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- What Kind of HOMEGROWN are You?
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- A bit about me:
- An Austin urbanite for the past 12 years, I just recently moved outside the city limits (and into an HOA) to be close to work. Always tried to keep a garden, but this past year I've really tried to take it up a notch. Reading Urban Homesteader didn't hurt the cause...
- Latest greatest meal cooked at home:
- hummus and falafel. amazing how much you can make from $2 worth of chickpeas.
- Currently reading
- The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
- Currently listening to:
- Dan Auerbach - Keep It Hid
- My latest DIY project:
- garage workbenches - now with grow lights!
- Web site I recommend
- http://www.fromthewilderness.com/
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Starting My Seeds!
Spring is around the corner and now is a great time to start your indoor seeds. Average last frost in Austin (Zone 8) is Feb 28-Mar 31, which makes yesterday the 6 weeks before the last frost date - perfect time… Continue
Posted on January 19, 2010 at 10:39am —
Johnson's Backyard Garden CSA
Posted on http://nworbleahcim.blogspot.com/
This week was our first CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) pickup from… Continue
This week was our first CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) pickup from… Continue
Posted on November 19, 2009 at 10:50pm — 1 Comment
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Count me in! I'm Zone 8b Austin TX.
I have 2nd/3rd gen from my plants of lettuce, tobacco, peppers, onion, snap peas + more purchased, but not used seeds.
Linking people together to trade farm goods. Variety is good!
had to share:
Johnson's Backyard Garden
They just celebrated their 5th year and are now the largest organic CSA in Texas. Great story about their beginnings here (literally a backyard garden):
http://www.jbgorganic.com/blog/2009/12/celebrating-our-5th-anniversar…
Thanks for the links!
Get Organ-Damaging Monsanto Corn off the Market http://ow.ly/VE61
Spring is around the corner and now is a great time to start your indoor seeds. Average last frost in Austin (Zone 8) is Feb 28-Mar 31, which makes yesterday the 6 weeks before the last frost date - perfect time for most the vegetables I'm growing.…
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Weekly Wrap-up of Farm & Food News
All week long, we post updates on what’s happening at Farm Aid and in the world of farms and food on Twitter. In case you missed some of those links, below are some notable stories we shared in the past week:- The USDA is scrapping its controversial plans for a NAIS (National Animal Identification System) program. (To learn more about the NAIS program, read the Wikipedia entry here.)
- "How Much Grass Must Be in Organic Milk?"
- An interesting video interview with a farmer that serves as an introduction to what biodynamic farming is.
- A very sad New York Times article on a recent dairy farmer’s suicide. "They lost money on every cow every day of every month last year."
- An article about the myriad of uses that a revolutionary new spray-on liquid glass may have. Lots of ways it may be used for food and farming!
- Lots of interesting stats from a USDA survey on organic farms. Did you know that most organic farmers sold locally, with 44% selling within 100 miles?
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