I'm excited about two new additions to our flock - a pair of young muscovy ducks, Homer, a handsome male (called a drake) and Louise, a sweet little tan female (or hen)! Here they are meeting all of the other birds: They didn't waste any time...
We are excited to be participating in the Sustainable Eats Urban Farm Handbook Challenge this month! Annette Cottrell and Joshua McNichols have written a fantastic new book Urban Farm Handbook: City Slicker Resources for Growing, Raising, Sourcing, Trading, and Preparing What You Eat, which my...
It has been a little over 2 months and I am thrilled to say that my little baby book Free Range Chicken Gardens is growing up and is in its FOURTH printing already! Holy hen manure! I still haven't wrapped my head around it. I...
We are excited to have this guest post from Stacy Tornio (www.stacygrows.com) the author of "Project Garden: A Month by Month Guide to Planting, Growing, and Enjoying All Your Backyard Has to Offer" a fantastic new book which includes over 175 activities for the whole...
Here we are entering into a busy spring season already and we have some exciting news to share: First, welcome to our new website! We can now easily update our portfolio and my blog previously named Garden Fowl is now integrated rather than being its own...
I have a funny thing to admit... on the opening day of the show I had to get up at 4am to get ready for a live TV interview and while I was driving to the show I got all teary because I was so happy that the show was finally starting. I could not wait! It is such a huge highlight of my year, I tend to get overly emotional with happiness! I love it, seeing everyone - the people are fantastic, all the hard work put into the show, the garden family reunions and new discoveries and encounters. So much garden love.. I can hardly handle it! I'm looking forward to next year "Garden's Go Hollywood" theme.. the question on my mind, is *will we* or *won't we* build a garden?! Anyhoo, onto a photo album of some fun stuff:
Let me share with you my tried and true chicken garden "tool box" full of accoutrements. Every gardener with a free range flock must have several devices to protect delicate prized plants from potential destruction. Edibles are a high priority in my garden, however the...
[caption id="attachment_1763" align="aligncenter" width="448" caption=""Beep Beep!" says the gigantic loader at the NW Flower and Garden Show during garden construction"][/caption] The Saturday before the big opening of the NW Flower and Garden Show has a way of making me extremely giddy but also raising my blood...
[caption id="attachment_1714" align="alignright" width="384"] With our wonderful clients L-R: Kelly, Cyle, Award, Me, & Greg[/caption] Last weekend I was very honored and proud to accept two Environmental Landscape 'Grand Awards' on behalf of my design/build company N.W. Bloom EcoLogical Landscapes at the annual WA State nursery/landscape...
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