Urban Farm - November/December 2011 - Volume 3 - Number 6

FEATURES
12 Rudimentary Ruminant Recommendations
You can’t leave your goat and sheep care solely up to the vet; the more you know, the healthier your animals will be.
by Karin Pekarchik

22 The No-Soil Solution
The future is now, as hydroponics teaches gardeners that dirt isn’t always necessary to grow great greens.
by Scott Kellogg and Stacy Pettigrew




32 It’s Alive!
Allow your homemade cocktails to impart their own personalities by infusing new tastes.
by Judith Hausman

38 There’s No-Knead to Buy Bread Ever Again
The perfect combination of water, flour and salt results in home-baked bread.
by Erik Knutzen

44 Waste Not, Want Not
I waste food; you waste food; we all waste food. Let’s change our ways together.
by Cherie Langlois

50 Clearing the Dairy Air
The raw-versus-pasteurized milk debate centers on public safety, economics and the freedom of choice.
by Maureen Blaney Flietner

60 Taking (Climate) Control
Manipulate your microclimate areas to fit your gardening needs.
by Chris McLaughlin

70 Orange You Glad You Grow Citrus?
Tired of conformity? Go rogue with your citrus trees and defy their better-known zones.
by Frank Hyman

76 Where Urban Meets Farm: Oh, the Places You’ll Grow!
No one ever said food production had to sit still; these urban farmers combined a little creativity with a little bit of will.
by Lisa Munniksma

86 Urban Farm Road Trip: Asheville, N.C.
Bears, berries, bison and a whole lotta’ vegetables goin’ on.
by Nan K. Chase

COLUMNS
18 Backyard Coop Chicken Names
by Kelly Wood

30 Curbside Tools Hydroponic Hardware
by Scott Kellogg and Stacy Pettigrew

56 Urban Feast Go Greens!
by Amy Cotler

66 Green Thumb Rye Wit and Wisdom
by Frank Hyman

DEPARTMENTS
3 At Farm &Main
5 Mail Slot
6 UF News feed
21 UrbanFarmOnline.com
72 Advertiser Index
82 Urban Storefront
84 UF Connects
92 Marketplace
95 Classified Advertising
96 One Thing by Timothy Carter, Ph.D.

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