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Urban Farming helping Buffalo

24 March, 201024 March, 2010 Christopher Byrd

(image courtesy of Wilson Street Urban Farm) Great article in the Buffalo News today about urban farming…it features B-F residents Mark and Janice Stevens of

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The Wilson Street Urban Farm Report…

26 January, 2010 Christopher Byrd

On January 9th, the farm manager of a successful CSA called Canticle Farms located Allegany, NY, came and spoke with a group of about 25

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1970s style B-F Urban Farming

23 December, 2009 Christopher Byrd

This is from the personal Chris type B-F archives…taken in the late 1970s in my family’s backyard on Ashley Street…my mom had a pretty large

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Compost Cookout @ Wilson Sreet Urban Farm – 12/19

15 December, 200915 December, 2009 Christopher Byrd

“Composting means the controlled decomposition (decay) of organic material such as yard trimmings, kitchen scraps, and wood shavings. Compost helps the soil absorb and retain

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Hoopin’ it up on Wilson Street

14 December, 2009 Christopher Byrd

(Picture: Wilson Street Urban Farm) Well…the Hoophouse is finished! Check out more pics and get the full story straight from the farm by clicking here—>

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A hoophouse in B-F

17 November, 200917 November, 2009 Christopher Byrd

(Picture – Janice Stevens, WSUF) It is hard to believe that the Wilson Street Urban Farm almost never happened…fast forward from those days earlier this

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Hoophouse raising @ Wilson Street Urban Farm – 11/14/09

12 November, 2009 Christopher Byrd

Event: Hoophouse-Raising Work Day “We will be putting up the hoop house on the farm property with help from the Community Action Organization (CAO).” Start

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Down on the Farm: Garlic

14 October, 200914 October, 2009 Christopher Byrd

(Janice Stevens – WSUF – 10/13/09) I have been slowly working on my garlic crop.  It was somewhat of a disappointment this year, so it

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Down on the Farm, a wedding

5 October, 20095 October, 2009 Christopher Byrd

[nggallery id=53] (click on images for full view – HT Patra Mangus for pics) Though I really don’t know the agricultural history of the neighborhood,

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Down on the Farm: The Joys and Frustrations of Tomatoes

17 September, 2009 Christopher Byrd

(Janice Stevens – Wilson Street Urban Farm) Everyone who has a garden grows tomatoes.  I am no exception.  We usually grow them on a grander

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