Minnesotans Plan for a New Kind of Growing Season in 2023
Following a successful election night for Democrats in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, Minnesotans are looking, for the first time, at the...
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Our Urban Farms
Sep 21, 2022
Pizza Oven/Hot Tub v 2.2 is Making Fall More Beautiful
As 2022 comes to a close and temperatures begin to drop, we are being extra appreciative of the updates and changes we have made to make...
Our Urban Farms
Aug 5, 2022
Introducing Daphne and Josephine and Updates from the Farm
We are thrilled to introduce you to Josephine (the Blue Australorp hen on the right) and Daphne (the Welsummer on the left). They are...
Our Urban Farms
May 23, 2022
Climate 'Doomism' is Real. Nay-sayers are Unrealistic.
A recent blog from BBC.com suggests that the surging numbers of people who have given up hope that humans will be able to save themselves...
Our Urban Farms
May 2, 2022
The Predators Among Us Are Not All the Same and What That Means for Society
Our Urban Farm's back yard was recently the target of a fox attack. It happened during daylight hours when our hens have free run of the...
Our Urban Farms
Mar 29, 2022
We are Back and Baking!
Wow! What a winter that was! We here things in Minnesota were pretty brutal and we were happy to have been away, taking our sourdough...
Our Urban Farms
Nov 4, 2021
Enjoy Yoga at Our Urban Farm
Wow! What a year it has been! Those who follow the goings on at Our Urban Farm know that we have been adding a lot of new things. This...
Our Urban Farms
Oct 25, 2021
Edible Decor - What Yoga Studio Would be Complete without it?
There has been a LOT going on at the Farm this fall. After our most abundant harvest ever we are getting ready to settle in for the...
Our Urban Farms
Oct 8, 2021
What We Can Learn About Food From Our Pets
Our pets live really long lives. Really, really long. "Ripper," a sweet Grey Tabby, and "Chico," a Chihuahua rescued in Jefferson's...
Our Urban Farms
Sep 21, 2021
New in the garden this year: Grapes!
We are always looking for new ways to expand our 'urban farm' with new plantings and new learning. This year, we were excited to find a...
Our Urban Farms
Sep 18, 2021
With Nature, Expect The Unexpected
Over the years, we have learned that nature is a very complex system and can offer unexpected results. This year, we were surprised to...
Our Urban Farms
Aug 27, 2021
Signs of the Times
Out on a recent stroll in the neighborhood I (Mike) saw some signs in a yard that made me laugh out loud in a kind of tragic irony sort...
Our Urban Farms
Jul 6, 2021
Garlic Worship
If you know anything about us at Our Urban Farms, you know we worship garlic. It is the life force that makes our sauces and salsas the...
Our Urban Farms
Jul 1, 2021
We Are Not Helpless Victims of the Climate Crisis. We are the Cause of it.
As we prepared this blog post, both the east and west coasts of the USA have been engulfed in record-setting heat waves, the likes of...
Our Urban Farms
Jun 24, 2021
You Don't Need as Much as You Think
When people tour Our Urban Farm, they are always surprised by how small it is and, at the same time, how much is in it. The fact is that...
Our Urban Farms
Jun 21, 2021
Another Must-Watch Film: the Biggest Little Farm
We recently wrote about the film Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet. Then we watched another must-watch film, the Biggest...
Our Urban Farms
Jun 20, 2021
Must Watch: Breaking Boundaries - A Netflix Original Documentary
As I type this, the western United States is engulfed in a record-breaking heatwave and drought. At the same time, sea levels continue...
Our Urban Farms
May 31, 2021
Building Community Post Social Distancing
As Summer of 2021 begins to take hold, and the whole world begins to open up to a post social distancing world, it is a great time to...
Our Urban Farms
May 18, 2021
Our Urban Farm Open House
Join us for our 2021 Open House to learn about all sorts of things you can do to live more sustainably, from growing your own food,...
Our Urban Farms
May 5, 2021
Cooperating with Nature and Animals
We frequently talk about how much our chickens help with our gardening. One example: Earlier this year, when the snow was melting and all...
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