Yesterday, we got a thick envelope from the Columbus City Board of Health saying that it’s come to their attention that we may be raising chickens, and that we need to either get rid of them or go through their application process to get a license. Included in the envelope […]
Monthly Archives: May 2012
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Last year, I planted probably a couple hundred feet of onions in the spring, but the weeds got so thick I didn’t even see the onions anymore. I thought they had died. Not realizing that onions are a biennial, I got excited when I saw onion sprouts popping up in […]
“When the constrictor clenches its coils around you, become mist.” A farmer in an adjacent county, having heard about my chicks getting stolen, offered to lend me money for more and also offered to raise the chicks for their first few weeks. I thought it sounded like a good idea, […]
I tell people about the necessity of urban agriculture, how having several small farms scattered throughout a city strengthens its food security, especially in times of crisis. If you think about Katrina or any other huge disaster where people had a hard time getting what they needed, it’s always the […]
As posted on the back of my hen house today, in case the rain ruins the sign before you get to read it: Thank you for letting out my hens. If you do so again, please shut the gate. There are red foxes on this property that hunt during the […]