(they've got the right idea)
p.s. if you haven't seen "The Gleaners and I" (or "Les glane
urs et la glaneuse) by Agnes Varda, you should. It's amazing, and includes heart-shaped potatoes
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Monday, November 3, 2008
Hello from San Francisco
a city full of greenies, bikes, cars, fog, and me.
i've come across some cool things here i wanted to share with the kumquat. i've been volunteering at the deomonstration victory garden at the civic center. it was put up for slow food nation and has donated all its produce to the food bank. it will be disassembled this month and the soil will be used for new neighborhood garden projects: (http://www.sfvictorygardens.org/about.html#). tourists come by, there's night security, its organic: (http://slowfoodnation.org/events/the-main-event/victory-garden/)
Some youngins like us started a business of installing permaculture gardens in backyards. They get paid to maintain the garden and provide a CSA basket to participants: (myfarmsf.com)
(http://arieff.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/28/grow-your-own/?scp=4&sq=%22my%20farm%22&st=cse)
meanwhile, my roommates and i have tested our backyard soil (pure sand), turned the pumpkin guts into the compost, ordered cover crop seed, and begun digging up the nasty crabgrass. surely, by spring, there will be some pictures to share.
btw, (OregonTilth.org) has for all sorts of organic farming resources and links.
love to you all, the vegetable beds, and autumn.
kacie erin smith
i've come across some cool things here i wanted to share with the kumquat. i've been volunteering at the deomonstration victory garden at the civic center. it was put up for slow food nation and has donated all its produce to the food bank. it will be disassembled this month and the soil will be used for new neighborhood garden projects: (http://www.sfvictorygardens.org/about.html#). tourists come by, there's night security, its organic: (http://slowfoodnation.org/events/the-main-event/victory-garden/)
Some youngins like us started a business of installing permaculture gardens in backyards. They get paid to maintain the garden and provide a CSA basket to participants: (myfarmsf.com)
(http://arieff.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/28/grow-your-own/?scp=4&sq=%22my%20farm%22&st=cse)
meanwhile, my roommates and i have tested our backyard soil (pure sand), turned the pumpkin guts into the compost, ordered cover crop seed, and begun digging up the nasty crabgrass. surely, by spring, there will be some pictures to share.btw, (OregonTilth.org) has for all sorts of organic farming resources and links.
love to you all, the vegetable beds, and autumn.
kacie erin smith
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
"I was initially intrigued by the fact that I didn't know a lot about food, like what it even looked like growing."
The River Front Times (RFT for you hip kids) wrote an article about us! A prose glimpse of our basil kingdom.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Gardens going for $60,000
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB121693422880882375.html?mod=2_1578_middlebox
these must be some expensive veggies!
these must be some expensive veggies!
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
We're a farm
We went to the market with:
lettuce (three-and-a-quarter pounds), peas (three pounds), and (three adorable)bunches of baby radishes. People snapped them up! Snappy snappy snow peas.
Some things about the North City Market in the Post-Dispatch.
Pictures to come. It's only the beginning.
lettuce (three-and-a-quarter pounds), peas (three pounds), and (three adorable)bunches of baby radishes. People snapped them up! Snappy snappy snow peas.
Some things about the North City Market in the Post-Dispatch.
Pictures to come. It's only the beginning.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Food and Climate
The Small Planet Institute (arisen from the Lappé family) has a website called Take a Bite out of Climate Change about the connection between food production/consumption and climate change. They're really big on organic farming and have a blog and a ton of resources on how one can go about making a change in their food consumption and participating in the alternate food chain.
Cool! Go check it out! Peace.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
NYT comments on us Carhartt-wearers
A MUST-READ about our generation's interest in farming, what what!
check out their sweatshirts! burning kumquat patch reenactment!!
Friday, February 22, 2008
IRRIGATION!
Irrigation information from IrrigationTutorials.com
From http://www.irrigationtutorials.com/dripguide.htm
Oregon State University - components and some manufacturer spec's
MPR Supply Company (map) - St Louis distributer
From http://www.irrigationtutorials.com/dripguide.htm
Oregon State University - components and some manufacturer spec's
MPR Supply Company (map) - St Louis distributer
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Eating locally grows new roots-- StL Post-Dispatch
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/FE96AFD73FCF759F862573F300111539?OpenDocument
Friday, February 15, 2008
Local Food, is it always best?
Check out is article. It says local food is not necessarily better for the environment than food that's traveled thousands of miles. What do you think?
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/06/opinion/edmcwilliams.php
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/06/opinion/edmcwilliams.php
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Two more resources
Friday, January 18, 2008
Agroecology In Action
http://www.agroeco.org/ - a scientific discipline that uses ecological theory to study, design, manage and evaluate agricultural systems that are productive but also resource conserving
Site with online courses and other resources
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