Welcome To My 2014 Yard & Garden Adventure!

June 10th, 2014 - posted under: The Farm » Flora

So I’m gardening again. And man, it feels good. Jeremy and I have been talking a lot lately about the concept of relaxation – about how there’s a huge difference between “checking out”, which is what we tend to do (what most people tend to do, I think) at the end of our very long [...]

Just A Few Upcycling Projects Around My Yard And Garden

September 10th, 2013 - posted under: The Farm » Flora

I live in an itsy bitsy cottage, freestanding – a rare point of pride in this ridiculously overpriced paradise – and in many ways falling apart. I adore it. In our short 9 months together, these sagging walls have seen some of my darkest, some of my strangest, some of my very happiest and most [...]

Small Space Gardening: How To Make Inverted Hanging Tomato Planters Out Of Plastic Water Jugs

April 15th, 2013 - posted under: The Farm » Flora

Boy howdy, this project. This project! I heart it, is what I mean to say. Because it combines so many of my favorite things, like reusing/upcycling, and small-scale gardening, and inventive solutions to common problems, and also tomatoes. And twine! I love twine. Tomatoes are so, so much fun to grow, because there’s a huge [...]

My 2012 Garden, A Retrospective

March 26th, 2013 - posted under: The Farm » Flora

Spring has sprung! Are you sprouting yet? It’s planting season again and I don’t know about you, but I am excited. Big plans this year. BIG plans. And since I was away last year and never got to share my very last garden on my Micro Homestead, I thought today I’d do just that. A [...]

Potato Tower Project: The Results Are In!

December 13th, 2011 - posted under: The Farm » Flora

This year I took my second crack at growing potatoes in stacked towers, which is theoretically supposed to maximize output while minimizing space. As a control, I also planted out a simple single-layer bed of taters, to compare the yields come harvest time. So let’s start there: This is the raised bed at the end [...]