why in the world have a podcaster on your podcast?
Good question!! Continue reading
Steps for Organizing a Food Swap Check for Existing Food Swaps First, check if there are backyard food exchanges already happening in your area. Places to check are
Episode 87 – Homestead Update and Listener TipsIn this homestead update Marianne and I discuss chickens, irrigation, garden pests, listener sustainable living tips and much more.
The neighbors responsible for Felixstowe’s Community Nature Reserve.
Dr. Adrian Cooper is on a mission to spread a new idea which could help to save local wildlife: the community nature reserve.
The term “community nature reserve” may bring up visions of national parks and there are certain similarities. Both community nature reserves and national parks are created to help support and protect wildlife. Both are also supported and frequented by nature lovers.
But unlike national or government-run nature conservation projects, community nature reserves are actually created by neighbors planting wildlife-friendly plants in their own backyards.
What is a fruit tree sucker and why does it need to be pruned.
The Suburban Micro-Farm is Amy Stross’ new book chronicling her experiences on her 10th of an acre homestead.
When Amy moved to a house with a typical suburban sized yard, she didn’t have any background in gardening, let alone suburban farming. She joined a CSA because she wanted local and fresh food. That particular CSA encouraged their members to help on the farm. This got her hands in the dirt and was her first introduction to growing food. It didn’t take long for her to realize that she really liked raising her own vegetables. Continue reading
Weather is on our mind. Marianne has water from all over the neighborhood flowing theoretical in a culvert through her yard. In reality, the whole yard is flooded. Continue reading
Building a good relationship with your soil may not be high on your list of New Year’s resolutions.
Linda Borghi
But it’s key to establishing a healthy, abundant garden, according to Linda Borghi.
In this episode of the podcast, Linda, co-founder of the online educational site, Farm-A-Yard, returns to dig a little deeper into the topic of soil.
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