A novice's attempt to get 15 percent of his food from his suburban fifth acre
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 12th, 2010
Despite industrial agriculture’s co-opting and subsequent diminishing of the descriptor “free range”, it is rewarding to be able to describe our chickens as such and mean it. They aren’t limited to a euphemistic “access to the outdoors” — typically a meager chicken run meeting the minimum USDA standard and meant to dupe consumers. Our pullets [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 8th, 2010
I had nothing to do with the most brilliantly green, healthy, sturdy potatoes growing in my yard. These half dozen tall shoots found their own way, and have been managed expertly by a decomposing pile of food and yard waste. I feel slighted, but thankful. By comparison, the potato plants for which I chose locations, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 28th, 2010
I have had this … pile in my yard for nearly six months. It grows and shrinks, but mostly just sits there doing nothing spectacular — at least nothing I have been able to notice. Six months is the amount of time I have most often read that it takes for a pile like mine [...]
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