Blogs - Hyperlocavore - A free yard sharing community

99 cents for 6 mini clamps for pvc cold frames

We are total novices (except for Jennifer) in the Jefferson Area Yardshare and we certainly never thought about gardening in the winter, but they say it may freeze and we finally have some tomatoes growing so we want them to survive. So, inspired by the permaculture sisters at

… Continue

Added by Wayne Thomas on December 3, 2009 at 7:25pm — No Comments

Making a yard a place

Leslie Provence in her San Antonio Food Policy Initiative blog writes about the triple bottom line and talks about a workshop she attended at the Community Food Security Coalition meeting in Des Moines, Iowa. A presenter there talked about the need for exactly what Hyperlocavore is encouraging: gardeners creating a community by sharing thei… Continue

Added by Wayne Thomas on November 12, 2009 at 7:36am — 1 Comment

Gleaning Tours

Hello there Hyperlocavores, My name is Katie Ries and I am pursuing an MFA degree in Studio Art (with a concentration in printmaking) from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, TN. In the printmaking world we love to talk about the "democracy of the multiple". I see this concept embodied in traditional prints and ephemera like lottery tickets, t-shirts, and posters, but also in new media like flickr, blogs, and social networking sites (like this one). Both traditional prints and the interne… Continue

Added by Katie Ries on October 29, 2009 at 10:00am — 1 Comment

Anyone in Burlington, Ontario?

I got a hoop house job that could use some volunteers. Barter food, share yields. Upscale residential home near lake Ontario in the town of Burlington, Ont, Canada. Thanks Holdon Lessman 1-914-774-7499 Continue

Added by Holdon Lessman on October 27, 2009 at 10:27pm — No Comments

Planning the garden

I've started buying the materials to make some raised beds for spring, and I've set up a time to borrow the tiller so that I can till in compost if we get a couple dry-ish days so it can sit over the winter. I really need to find some folks to share this with, though, who can help with getting everything into the ground, occasional weeding or help, and harvesting and processing (if there's interest in putting things into preserved forms, anyway) as that comes. I'd like to ask people to contribu… Continue

Added by Cait Macanliss on October 27, 2009 at 4:49am — 3 Comments

Living Country in the City.....

.....that was the name of the MOTHER article that started me off on the whole sustainable living path. I'm in the middle of Austin Tx, a million+ city. I wanted to move to the country and have all those country things, like a huge garden, chickens, goats, etc. Live off the grid, thumbing my nose at "The Man" and all. Then came divorce, and here I was, stuck in the city due to custody issues, altho I did get the house int he settlement. So after trying to live 'urban' for a few years, I realized… Continue

Added by Sun Enge on October 23, 2009 at 7:35am — 2 Comments

Completely WEED FREE . . .organically!

There is a simple way to help you move toward having an entirely weed free garden, organically. The trick is to "treat" all of the primary growing soil of your garden with a pre-emergent that prevents seeds from germinating. Corn gluten is the organic option (has similar effect to that of Preen). With repeated applications you will get to where hardly any seeds will germinate in your soil. But what about all of the veggie seeds you want to plant? The answer is simple. You set aside a small amoun… Continue

Added by Ken Carman on September 30, 2009 at 7:30am — No Comments

Absolute top veggie to grow . . .and why!!

Kale: more than garnish . . . and also a salad green too! Nutrition : Although worldwide, there may be a small handful of plants that are more nutritious, kale rates in the top five of nearly anyone's list. And of course certain veggies may come in higher for certain nutrients . . .but, across the board, kale rates higher as a whole than possibly any other commonly grown veggy in North America. Growing season: Here in southwest Ohio, kale can be seeded outdoo… Continue

Added by Ken Carman on September 24, 2009 at 7:50am — 3 Comments

Chicken Salad with Grapes recipe

Hello everyone! I promised to send LizM this recipe and have already delayed too long, so this might as well be my first post here. Enjoy! Chicken Salad with Grapes and other goodies 2 whole boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 1 lb.) 1/2 cup lemon juice 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 garlic cloves, minced black pepper to taste (Italian dressing can be used in place of above) For tossing into salad: 1 tbsp. lemon juice 2 cups red grapes 1 cup celery, diced 1 minced garlic clove 1/2 c. coarse… Continue

Added by Leah DeSano on September 17, 2009 at 12:08am — 1 Comment

Fire at Soul Food Farm

Hey Folks! If you are able please consider finding a way to help Soul Food Farm. They had a fire recently and could use some help to stay afloat. They are in Vacaville, CA. And provide lovely pasture fed chicken and eggs for their community. These guys are walking the talk. I hope we can help! Continue

