I’ll get back to writing about farming soon, I promise! Just a little update on the biking scene because the Alleycat Acres fundraising ride was last weekend. Thanks to all your generous donations, I raised $350 to contribute to the cause. Alleycat Acres was aiming for $6K and I think they beat $10K but I’m [...]
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If you read my last post, you know that I’m planning on riding the Alleycat Acres fundraising bike ride in March. Since we are now just over a month away, I better get moving on the fundraising part. So, here goes!! I figure if you give me money, you ought to get a little something [...]
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Question: What is to driving a car as farming is to working in a cubicle? What mode of transportation gets you out into the open air and makes you feel connected to the world the way growing your own food does? If by farming you create your own sustenance, what allows you to create your [...]
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Bremerton, WA. The house next door: Jean and Glenn’s house: Betsey took us on an awesome field trip a couple weeks ago, to visit StartNow Gardens in Bremerton. This is an urban farm built since 2003 by an amazing couple named Jean and Glenn. They have taken two city lots (they own two houses next [...]
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An article with pictures from our Memorial Day veggie garden planting at City Hall… Includes pics of Brian and Betsey and me. http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/may/31/bainbridge-island/ Lovely article about our “grandfather” farmer Akio who was recently honored with an award. Akio grew up in the house I’m living in on the farm. http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/kitsap/bir/lifestyle/93729204.html We are keeping busy, planting [...]
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I’m moving out of the city to go work on a farm, but it turns out you don’t have to. Urban farming is a burgeoning movement here in Seattle and all around the country. Seattle mayor Mike McGinn has even declared 2010 to be the “year of urban agriculture” here. Last night I went to [...]
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