Winter hasn’t even officially started but, believe it or not, it’s time to begin thinking about buying seeds for the spring! Not only can getting your seeds early allow for a jump-start on your spring planting, but onion and leeks actually need to be seeded as transplants in January so they have enough time to size up before being planted out in the garden in the early spring. Crops that can be started early for spring harvests are: broccoli, kale, cabbage, chard, celeriac, celery, collards, scallions, parsley, peas.
Read MoreSeattle Urban Farm Co. Presents at Pecha Kucha Seattle
Pecha Kucha Seattle: Volume 49: Food is Power
For a link to the entire presentation, click here.
AIA Continuing Education Course on Urban Farming
We partnered with local landscape architecture firm The Berger Partnership to create a continuing education course on urban farming.
Planting Beans
Beans, one of the oldest domesticated crops, are a fantastically versatile, easy to grow, and can be highly productive in small spaces. Some beans are eaten fresh in their shell (your everyday snap bean), and some are removed from their shells and dried for long-term storage (shelling beans). Despite the difference in how we eat them, most beans are closely related and have similar growth habits. In our Seattle gardens, we tend to only plant the snap bean type because the shelling beans usually require a longer growing season.
Read MoreSeattle Urban Farm Co. at Living Future Unconference 2013
Cultivating a new urban ecology: Strategies for successful urban agriculture projects
by Seattle Urban Farm Company
ABSTRACT:
Urban agriculture has the ability to promote healthy diets, environmental stewardship, stronger communities and an improved quality of life. By developing economically sound, city-based farming ventures, urban agriculture will play a crucial role in the further development of a sustainable green economy and a more resilient urban environment. During this session, participants will learn how to implement strategies specific to particular types of urban farming projects in order to produce and sustain a project’s unique goals. It will highlight the extensive experience of Seattle Urban Farm Company in designing, building and operating successful urban farm projects.
Plant Spacing: Brassicas
Brassicas are the succulent green bones of every vegetable garden. They are loaded with nutrients and fiber and almost everyone can think of at least one Brassica that they like to eat. Some of the most popular members of the Brassica family are: broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, collards and kale.
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