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Slideshow with pictures from the farm
I’ve created a slideshow on the urban farm book page if you would like to see some pictures of the farm we created through this summer. It was a ton of hard work form dedicated Americorp VISTA members...
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Bananas for bananas
So, one downside of my thriftiness is that I, on occassion, buy things when they are on sale that don’t always work out. But, in my defense, it’s not always my fault. For example, last week I bought...
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Urban Agriculture update
If you are on Facebook with me you’ll have already seen these, but I wanted to share them anyway. One of the big initiatives I’ve been working on over the past year or so is a plan with the city to...
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New URL
Just wanted to let you all know that if you are so interested you can get to my blog via www.fatguyonalittlebike.com. It will redirect you to the blog address. Matt
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Changing maturity
Not my kids but you get the idea... Lately I’ve been struggling with the fact that my kids are growing up and they want more freedom. But it is soooo stressful. We’ve been letting them walk home from...
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Urban Farming videos
Another video about being a Greenhorn. Very inspiring video. Coe College will be showing this full movie at 3PM on Nov 5th at a film festival. I’ll be speaking at a panel following the movie about...
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Paleo apple fritters
Well, sort of Paleo. I have a plethora of apples sitting on my counter and I had a hankering for something special so I made some apple fritters. I followed this recipe and just substituted gluten...
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Boiling potatoes in the oven
Did you know that you can boil potatoes in the oven? Intuitively it makes sense. The oven is a heat source and it boils liquids. But I had never tried it, until tonight. We had to be out of the...
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Parenting rules
I happened to be reading the Zen Habits blog today and saw a great post on kids. I thought I would share it here. It’s about how to effortlessly raise kids. It got me thinking. His 10 rules are the...
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Ted conference presentation about Urban Farming in LA
Check out this video of a unique service in LA that farms backyards for people who want the fresh food but don’t want to do the work. I’ve also heard of SPIN farming people doing this same thing in...
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