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Edible Academy 2020

  • Post author:Eric Holden
  • Post published:July 15, 2020
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Edible Academy 2020: That's a Wrap! Kellie socially distances while giving an Edible Academy participant her supplies for the workshop Every year, Urban Harvest hosts Edible Academy (EA), a summer…

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Meet Our Program and Development Manager

  • Post author:Eric Holden
  • Post published:July 13, 2020
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Paula Balbontin Urban Harvest Program and Development Manager Paula Balbontin grew up on a farm in Chile.  She is passionate about using our creative human capacity, affordable technologies, and innovative…

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Gardening and Building Soil on a Budget

  • Post author:Gabriel Borja
  • Post published:May 18, 2020
  • Post category:20 for 2020
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While growing and enjoying the bounty of my garden, my primary focus at any time of the year is on building even more fertility for the next season. The low-cost…

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It’s Time to Plant Cucumbers!

  • Post author:Carol Burton
  • Post published:May 18, 2020
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A pickling cucumbers ready for harvest. When soil temperatures start to warm up above 60 degrees starting in mid-March, it is time to plant cucumbers. Cucumbers are gratifying to grow,…

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Great Tomatoes Every Year

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:May 18, 2020
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Bob Randall with his May 2020 Harvest of backyard tomatoes. By Bob Randall, Ph.D. At our house we taste the wonderful bounty tomatoes offers us very spring.  The reason is…

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Southern Peas & Asparagus Long Beans

  • Post author:Carol Burton
  • Post published:May 15, 2020
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While different from true beans or peas, these summer-hardy legumes nonetheless add nitrogen to the soil, and are high sources of vegetable iron and folate. I like filling in all…

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Salsas that make you Cha cha!

  • Post author:Eric Holden
  • Post published:May 13, 2020
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Spring has quickly turned into the Summer season, and the tomatoes and peppers are all starting to come in . . . which means that it is time to make…

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¡Las Rosas son dulces, las Violetas saludables!

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  • Post published:April 20, 2020
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Todos conocemos el refrán infantil, “las rosas son rojas y las violetas azules”, pero muchos no saben de las propiedades nutricionales que las flores comestibles entregan, además de ser un…

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Roses are Sweet, Violets are Healthy!

  • Post author:Eric Holden
  • Post published:April 20, 2020
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Everyone knows the nursery rhyme, “roses are red, and violets are blue,” but many do not know about the nutritional value of edible flowers, in addition to their beauty and…

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The Magical Compost Story

  • Post author:Eric Holden
  • Post published:April 14, 2020
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What is compost? When organic matter is decomposed with the help of the FBI -- not the Federal Bureau of Investigations -- but Fungi, Bacteria, and Invertebrates, it becomes nutrient-rich substance of such value…

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