Urban Farming: Bites, Nashville Scene

Good, Green and Aromatic at Herb Society Sale

Nicki Wood — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:17:37 -0500

Winter was so mild this year that plenty of the herbs in beds and boxes survived, and all that's needed is plugging the holes with…

Backyard Chickens: An Old Tradition Made New in Nashville

Nicki Wood — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 06:21:04 -0500

I grew up in Green Hills, in a home with a good-size yard that had included a chicken coop until the mid-1960s.

Green Hills…

Sowing the Seed of Garden Plans

Nicki Wood — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:59:25 -0600

There are other seed catalogs, but I'm partial Pinetree Garden's catalog.

A friend of a friend swears by Pinetree and after last year,…

Buy "Fruit Bonds" To Fund a New Pick-Your-Own Orchard Inside Nashville

Nicki Wood — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:21:46 -0600

Mind you, it's just an experiment, what with all the "ifs," but if the "fruit bonds" being sold to fund Stewart Orchard sell…

Roosters for Sale, Cheep

Nicki Wood — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:42:36 -0600

Spotted on craigslist, this plaintive ad (now removed by its author) tells a story. It's a story about love, and birds. About urban farmers and…

Chef Frohne Needs People to Get Their Hands Dirty

Jim Ridley — Wed, 11 May 2011 15:05:00 -0500

If you're intrigued by the urban farming movement but aren't quite ready to take a Bobcat to your sidewalk median, here's a way to test…

Innovations Issue: From the Farm to the Table

Tracy Moore — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:22:40 -0500

This week's cover is our second annual Innovations Issue, where we dug around for a bunch of stuff that middle Tennesseans came up with…

Anita Hartel, Tomato Apostle, Brings Heirlooms to Midtown

Nicki Wood — Tue, 11 May 2010 13:38:25 -0500

Anita Hartel, co-chef/owner of mAmbu, loves tomatoes so much that she occasionally gets carried away. This year, she bought seeds of more than 40 varieties…

Breaking Down the Break Down of a Green Takeout Box

Nicki Wood — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 08:32:35 -0500

A tasty reuben with haricots verts came home from 12South Taproom in a compostable box from Eco Products, made from sugarcane and supplied…

Breaking Down the Breakdown of a Green Takeout Box

Nicki Wood — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:32:35 -0500

A tasty reuben with haricots verts came home from 12South Taproom in a compostable box from Eco Products, made from sugarcane and supplied for…

Winter Garden Dreaming -- It's Not Too Early

Nicki Wood — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:27:33 -0600

Daffodil alert! Well, daffodil foliage anyway, has managed to pry open the frozen soil and point up a green middle finger at the last of…

Belmont Hosts 'Fast Food Nation' Author on Monday

Nicki Wood — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:24:39 -0600

Fast Food Nation author Eric Schlosser will speak at Belmont University on Monday. The event is at 7 p.m. at Belmont Heights Baptist Church, 2100…

Square Foot Garden Box Score

Nicki Wood — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:27:39 -0500

Carrington last week noted her success with a certain small pepper in her garden. Gardening write-ups are like pictures of people's grandchildren…

Urban Farming: Welcome to the Pepper Mill

Carrington Fox — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:08:27 -0500

As my inaugural season as an urban farmer concludes, I'm making a few notes of things that worked and things that didn't work.…

Urban Chicken Supporters Protesting Possible Bird Ban

Carrington Fox — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:49:35 -0500

After voting down a proposal that would allow urban farmers to raise limited numbers of chickens, Metro Council is preparing to vote on…

Pretty Maters All in a Row

Carrington Fox — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 06:06:08 -0500

Aren't they beautiful! If the squirrels didn't actually rearrange the little garden tags, then the tomatoes pictured above are from plants that…

Council Considers Chicken Bill Tues., Sept. 1

Carrington Fox — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:53:32 -0500

With the Metro Planning Commission recommending passage last week of a bill that would allow poultry in the Urban Services District, a yes vote from…

Ugly Tomatoes Rear Their Heads at the Farmers' Market Saturday

Carrington Fox — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:41:42 -0500

If the tumescent, scarred pink-and-green fruits in your garden are enough to make you reconsider the merits of modified-atmosphere-ripened genetically engineered tomatoes,…

Schoolhouse Gardens Rock, a.k.a. How to Make Kids Love Eggplant

Carrington Fox — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:14:10 -0500

The Wall Street Journal recently posted a story entitled "Vegetable Gardens Help Morale Grow," detailing the benefits of employee agricultural projects…

Cucumber Crunch Time

Nicki Wood — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:01:46 -0500

The cucumber vines looked so small when we planted them. Now just three of them in the Square Foot kitchen garden…

Chicken Twessay Contest: And the Twinners Are...

Carrington Fox — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:13:50 -0500

When the Food Security Partners of Middle Tennessee invited urban-chicken advocates to tweet the case for allowing chickens in the urban district, dozens…

This Year's Blueberry Crop

Nicki Wood — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:11:56 -0500

You're looking at it, fellow urban gardeners. Needless to say, it did not overwhelm the kitchen in quite the same way that cucumbers, beans and…

Urban Farming, Ch. 16: Finally, a Use for Banana Peppers

Carrington Fox — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 06:12:57 -0500

Following up on an earlier Bites thread that may as well have been titled "What Good is a Banana Pepper, Anyway?"…

Cluck, Cluck? Tweet, Tweet. It's a Chicken Twessay Contest.

Carrington Fox — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:51:43 -0500

Boy, I said boy, it's an essay contest. But it's on Twitter, so naturally, it's a Twessay contest. And the subject is urban…

Tea Time: Give Plants a Cuppa Compost

Carrington Fox — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:21:24 -0500

There's nothing like a stiff cup of Earl Grey to put a spring in your step in the late afternoon, so why shouldn't…