This Post is still under construction!

It is finally February and here in Pittsburgh PA it is finaly time to start seedlings for the coming gardening season...  This blog post is meant to be a guide to plant propogation and will include as much information as I can squeeze out of my head on the subject...  One of the most important parts of sustainability is food production and you can't produce food if you can't germinate a seed... 

Plant propagation…

I am really excited to be able to say that Pittsburgh will be represented in the new Transition Network film titled "In Transition 2.0". Mark Dixon (Y.E.R.T.) spent a day in our neighborhood filming the farm and gardens as well as conducting interviews with my girlfriend and I and a few of our neighbors. It looked like we were not going to make the final cut, but I recieved an email yesterday saying that they loved the footage and we would be in the film.

Needless to say I can't wait…

As summer changes to fall and the growing season ends I grow tired of gardening, but within a week or two cabin fever always seems to set in. I am always looking for new and different indoor gardening projects I can pass the cold winter weeks with. Last winter I was eating a meyer lemon that was absolutely full of seeds. I have had several different types of citrus trees in the past but they were purchased in a green house and were quite expensive. I did some research on the internet and was…

A structure will not last forever without human intervention. Mothballing is the technical term for securing a building in an effort to extend the life of the structure. Mothballing is a lot more than just boarding up a building, it can include roof repairs, structural support, and security from human…