Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 1:16PM ;)
Crystal Van Velkinburgh is a go getter. The Houston native has comitted the past twelve years of her career as an executive with Electrolux, and moved about the country as needed, from Chicago, to Savannah, before landing on a half acre in Plaza Midwood about two years ago.
Monday, March 5, 2012 at 9:28AM 
Properly preparing the soil before planting fruit trees will greatly improve their performance and promote healthy, vigorous growth. It’s important to amend the prepared soil to ensure that the newly planted trees have the necessary minerals & nutrients.
Simply put, the purpose of soil preparation is to replenish vital minerals and nutrients, as well as break up and loosen any compacted soil.
Sunday, March 4, 2012 at 6:21AM 
The early spring planting season is here, and beginning on Saturday, March 10, we’ll have a selection of cold hardy early spring varieties for sale at the Atherton Mill Market @ 2104 South Blvd. Shop lettuces, spinach, arugula, beets, mustard greens and more. Our seedlings are started using quality open pollinated seed from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds or Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, and raised in a simple grow media made up of perlite & peat moss ; ingredients approved for organic growing by The Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI ).
For a list of seedlings and prices, click to read more
Friday, March 2, 2012 at 8:49PM 
Since it’s inevitable that all wood in contact with the ground contact will eventually rot, the challenge isn’t to try to make it last forever, just as long as possible. Pressure treated pine is great for decks and fences, but not a good choice for building projects like raised garden beds and chicken coops, where there is direct contact with food or animals. Still, these urban farm structures often represent a significant investment, and every effort should be made to make them last as long as possible. Here at Microfarm, we build the vast majority of our projects using various sizes of Western Red Cedar lumber. It naturally resists rot and decay much better than other softwood varieties like Spruce, Pine, or Fir, but will still eventually succumb to the elements. So how do we safely extend the life of cedar garden beds, chicken coops, compost systems, and wooden greenhouse frames that we build?
Friday, March 2, 2012 at 5:57PM ;)
At just five years old, James Funderburk helped dig rocks out of his family’s two acre garden plot on the rural outskirts of Eden, NC. “Everyone in my family would walk through the garden together pulling rocks from the newly tilled soil. My parents, grandparents, cousins…we’d all be out there tossing rocks into a huge pile,” James explains. “Even at that age, I appreciated the quality produce from our garden. I’d take a salt shaker to the garden, and eat tomatoes like they were apples.”
