As of this writing, I am a non-smoker for a month-and-a-week-plus, after smoking a pack of cigarettes each and every day for almost 30 years. Ridding myself of cigarettes is a wonderful feeling, and I am certain I will be smoke-free for the rest of my life. That certainty — knowing that I will succeed in […]
Continue readingWindowsill Salad Garden
I’m ready for a big, hearty salad out of my own garden — NOW! But my lettuces, although lovely and green, are still rather small. If I picked them all I could come up with one good chef’s salad, but that would be it, and I’m impatient! What’s a girl to do? Sprouts to the […]
Continue readingBeekeeping in the ‘burbs
I’d seen an ad for a meeting about beekeeping in the Homewood Star, a paper and online publication for news and entertainment in Homewood, our little community. The talk would be held at the new Sims Ecoscape site, a plot of land donated to the city of Homewood for ecological efforts by Catherine Sims for the use […]
Continue readingThe Chicken Lady
I’d heard rumors of a woman living in unincorporated Jefferson County near Cahaba Heights who operates a chicken coop rental business. I’ve always enjoyed various types of pets, and as a novice urban farmer I decided to learn about the service; fresh eggs and ready-made fertilizer seem like a fabulous way for a pet to earn […]
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