I marvel at all the people raising chickens…in the city. My food colleague, Janice Cole, has written a lovely book about it: Chicken and Egg: A Memoir of Suburban Homesteading with 125 Recipes (Chronicle Books, 2011). More about that in another post. Back to the actual animals. Up to the 1960s and 70s in chickens […]
Category Archives: Speaking from the Past
Raised Gardens and a Chicken-Wire Memory
I started gardening in raised beds last year. Special thanks to my neighbor Terry who built them for me! This year I’m adding four more beds. Simple raised bed tips: 1) Use screws, not nails, to connect the boards. They’ll hold together longer. 2) Brace the corners. Before filling with 1/3 peat moss-1/3 vermiculite-1/3 mixed […]
“My Antonia” Onstage
“…a story about the immigrant life and the promise of something more.”