The Urban Dirt Farmer

We have a small "side yard" off of our main back yard area. It has mulch in it, which is apparently catnip for dogs, of which we h...

It's been a while since I've updated the blog and thusly I apologize sincerely to our many (two) blog followers. So when last we tal...

With Fall upon us, we have to get moving on our transition from urban crop growers to landscapers. The cowpeas and buckwheat in the front ya...

Both our buckwheat and cowpeas we planted back in June are almost completely matured and ready for harvest. Now since we're using them t...

I'm not sure how they got their name, but I love them. Texas Mountain Laurel is an evergreen shrub/tree that is very hardy (once establi...

We have another part of our property that was just beat to hell when the house was being built. The ground got so compacted that it looked l...

Say cheese Buckwheat! Oh, own it, Buckwheat. Give me some emotion! Make love to the camera!

Uh. So our front yard has some buckwheat in it. This is after about 4 weeks of growth. The highest plants are about 3' tall. The stuff t...

According to several sources, Buckwheat is a very good ground cover/soil builder. After learning that the buckwheat these sources spoke of w...

After the dustbowl fiasco, we spoke briefly with our landscaper who wasn't really on board with supplying us with a new supply of buffal...