This Year, I Garden (even if it IS only in a jar)

container garden

This year I have a 2012 goal. 2012 is the year I stare down my teeny-tiny city suburban apartment, my lawn of pavement and I say “Take that! I WILL garden if it’s the last thing I do.”

The Carving is Done… but What Do You Do with the Pumpkin Waste?

hugging a pumpkin

Got pumpkin waste after carving… or after Halloween? Don’t toss it: you can put that old pumpkin to use.

My New Favorite Trend: Farming Apprenticeships

family farm

While I may have been raised in the heart of Montana farm and ranchland, it wasn’t until just recently (and after a move to the city) that I caught wind of the new trend in farming apprenticeships: volunteering one’s time and energy to do farm work in trade for free room, board and education.  In [...]