Links of Interest #3

Crafts/Projects/Ideas
Recycled Barrel Planter
10 Modern Planters for Narrow Balconies
DIY Produce/Farmer's Market Bags - I love these!
Gardening with Kids

Gardening Tips
7 Kitchen Waste Items to Use in the Garden

Articles
Massachusetts looks to require residents to compost - Cambridge is making strides in this direction, as residents can drop off compost at the recycling center!
A Farm in a Shop
The True Cost of Tomatoes by Mark Bittman
Urban Chickens: Frugal Fad or Pricey Pastime? - I still think it would be worth it!
Getting the Most Out of Your CSA/Book Review The City Cook

How-To

Terrarium Tutorial from ModCloth

To-Do
10 "Watch Now" Food/Garden Movies on Netflix - I have seen and recommend Kings of Pastry and The Garden

Food & Drink
Spank Your Herbs - to make cocktails garnishes perform double-duty in appearance and taste.

To Buy
Culinary Herb Wheel - a go-to guide about using herbs

Blogs of Interest
Food in Jars - recipes, book (includes small batch canning info)

Book Review: Farm City-The Education of an Urban Farmer

This winter, during a brief stroll through a local bookstore, a book title caught by eye - Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer by Novella Carpenter. As I am not one to buy a lot of books, I immediately requested it from my local library!

I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in food, gardening, farming or wanting a good laugh! Novella's amazing memoir will inspire any city dweller with her 'anything is possible' attitude as she transforms a vacant lot in an Oakland (California) ghetto into a FARM - with geese and rabbits and bees - oh my!

To follow Novella's current adventures (and about her new book due out in early 2011) visit: http://ghosttownfarm.wordpress.com/

I also found out that there was a Boston Globe article last summer!