Added by LizM - Site Moderator on September 8, 2009 at 8:52pm — No Comments

Let's hear it for nationally local

Yay! I've been transistioning to a lower carbon footprint. I see the wisdom of home grown food. I was among the first to get the synergy engine Prius hybrid. Yesterday the fact got a little bit into my awareness that the materials used to make hybrids, wind turbines, even computers are in fact non-renewable. Not sustainable. I do like the internet. Who is researching for an organic internet? Do we go back to paper and pen? Continue

Added by gini lester on September 8, 2009 at 7:17am — 3 Comments

Pumpkin Update

My pumpkins appear to be doing rather well. I moved my potted pumpkin to the front yard because I could not bear the thought of the the chickens finding a way up to it. The others in the ground are safe for now but are making their way out and need to stretch their leaves. My goal is to train them to go one direction but let's see if they will listen to me. If you check out my pics, you will notice the tomatoes and other happy little plants I have growing. I am yet to have luck growing tomatoes.… Continue

Added by Paula Harris Flores on September 7, 2009 at 8:02pm — 3 Comments

Letter to LizM and Everyone Hi there, this site is pretty great. : ) About me and my little garden…

Letter to LizM and Everyone Hi there, this site is pretty great. : ) About me and my little gardening efforts... I sort of have a little ecosphere here in my little place - my hamsters poop and natural litter feed my worms who make amazing dirt which I use for my little experimental low usage container gardens. All very small and crude, but self-contained at this point. It's been awesome, should take pics of some recent goings on. It's a sort of dream to create easy container garden with a… Continue

Added by Cdin on September 7, 2009 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment

Free Gardening Classes in San Antonio

Interested in free gardening classes? Andrew Willems of Time Dollar House is hosting free classes every week. My friend Paula Orozco and I attended Andrew's class on Square Foot Gardening back in August. He then helped us set up the Square Foot Gardens in our yard and has been an invaluable resource for us. The whole process was easy, fun and required minimal labor (no digging and so far no weeding :) We also recycled! Those dividers in our garden are mini-blinds that someone threw away and Andr… Continue

Added by Brandyn Thomas on September 5, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Living in Place - Part 4

The first three posts on Living in Place brought you up to date on my experiments with these ideas. I can now give a blow by blow as new results come in. Recently, we had a meeting of the Core Group for Transition Westminster/Arvada/Broomfield for the purpose of discovering our common values. We started by trying to answer the question 'Why Transition?' There is an on going discussion by the group in our group pages here on… Continue

Added by David Braden on September 4, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Living in Place - Part 3

In my place most of the people are relatively well off. Most people are not aware of all the forces playing out around and through them. Most people are focused on their part in the set of transactions that create this ecosystem and this economy. And I suppose that is how it has been since the beginning. We each start out completely dependent and learn what our community learned about how to fit – what it takes to survive. And then we focus on finding a place for ourselves and our primary conce… Continue

Added by David Braden on September 3, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Dodrick Evans and Adhana McCarthy on Principles of Permaculture

Dodrick and Adhana, two permaculturists both moved to San Antonio recently, though independent of and unknown to each other before moving here. In this six part video by Jason of OrganicTexas, Dodrick and Adhana share on the principles of Permaculture at the August meeting of San Antonio Sustainable Living. Dodrick's… Continue

Added by Wayne Thomas on September 2, 2009 at 4:03pm — No Comments

Living in Place - Part 2

A large part of my acre is in grass – all kinds of grass – whatever grass decides to grow there. If I were to use this place to produce for the market the incentive would be to plow fence line to fence line and then plant a few high value crops. I might be able to make a profit but I would be diminishing the life process of this place. This place would no longer be able to provide nutrients, and beneficial insects, and native pollinators – all that would need to be imported. Instead, I let most… Continue

Added by David Braden on September 2, 2009 at 1:00pm — 3 Comments

Living in Place - Part 1

The place that I live is short grass prairie. A place is the sum of the sun, and wind, and rain, and rock, and the plants and creatures that live there. Each part interacts with the other parts to make each place unique – but we classify them – and my place is classified short grass prairie. It is a place with too little water and too much fire to grow trees on its own. On its own this place climaxes with grass – disturb it and then leave it alone and it will return to grass. I have lived in th… Continue

Added by David Braden on September 1, 2009 at 12:44pm — 3 Comments

Hyperlocavore at a San Antonio Community Garden Fair

Through s… Continue

Added by Wayne Thomas on September 1, 2009 at 10:21am — 2 Comments

< Previous Post

All Blog Posts (72)