A novice's attempt to get 15 percent of his food from his suburban fifth acre
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 19th, 2009
In the spirit of the listing that this season entails — the New York Times has no fewer than 11 book lists to guide what readers read and buy — and the good reading weather the cool season brings (though it is 77 degrees in San Diego as I write this), I thought I’d jot [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 17th, 2009
The several storms that hit San Diego this past weekend left me little to do in the way of gardening but plan. So I fiddled with my designs for a living-roof chicken coop — designs that needed no fiddling. That will get built in January. Chicks in February or March (We can’t wait!). I flipped [...]
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