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8 Yards of Compost: Spread

Let's be honest...shoveling dirt is a lot of work. A lot. A. Lot. I know from experience, although I'd rather not. After getting our raised beds built, I realized I actually needed to put something...

Building Our Raised Beds

Last year we made our first foray into raised bed gardening. Our attempts directly in the ground had always failed (most likely because of the awful soil we have). But last year was a big success, so...

Dream Come True: I Rented a Skid-Steer

This past Friday, I finally fulfilled one of my dreams: to run a heavy piece of machinery. We had an old tiered garden area built in to the side of a hill that needed to be regraded, and I wanted...

Aquaponics: Farming Without Dirt

FarmedHere, a company out of Chicago, is working hard to perfect the process of indoor farming...without a single grain of dirt. They're using a process called aquaponics. The seeds of basil,...