Ken, Author at FutureFarming.Org

Cornstalks Everywhere But Nothing Else, Not Even A Bee

I found this article and kept coming back to it, greatly disturbed. I can't say that I'm shocked to learn just how much biodiversity has been destroyed by agriculture, but…

Bubble Wrap Window Insulation

Here's a great tip for insulating your windows to save some energy this winter. I usually have bubble wrap laying around from mailed packages, and other than crafts I really…

Nature's Candy

Want a sweet and tasty snack that your kids might even choose over their dwindling bag of Halloween candy? Dry some apples! You will end up with chewy, unbelievably sweet…

Rethinking the Turkey

Ahh, Thanksgiving. Family, friends, pie, buttons on the pants becoming unbearably tight. It's a harvest celebration, when all the summer crops have been picked, stored, and preserved, and we…

Sprouting an Urban Farm

Hey, Fort Wayne folks! Right here in our neck of the woods, Matt and Ann Merritt are attempting to accomplish exactly what I feel like the future needs for our…

Bittersweet Bites

Because I am very new to the beginning-to-end process of growing food, I don't have a specific--or heck, even a general--mental timetable yet. I don't have memorized, from experience, what…

Moving Away from Chemicals–It's not All or Nothing

Have you heard of the Marsden Farm Study? No? Me neither, until just a couple of days ago. Yet the results of this study are so important, I think they…

3 Sisters Soup

I'm paying homage to the 3 Sisters Garden with some FABULOUS soup! Not too long ago I posted about my visit to the beautiful homestead of FutureFarming. While I was…

Growing the Garden Season–Practical Model of a Suburban Garden

I read this article over a week ago when it was published in my local Sunday paper, and I keep thinking about it, for a few reasons: 1). This guy…

It's Pumpkin Time!

If you caught my blog post from just about a year ago, you might remember that we had a pumpkin patch. It grew from the seeds of a jack-o-lantern, and we…