Be prepared for the fall planting season. Are you confused about what and how to plant in the low desert? - Where to get quality seeds – heirloom or not? Transplants, or seeds? How do you get an extended harvest? What is companion planting and what…
Prepare for the fall planting season in the low desert! Are you confused about what and how to plant? - Where to get quality seeds – heirloom or not? Transplants, or seeds? How do you get an extended harvest? What is companion planting and what goes…
Noise has not been an issue with our neighbors. We have 8 hens and have been really careful to re-home roosters as soon as they begin crowing. The neighbors report that they rarely hear anything from our backyard. The chickens themselves do not smel…
I know this is an old thread but Atlasta Catering is really into recycling and may be happy to supply buckets to those in need. Their catering kitchen is on 19th Ave near Peoria.
What does it take to convert a grass lawn to an edible yard? --A lot of sweat and tears! Getting rid of the grass is enough of a challenge, deciding how to layout the garden so it is pleases you, your neighbors perhaps and fits into the families lif…
Where Do I Begin? What does a Permaculture Design mean? And how do you pull together all the principles and apply them to YOUR urban property? This class is an overview of applying the various principles of permaculture to an urban home and lot - no…
This is not an Open House. Because of the huge interest in this tour, there will be two time slots. First one starts at 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM, with the next tour starting right away at 10:00 AM - 12:00 Noon.
Come tour the Urban Farm and see how years…
We started with a tractor we built ourselves and it was great for our 4 chickens however you may want to go larger as you will quickly get addicted to chickens and want to add to your flock. We have tripled ours in less than a year.
Tour de Coops tickets are available for $10.
Purchase tickets online at www.tourdecoops.org
Do you like urban fowl and creative people?
Come check out the Phoenix Tour de Coops, the self-guided tour of the Valley's coolest urban poultry setups! Ov…
Raising Chickens in Your Backyard with Rachel Bess
Wednesday, July 29th, 6:00 – 7:30 PM
Location: Drip Coffee Lounge
Requested donation: $10
Coffee and drinks only available for sale until 6 PM!
Rachel will show you how easy it is to keep chickens…
So I cooked the first of the rabbits we processed last week. Fried it like chicken. What went wrong is I have never fried chicken and I cooked it too long resulting in rubber rabbit so I popped it into the crockpot for three hours and it was divine…
I was just reviewing John Jeavon's book How to Grow More Vegetables and in it he mentions planting Mexican marigold (Tagetes minuta) for controlling nematodes.
Hi Brittany,
Now is sure the time to be making Kombucha since it's been gone off the shelves for a few months now. I so miss it! I hope and pray that the issues get resolved and it comes back.
I've had some really good success with making Kombucha…
Hi Chris - I don't have a PH tester. I've always just added bagged composted mulch, steer manuer and Starbucks grounds to my existing AZ soil to ammend. Some years my spring tomatoes are really good and sometimes not so good. Is there anything in ad…
Thanks for the heads up. When should transplants go in? It's so stinking hot out there! I have an area preparred and ready to go but dragging my feet in fear of the heat.
For families who are interested in raising eco-conscious children and living more in balance with nature... Bring your kids to this fun, interactive and informative class on learning more about sustainable living and permaculture. What does it mean…