Back on the blog again and getting ready for the new season. The difference between where we were last year and this year is amazing. Most exciting news is that we just signed the lease for a 1 acre site called Jean's farm. It has 1/2 acre of tillable land that has been farmed organically for 100 yrs and contains many excellent facilities. The site is part of an 8 acre wilderness area in the  Johnson creek watershed and is IN the city of Portland. A true Urban Farm. It is a real privilege for us to be farming here and to be part of the urban farming history that exists here

The site has some amazing facilities including a Hoophouse, chickens, an open cob pizza oven and a teepee frame no less which we hope to make cozy and comfortable enough for someover night sleepovers at the farm.

We've also been hard at work getting some of our city garden farms ready for the season. During a particularly pleasant Thursday afternoon in February Broc and Moss prepared 'Trevor's yard'. We've been checking on the progress of someover wintering garlic at Jill's which is doing just fine. We've got 900 heads of garlic growing there!

Broc and Moss recently took part in an urban farming  event at the People’s Food Co-op in SE Portland.  It was a community meeting and discussion on the topic of urban farming.  lots of interested people showed up to explore the topic of urban farming and what it means for our community.  We'd like to thank Calliope from Calliope’s Table for organizing this event.  We're sure this is the first of what will be many community efforts to explore and develop the concept of urban farming.