When we move next, we might look for a place in the city. The need for urban farming seems to be growing. Check out this sweet video about an urban farmer from Oakland, CA. Novella Carpenter started small, with some plants in an empty lot next to her house in Oakland. A couple of years later, she was tending to a full-blown farm, with goats, turkeys, ducks, pigs, and a...
Suddenly Flowers
I was walking by a window this morning and a wall of pink flowers caught my attention. I don’t even remember there being buds on the tree yesterday, but today our Magnolia tree was in full bloom. A lot of petals were even on the ground. Do magnolias normally bloom this fast?...
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds : Inspiration
Baker Creek is the amazing store that we purchased seeds through this year. CHOW put together this video showcasing the store and the owner, Jere Gettle....
What we are planting this summer : Garden 2011
It is time to start planting. Here are our seeds for the summer. All of them were purchased from Baker Creek Heirloom. A fellow redditor suggested rareseeds.com (Baker Creek’s website) to me after talking about doing a seed gift exchange. What an awesome idea that would be! We got 5 varieties of vines that we hope climb up our pergola. They were chosen based on looks and what we enjoy...