Farm My Yard

01/19/2025

Our website went down a while back, but it's right here!

A great way to save the planet and eat better!

01/19/2025

Yeah, East Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District!

For farmers residing, working, selling within East Multnomah county, there will be a series three of Farmland Access Fundamentals workshop sessions starting January 23. East Multnomah SWCD, Friends of Family Farmers, Oregon Agricultural Trust, and Rogue Farm Corps are partnering to provide education on farmland leasing, farmland purchasing, and farm financing. Lunch is provided and your registration fee will be refunded after you attend the workshop!

Register today - https://secure.everyaction.com/OfFti1u4YUudVVfz7GCo-w2

01/10/2025

This sounds interesting. https://oregonfarmlink.org/land-listing/lease-1-4-acre-in-ne-portland/

12/28/2024

This hardy plant loves our wet Northwest winters as much as our hot, dry summers.  All parts are edible and medicinal.  Perk up a salad, mixed with chicories, arugula and dandelions.  Or braise the leaves with other tender winter greens like bok choy and mallow.    

12/28/2024

Taste the sunshine from your own garden.

This hardy plant loves our wet Northwest winters as much as our hot, dry summers.  All parts are edible and medicinal.  Perk up a salad, mixed with chicories, arugula and dandelions.  Or braise the leaves with other tender winter greens like bok choy and mallow.    

12/25/2024

What a great gift this course would make!

Last minute gift hunting?  Consider the Year Round Harvest Course, a 9-month course crafted to help you eat from your garden year-round.  Or drop in for the classes that fit your schedule and needs.  

12/12/2024

Prologue One of the reasons I moved to Claremont, California, in 2008 was Claremont’s banning of the gasoline-powered leaf blowers. I detested them long

12/10/2024

An interesting read.

How a federal policy change in the 1980s created the modern food desert

12/09/2024

A fresh-picked salad is a great winter mood lifter!

Aah, the delicious garden-fresh meals that come with…winter?  You know it!  Learn all about it on Sunday.  RSVP here.

12/03/2024

Please share this article widely. Thank you.

Sometimes I ask myself if humans are good or bad or somewhere in the middle. I wonder if we are worthy of the world, if civilization was worth its cost. Then I remember that humans invented the lea…

12/03/2024

Spread the word! Leave the leaves!

Sometimes I ask myself if humans are good or bad or somewhere in the middle. I wonder if we are worthy of the world, if civilization was worth its cost. Then I remember that humans invented the lea…

11/12/2024

The cordless Ego LB6504 leaf blower is quiet, effective, and emissions-free.