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Growing an Urban Garden

May 4, 2012 By Haley 4 Comments

Welcome to Carrots! I'm so glad you're here. This is where I share thoughts on liturgical living, faith, parenting, culture, and an extra dose of Jane Austen. You can sign up for my email newsletter here to stay in touch, or look me up on Instagram!

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Head on over to Raising a Green Family (the blog by Jen and Claire of Ecological Babies) to read my post on growing an urban garden! It’s my first guest post ever and I was so excited to be asked to contribute.

“When we bought our first home two years ago, one of the things we were most excited about was turning our front yard into an urban garden. And we’ve had the best time making it happen! Currently, we’re successfully growing onions, garlic, oats, potatoes, tomatoes, fresh herbs, summer squash, lettuce, swiss chard, peppers, cabbage, and eggplant. Also, despite the raccoons best efforts, we’ve kept 3 chickens alive long enough to provide us with fresh eggs each day. Our reasons for designating our front yard for vegetable beds and a chicken coop included health, frugality, education, and love of good food (although never having to mow again was a motivating factor)…”

Read the rest about how urban gardens save you money, help you eat seasonally, and educate your kids at Raising a Green Family.

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Filed Under: Farm Life Tagged With: ecological babies, guest post, urban garden

Comments

  1. Lois says

    May 5, 2012 at 2:39 pm

    i loved living w/ that beautiful urban garden…though we basically did nothing to help…and that photo of benjamin w/ the kohlrabi is for sure my favorite photo of him. most adults have never heard of kohlrabi!

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  2. Beca says

    May 8, 2012 at 2:40 pm

    LOOK AT THEM GREENS!

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  3. Suzette @ jambalaya says

    August 22, 2013 at 11:20 pm

    Just wanted to say the link is no good anymore. 🙁 Any way you could re-post this in its entirety on your blog?

    Reply
    • Haley says

      August 25, 2013 at 12:52 pm

      I think the Raising a Green Family blog is no longer up. Maybe I can track down my copy of the post and repost sometime! Thanks for letting me know, Suzette!

      Reply

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