Think Spring: Four Reasons for Gardening in Raised Beds

Spring is finally here.  The sun is shining, the birds are singing and people everywhere are getting out into their yards.  Whether you have access to acres of rolling green lawn or just a little extra landing area on the wooden fire stair off the back of your apartment, you have the ability to garden.…

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Replace that lawn with a native plant urban farm

Our native, mostly perennial, urban permaculture farm is entering its second growing season!  The farm started as a patch of dirt in the sideyard of are office and was transformed into an edible landscape.  The ‘bed’ was raised with strawbales from a farm in Warrenville, Illinois and filled with a soil mix from Buy-the-Yard in…

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