Edible Academy 2020
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…
Meet Our Program and Development Manager
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…
Gardening and Building Soil on a Budget
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…
It’s Time to Plant Cucumbers!
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,…
Great Tomatoes Every Year
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…
Southern Peas & Asparagus Long Beans
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…
Salsas that make you Cha cha!
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…
¡Las Rosas son dulces, las Violetas saludables!
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…
Roses are Sweet, Violets are Healthy!
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…
The Magical Compost Story
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…