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Obvious, Yet Genius.
Where our feet can soak in the dirt and our skin can play in the sun, where sunny valleys and rolling hills covered in green pastures dot the land—this is where we think our food comes from. But how many … Continue reading
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Raised Beds: The French Intensive
Over the last week we have begun work on our raised beds. Following the advice of a fellow gardener, Karen Watkins, we decided to use the French intensive double digging method on our beds. We decided upon this method for … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, City Secret, double digging, farming, french intensive, gardening, Organic, raised beds, Urban Garden
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The Uprising: Part 1
I now present to you the ladies of the City Secret Garden in the sequence of the pecking order: Laughing Warrior, Raven, Sitting Bull, and Chief. At least this was the case when we put them into their nighttime cage … Continue reading
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Gardening With Company
The Taj Ma-Chicken City Secret Garden’s Chicken Tractor No garden is complete without chickens. What they can bring to the garden is more beneficial than just fresh eggs as a scrumptious morning re-fueling—got to get that protein somehow. We use … Continue reading
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The Theory of Layers
It is a known fact that lasagna in Greek literally translates to layers of delicious goodness. While this may not actually be true, I’m sure many would agree that this should have been the case when instead the Romans borrowed the … Continue reading
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Veggielution
Veggielution… if every non-profit had such a name perhaps the generalization that keeping a non-profit afloat is difficult would be done away with. All I can say is that once I saw the name I knew I had to look … Continue reading
Bay area urban agriculture tour!
Because none of us have ever started or run a non-profit urban agriculture project before, we decided it would be a good idea to visit some successful projects with elements similar to what we were planning to implement. What better … Continue reading
City Slicker Farms
There is no possible way to fit a farm in your backyard—and yet City Slicker Farms did just that. The Secret Garden in West Oakland, California, is part of City Slicker Farms and is certainly one of West Oakland’s best secrets as it … Continue reading
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Inspiration
The City Secret project was inspired through two main sources. The first was recognizing the unstable nature of the agricultural system in the United States. This stems from the realization that citizens are dependent upon large independently owned farms, which … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, business, City Secret, farmers, farming, farms, food security, gardening, Organic, sustainability
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