A Ten Session Course in Urban Farming and Small-scale Grain Production
When: Every other Saturday, June 5 to October 23, 8am-3pm
Where: Various farm plots around Southeast Portland, plus suburban & rural country acreages.
Topics to be covered:
* Year-round vegetable growing and harvesting in the Cascadian bioregion
* Staple crops: Planting, cultivation, [...]
Steve Swanson is the author of “Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades”, one of only three must-read books for Cascadian farming. (The other two are the “Maritime NW Gardening Guide” from Seattle Tilth and “One Straw Revolution” by Fukuoko.
I have been using variations on Steve Solomon’s Complete Organic Fertilizer (COF) since
2005, in many different [...]
For those who don’t know, Sunroot Gardens is an urban, bike-based agricultural operation that grows produce and staple crops for people who invest $ and for people who invest land/labor/goods & services. There’s much TALK about “sustainability”, barter economy, growing food-for-survival, etc. Sunroot Gardens is ACTION on these items, seriously, as [...]