Fall Gardening Tasks – Feed Your Community, Feed Yourself and then Feed the Soil
It’s that time of year again when harvest aprons swell and kitchen counters overflow with late season garden goodies. My fridge is stuffed with pole beans, hot and sweet peppers, tomatoes, kale …
Our Mission: To INSPIRE Urbanites to Grow Their Own Food and Reconnect With Nature
As BUFCO heads into its fifteenth year, I reflect back on our metamorphosis from mindless consumers to conscious producers. We were driven by a need to connect with the land, to get back to ba…
Why I Grow My Own Food
Why do you grow your own food? This was a question I posed to workshop participants this winter. I was not at all surprised to hear the wide variety of enthusiastic answers. Take a deeper dive int…
Straw Bale Gardening
We are always looking for new ways to garden in underutilized urban spaces, and our yard is the perfect venue for experimentation.
We operate in the corner of a parking lot in a pretty industr…
Down the Rabbit Hole: The Year of Growing Food for my Bunny
Between BUFCO’s staff gardens, my CSA share from Luminous Ground Farm, my own produce needs are sufficiently met. But this causes two problems (1) my own backyard gets neglected, (2) the cutest …
Bee-Friendly Garden Care
Can our urban perennial gardens provide an opportunity for ecological conservation? We truly believe so! Traditionally, the focus of ornamental gardens has been mainly aesthetic and little tho…