Out of farm’s way
byWhat a year it’s been. Back in January, we built a greenhouse and, for the first time, were able to grow all six hundred…
orchard
Hang Down Your Head
byIf the deck at our house were a little taller, we’d be able to see the top of the North Highlands Dam from it,…
Bearing Fruit
byFruit in the first year wasn’t something we expected at the orchard, but juicy blueberries, blackberries and figs are already fighting for the birds’…
Ground Control
byI had no idea when I entered the feed store that I’d be transported into an episode of “Wayne’s World.” Imagine Wayne, 25 years…
Farming was sexy
by“This room is no longer well-quaffed,” said Matthew Raiford, to a room filled with 1,000 farmers and growers, mostly from Georgia. Raiford, from Brunswick,…
This bud’s for you
byWell, that was easy. We built a park. Which is to say, trees and blueberry bushes are in the ground at the little 55-by-60-foot…
Treeson
byI swear we didn’t want to do it. Cutting down a hardwood tree was the last thing we wanted, but the water oak in…
Park Place
byPicture a dead-end street in a quiet neighborhood. Flowering pear trees line the sidewalk for the length of the street, which is one city…
Petals from the Past
byWhen the Columbus Botanical Garden offered an urban agriculture workshop, Brad and I knew it would be insightful, but we had no idea we’d…