February 13, 2014 • Backyard Chickens, Beekeeping, Classes, Community Events, Education, Eliza, Farm Stands, Farms, Garden Tour, Local Permaculture Sites, Things to Do

How to Get Our Email Newsletter

Who else can’t wait until spring? I mean, besides our dog… We thoroughly enjoyed this week’s token snow of the year, but we’re just as excited about next week’s projected highs in the 60s! Spring fever has bit hard and we have so many plans for an urban farm open house, plant sale, workshops, classes, and more! You may already…

May 23, 2012 • Backyard Chickens, Beekeeping, Community Events, Education, Flowers, Fruits, Garden General, Green Living, Green Philosophy, Herbs/Spices, Indoor Food Gardening, Nature, Seasonal Food, Things to Do, Vegetables

How to Attend Classes at Appalachian Feet

The Greenville Urban Farm Tour is over for this year and we hope our visitors went home inspired to make their own green paradise. During the UFT, we set up an “ask the site owner” table in our garden and one of the most frequent questions was, “do you consult and when are you going to offer classes?” How about…

May 8, 2011 • Backyard Chickens, Beekeeping, Canning, Catalogs/Nurseries/Sources, Charity/Causes, Community Events, Compost & Amendments, Education, Farms, Flowers, Fruits, Garden DIY, Heirlooms, Herbs/Spices, Intensive Space Gardening, Kitchen Gardens/Potagers, Local Eggs, Local Honey, Microclimates, Orchard Trees, Ornamental Edibles, Soil & Fertility, Things to Do, Vegetables

How to Feel Inspired by an Urban Farm

Our city’s Urban Farm Tour is over for this year and by all accounts was a great success — GOFO sold out of tickets early in the day and had to scramble to print even more of them! I hope everyone who toured came away feeling inspired, I was so impressed by all the enthusiastic visitors we met at our…

April 23, 2011 • Backyard Chickens, Beekeeping, Charity/Causes, Community Events, Cooking & Preserving, Education, Flowers, Fruits, Garden Design, Garden DIY, Green Living, Herbs/Spices, Intensive Space Gardening, Irrigation, Kitchen Gardens/Potagers, Livestock, Nature, Orchard Trees, Things to Do, Vegetables

How to Go to the GOFO Urban Farm Tour

Urban Farm Tours (a collection of sites featuring intensive city gardening) are becoming more common these days. You may have a great one near you (if so, post the link in the comments!) Those of you in the upstate South Carolina area can check out the brand new Urban Farm Tour hosted by GOFO (Greenville Organic Foods Organization). If you’ve…