Bay Branch Farm is an urban market garden in Lakewood, Ohio. Our mission is to grow high quality food in a sustainable manner, honoring the soil, the environment, and the people in our community. We seek to share and learn with others interested in urban farming. After a year of building the soil through the addition of compost and planting a cover crop, the couple created 21 beds for planting short cycle crops like lettuce, radishes and arugula following the SPIN.

Saturday, June 24, 2017. A May visit to the State Arboretum of Virginia. Yes, this post is a tad late. In May, we drove to Maryland for the annual Sheep and Wool Festival. My daughter and I spent a drizzly day walking, eating, caressing all the wool, and making friends with so many sheepses! It was such a treat! On the way back to the coastal plain of Virginia, we took the long, meandering route and quite unexpectedly discovered the State Arboretum.

Adding 100 bags of leaves to the garden bed last fall. There are a million ways to garden, and no matter who you ask, they all have different opinions. We decided to give it a try this year, and see how we did. I was very hopeful that it would keep the weeds, particularly the crabgrass, in check. After the Stale Seedbed Method.

Balm of the Earth Holistic Homestead. Balm of the Earth Holistic Homestead.

Om att leva gott i balans med sig själv och omgivningen. Kostomställning- hur gör man? Tillbaka till det goda livet. Men ändå är det tungt. Det är just i de här relationerna som roten till det goda livet finns. När vi slutar streta emot, slutar dra åt eget håll, och börjar fungera samspelt, i symbios med varann så som ekologin i vår natur fungerar, då börjar också det goda livet hägra för var och en av oss. Barnet sover dåligt på natt.

As I write this, I can see Rosie chasing a chicken. My list of unfinished or half completed tasks seems to double every day.