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October’s Totals

Posted on: November 3rd, 2011 by Rachel

This month has been interesting to say the least. Our garden is definitely dying down. Most of our summer crops, except for a few stragglers have been pulled out. No more tomatoes (more on that later), corn, beans, or cucumbers. The only fruit we harvested … Continue reading the story "October’s Totals"

Happy Halloween!

Posted on: October 31st, 2011 by Rachel

Tom and I got married 2 years ago today. I think our wedding is really what set the stage for our urban farm. I know that sounds kind of strange, but it's true!

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Creating More Growing Space

Posted on: October 30th, 2011 by Rachel

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Next to our patio we have a fairly large landscape area and it was made up of ornamental plants - penstemon, daylilies, lavender, ornamental grasses and wild lilac. While it was blooming it was gorgeous, but that was just a short period of time. Since I'm a landscape … Continue reading the story "Creating More Growing Space"

Sweet Potato Harvest

Posted on: October 25th, 2011 by Rachel

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The days are getting shorter and the nights colder. As we quickly approach our average first frost date I realize that it's time to pull out our sweet potatoes. Because of late rains all over the U.S. we didn't receive our slips until late June, … Continue reading the story "Sweet Potato Harvest"

Time to Just Suck it up and Do it Already

Posted on: October 20th, 2011 by Rachel

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We made a mistake by scheduling a trip in September. September is not only our biggest season for harvesting, but also the month we have to do all of our planting for Fall. After mid September plants will just languish and not grow enough to be harvested.

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September Totals

Posted on: October 5th, 2011 by Rachel

September is generally our biggest month. Unfortunately we didn't think ahead and scheduled a vacation right in the middle of it, thus making it less productive than usual. Less harvesting did mean more wasted food. Our green beans finished out their days while we were … Continue reading the story "September Totals"

Reader Questions: Goats, Gophers and Bunnies

Posted on: September 22nd, 2011 by Rachel

We got some great questions to go over today!

The first is from the Metropolitan Homestead:
I'd like to ask how you got started with milking goats and how much daily work they really need.

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Photo update

Posted on: September 14th, 2011 by Rachel

It's a changin' around here. Stuff is getting pulled out and replaced with our fall crops. The dry beans are gone. The lettuce, kale, tomatillos, garlic and turnips are all out, making an entire bed available for planting. The soil has been prepared and I have put … Continue reading the story "Photo update"

Soil Testing

Posted on: September 10th, 2011 by Rachel

We moved into our place in late December, 2008. In January we raced to get in vegetable beds. I used one of those home soil test kits to determine what we needed to do to the soil. According to the tests our soils were slightly … Continue reading the story "Soil Testing"

August’s Harvest Totals

Posted on: September 7th, 2011 by Rachel

August has really been a good ramp up. We've been extra busy harvesting and planting our fall crops. Our totals have more than doubled from July and they'll just keep going up for the month of September.

The beginning of the month we … Continue reading the story "August’s Harvest Totals"