Monthly Archives: December 2010

Build a greenhouse and other stuff on the to do list…

We are back to farm planning in earnest and have added a number of projects and experiments we plan to try next season. Our biggest item involves building a greenhouse! Based on rough calculations, we plan to build a 24′ long x 12′ wide x 6′ high greenhouse. Estimated materials costs will be about $400, […]

It's hard to make compost…and other lessons learned

Now that we have some time to reflect on the season, we thought it might be helpful to share some of the lessons we learned from our first season of urban market gardening. In no particular order, we give you our lessons learned….likely to grow as we continue to plan. Making compost: Don’t get me […]