By Kara Stiff, Low-Carbon Life
Around here, we have a goal to produce 80% of our veg, fruit, meat and dairy within five years of moving onto our land. This is year three, and while we’ve reached that goal for summer veg like tomatoes and cucumbers (until this year’s drought), I have not had as much success with the fall garden until this year.
By Claire Schosser, Living Low in the Lou
2017 was a year that didn’t go according to plan, and thus neither did this blog. However, I’m back to the blog now and intend to continue making posts on an irregular basis. And that means it’s time to report on what the garden told me in 2017.
By Patrick M. Lydon, YES! magazine
But what if a garden culture could flourish anywhere, regardless of how the structure of a city was designed? And what if, by allowing such a culture to flourish, we could begin to heal some of our most pressing ecological and social issues? During the past five years, my partner Suhee Kang and I have enjoyed the opportunity to engage somewhat deeply with these kinds of places—both in concrete-lined urban corridors and in lush fields of hillside natural farms.
By Claire Schosser, Living Low in the Lou
Once again, it’s time to look at the lessons that the garden and its residents taught me during the past year. You can check this post for basic information on how I listen to what the garden tells me and how to conduct a dialogue with your own garden.
By Rachel Quednau, Strong Towns
This year, I started my first garden—a micro garden really.
By Gene Logsdon, The Contrary Farmer
That’s an easy one for me— burning off the asparagus patch in the early spring. Just something about lighting up the new growing year.
By Claire Schosser, Living Low in the Lou
A friendly reminder, the bees, and some soil test results suggest a new garden project for 2016 and beyond.
By Claire Schosser, Living Low in the Lou
Now it’s time to share with you my plans for the 2016 garden.
By Gene Logsdon, The Contrary Farmer
I keep trying to imagine a future time when all human beings would be responsible for their basic food necessities just as they are responsible for their own bodily cleanliness and cooking meals.
By Claire Schosser, Living Low in the Lou
This year I learned how to use a European scythe for mowing and trimming.