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Comment by Patti Newman on June 6, 2009 at 4:38pm

My husband and I rent in the Old Town area. We are trying grow tomatoes and peppers in 5 gal. buckets. So far the are doing well. But I am also intersted in very small scale composting to support our container gardening experiement! Any suggestions?

Comment by Melinda Potcher on April 29, 2009 at 9:05pm

I have about 100 volunteer morning glories starting in my veg garden - if anyone wants them, come get 'em. corner Anderson & Wellesley

Comment by Sandia Shirts on April 29, 2009 at 8:44pm

Born and raised in ABQ we are carrying on the Urban Farming tradition in our tiny backyard in NYC. Pole beans, spinach, arugula, lettuce and anything else that grows with only a few hours of sunlight/day. Gotta love it!

Comment by QueenofGeek on April 2, 2009 at 5:31pm

I have a huge clump of catnip in my backyard. Cat died, so I'm going to plant mint (go mojitos). Anyone want it? I guess there's about a square foot of it back there, pretty established.

Comment by Crista on January 4, 2009 at 11:28pm

Farmers and supporters: Check out "replies" to the announcment of the GMO Conference above, OR my personal Blog, for an in depth reporting of the conference. The small farmers and possibly the entire Green Chili economy is in potential danger if GMO's are not kept in-check in New Mexico.

Comment by Michael Bernstein on November 1, 2008 at 6:38pm

Check out Albuquerque Food Shed News - my entry proposal in the Knight News Challenge.

Comment by Kemper Barkhurst on August 26, 2008 at 7:34pm

You might try the Urban Chicken group here on DCF or Craigslist is always a good place to look. If your looking for chicks there are several feed stores in the valley.

Comment by molly on August 22, 2008 at 2:04pm

Where can i get a couple chickens?

Comment by Izquierdo on June 27, 2008 at 3:16pm

Speaking of bees, as someone has, I've noticed this spring that we have hardly no insects in Bosque Farms, even along the drainage ditch where I live. I have a Rocky Mountain Bee Plant or two blooming, which, in most years would have 15 or 20 species of insects plus humming birds swarming around it, but especially honey bees and bumblebees. There are none this year. Not at noon, not in the morning, not in the evening. No butterflies. No moths. I'm thinking that mosquito spraying has crashed the insect population. Although the barn swallows in a nest on our porch managed to produce five chicks, I don't know where they got the food. A couple of martins started to nest here and then left. We have robins but they eat worms and crabapples. But the lack of honey bees scares me. We are within a half mile of a bee farm and still no activity. Also, I've noticed that there are no mosquito-eating fish (gambusia) in the drainage ditch, where they have been every year for generations. Anyone noticing anything similar to this?

Comment by simeona gardenaire on May 7, 2008 at 12:21pm

urban gardeners from the NYTimes

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/dining/07urban.html?_r=1&oref=login

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