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question? Do you need a lawn in front. Why not take some of those perennials and put them in front. You could make it a edible entry. Thats just my two cents.. I have done lawn care for to many years and see a lot of wasted space that people just don't use, yet put a lot of time and money...

I have benn toying with the same idea for a while now. I just got a sunset magazine october issue. In it they have an article "Urban farmer for hire". He charges $50 consultation, 750 installation,25 weekly maintenance which includes a harvest box. I guess he rides his bike it sounds like...

do you know anyone with a goat. I hear they can do wonders. You might be able to sell or use the nettle some how, it can be a usefull plant. just a thought.:D

hello fellow oregonians. up in sunny hot Bend oregon. great to hear about the others.

I just wanted to say I just got another package from bountiful gardens. Again it only took 3 days and it came in a reused UPS box turned inside out.granted i am in one state away, but it takes a week to send a letter! great company to work with.

We have skunks living 20 ft from my front door. They use to spray the dogs untill i moved the dogs. We have also come withen 3-5ft to them at night, they just turn around and show us they back side. They have not sprayed us yet. The lady down the street had 25 of her chicks beheaded by one...

I need some shade cloth for a couple of beds 5 by 20 feet. I am to cheap or to por to buy the stuff. has anyone made anything or have any ideas?:D

i want to grow some to and was woundering how it tasted and was prossesing. thanks for the info. you might not find it in the spices because the FDA made it dietary supplement. that's the only way they can sell it prossed. or so i have read. stinking FDA.:mad:

my wife diced to make some hot hot salsa for me one day, she used a towell to dry her hands and latter forgot she used it. she wiped the sweat off her face with it and boy did she cry. her face and eyes where beat red. I don't remember what we did to get ride of it, but she say's she is...

I have not canned yet.. But some friends did and they said they use to do it in the dish washer. never heard of that but it seems like it would work. anyone else try this.

nice work!! It reminded me of another site, themodernhomestead.us Harvey Ussery writes for mother earth news and backyard poultry mag. He has a greenhouse for the winter. on one end he put some chickens and down the middle path he put his worm bins. check it out and might give you some...

corn, bean, squash is a great combo so i hear. if your planting in a plot, the 3 can to up room. if you make a bed wider. say 4-5 ft. by 10-20 ft then you can do a corn patch next to a bean patch and a squash patch. supposedly the roots still help each other and you can still plant close...

depending on the site, what about a:) few usefull trees.

yea you probably want to wait at fall and use the summer to figure what you want. You might try a forest garden whith edible fruits and bushes. (Permaculture). check out the site path to freedom. they live in cali. on a city plot but grow almost everything they need to eat. good luck to ya.:)

i do not have bunny's but in the book Gaia's Garden a guide to home scale permaculture, it talks about putting a rabbit hutch above a worm bin. You put the worm litter in the bottom. the manure urine and food scapes will fall in. once this bin is full, ad 1-300 hundred worms and cover it...

the book how to grow more veg. metions 9-17 weeks to maturity in ground. hope that helps.

:D one reason it is hard to buy peat in large amounts is because, peat comes from peat bogs. they are depleting at a rapid rate along with the wildlife. so peat prices will just go up. growing your own compost/cover crop material is the best way to go. then you can build up your soil and...

i'm in sunny Bend Oregon. zone 5-6 in the high desert.

if your soil is hard than they might pop up. you can just keep adding compost or what ever on top to keep them coverd from the sun. i happen to have sandy soil so i'm not quite sure what will happen. if you get down about 8-12" then try to use a garn fork to loosen the soil down low, it...

if your soil is loose and good than 6-9" deep on 9" centers, when using staggard spacing. good tip for starting them.