Garden plan and Great Urban Homesteading website

So, I had to take some bereavement time to get over the fact that I can't keep chickens in my town, although I know of 2 homes not far from my home that do!

Back before I was handed the bad news, I took pics of my garden spot and dreamed about where I would place things. First the beds.

This picture shows you my idea of how things will look in the near future. So far I have the beginnings of the bed on the left (green area). The brown area is the walking/working path. I'm going to compost in the bed to the right.

I've also X'd out the trees that need to be removed before spring. Can you say "Honey-do list"? Hubby won't let me play with tools just yet. There is a reason why I'm referred to as Lucille Ball sometimes. :-)

While reading a blog by Paul Gardener that was linked from the Grit Magazine web site I found an awesome link to an Urban Homesteading page - Path to Freedom. Both pages provide a lot of information for those of us just starting out journey to being as self-sufficient as possible. I think it's interesting that having a little farm and growing my own food has been a little dream of mine all along, and now with the economic times a LOT of folks are getting into this. So for those of us that are new to urban farming, there is a plethora of information out there to get us started!

One more note before I sign off. I have friends in Kentucky who have lived this way all their lives. They tried it on their own, away from family, for many years. But having kids and getting them to and from school and then the fact that both parents have to work (he works full-time and she works part-time) made it very difficult to live. So they've recently moved to her family farm and are so happy! We visited them over the Christmas holidays and all 5 of them were so jubilant! They are my models for my little farm. You can visit their farm web page to see what they are up to. Their farm is called Atwood Village Family Farm.

Next topic: What to plant? Hmmmmm......