About 6 years ago, we started on a journey to sustainability within the confines of our own urban 1/4 acre. Hence the dawning of The Yarden where we practice urban yardening. Each growing season we are adding, changing, modifying and enhancing. Last summer we took over the front lawn for FOOD! In the fall we harvested over 100lbs of sweet potatoes of which we gave away plenty and just ate up the last of our stash!
Our projects include; organic veggies and native fruits, aquaponics, mushshroomery, square foot gardening, straw bale gardens, native perennials and yes, I even have a solar oven made from...
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| tfacey's Buzz Mar 06, 2012 | |
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Dang it...seeing people's pics with eggs makes me GREEN with envy. Our city counsel wont even consider the issue. Ugh.
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I agree...although we can have them I need a coop first! :) |
| Miss a day.... miss a LOT! Mar 06, 2012 | |
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When your greenhouse is in your basement, it's really hard not to OVER tend your garden. When I am down there, sometimes several times a day, I find myself over watering, over feeding, and over anxious (to see seedlngs)! Couple that with the fact I'm not the ONLY one going down there. I have my hubby to contend with too. So,... ...see more |
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I'm totally with you on that!! I also have a basement greenhouse and I go down all the time to 'check on the kids'. =) My peppers are just starting to pop up so its amazing to go down and... more » |
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Check on the kids... thats funny... I call them the girls. |
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Wow that looks awesome! Can't wait to see your harvest! |
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I had these last year and they were great! We pickled a bunch of them as well as eating fresh. Certainly can stain things. They are so much easier, than theround ones, to cut up... more » |
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I'm looking forward to making beet chips with these, especially because they will be so easy to slice! I cant get enough beet chips. |
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I'm so excited to see someone else growing Minnesota Midget! I just picked up my seeds this weekend. I'm going to try to grow them vertically on a cattle panel attached to the fence behind my garden. |
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Vertical? Oh, I have to research that. Thats my biggest complaint... melons take too much room! |
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Same here - everything I have is in raised beds, so the space is a premium! |
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