Here comes Max, the alpha male.

Buffalo Ranch

Ummm, I'm more hip and urban than. . .

I am at the Buffalo Ranch in Hanover, Michigan. Though I recognized the wood furnace outside the buildings, I didn' t recognize this farming. . .and well it ain't for sissies.

These buffalo are raised for meat. They are vegetarians and not hippies. They have three stomachs. The hair on the buffalo is a little softer than wool. Buffalo live for 40 years. These ladies and gentlemen eat corn, hay, and grass.

They eat free range on 240 acres of land. It is much more sustainable than other steer. And even though they have names, they are taken in young and slaughtered. They don't have a lot of fat on them so eating them is better for you.

Now that was hip!

What's growing?

Ask me what's growing and I'll tell you, nothing.

But my nothing is different from yours. After digging out the compost, I start looking around.

I feel like I started late. And then there is the stuff growing that looks like I planted, but I can't identify it.

Omg! There's got to be something hip about that right?

The answer is. . . .

Searching for meaning in a blank canvass

I was looking for a blank canvas from which to begin last year. So I created a blank canvass and nothing is growing there.

What is the meaning of this?

The squirrels have dug up my newspaper mulch. And nothing. . .no beans.

On the other hand, the place where I have done nothing. .  it grows freely.

There must be some other meaning other than I am not a landscaper.

Eh, maybe I'll throw some onions in there.

That'll be hip.

Urban Farming in Detroit.

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DkEPs3Ta-6eg&v=kEPs3Ta-6eg&gl=US

What's the good news?

It's Easter weekend and I'm newspaper square foot gardening!
So, I told you how I plan it. Here's what it looks like.
Those pieces of newspaper are laying on dirt and I just watered the seeds I planted in the squares for lettuce and beans. I used those landscaping fabric pins to hold the paper down. Now, when those plants come up, I'll take up the pins.

Yep, newspaper mulch will help keep the weeds down and keep the soil wet. I'll post more as things grow.

Stay hip! Stay urban! Keep farming!

How do you grow it?

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