Our Community Garden Stories
Sweet Onions: Harvesting and Drying
We were harvesting and drying the sweet onions today grown in the community garden plot. The sweet onions that we grew this year were Walla Walla and Alisa Craigs. Both of these varieties get very large and are excellent for making onions rings and for slicing to...
Harvesting Potatoes at Community Garden
We harvested a part of a row of potatoes at our community garden plot. This was a mix of dark Norlund red potatoes and Yukon Gold potatoes. We will pull up the rest of the row the next time we back at our plot and have room in the bucket. Potatoes are a great crop to...
Free or Nearly Free Resources
Free or Nearly Free Resources Leveraging free or nearly free resources is a smart thing for all urban homesteaders. There are countless resources to access in your local community. Although buying new may be the right choice for many things. However, when...
Community Network
Community Network Connect with local, regional, and national community networks that share resources and ideas relevant to urban homesteading. These organizations and communities come in all kinds of shapes and sizes. With this in mind, think about where you might...
Compost
Compost Compost is the most important amendment to an organic garden. Urban homesteaders can make their own compost or buy it by the yard. While buying may be a necessity at the start of building new garden beds. Over time it is wise to create a compost pile to...
Conventional Gardening or Organic
Conventional Gardening or Organic Do you want a conventional garden or an organic garden? The vast majority of urban homesteaders want to grow gardens with organic or beyond organic methods. As an example, many people may not understand the amount of spraying that is...
What is Urban Homesteading
What is Urban Homesteading Urban homesteading has multiple meanings. For our purposes, we are referring to the urban homestead in the self-sufficiency sense and not the affordable housing definition with the intent on getting people in cities housed. Overview While...
Gardening without Land Access
Gardening without Land Access Gardening without land is very doable. With this in mind, patios and balcony's are great places to garden. Specifically residing in a condo or apartments does not mean you can not have a viable garden space. Using containers for...
In-Ground Garden Beds
Building Garden Beds: In-Ground Garden Beds Building in-ground garden beds are as simple as it gets when setting up your urban homestead garden. Due to this fact, there is no reason to wait to gather the resources and time for wooden raised beds. This is especially...
Harvesting Brussel Sprouts & Carrots
A quick trip to the community garden on Thanksgiving morninig to harvest brussel sprouts and carrots for our dinner later today.
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