Urban agriculture

(Wallyhood welcomes Wallingford resident Barb Burrill, a lady with a lopper and a ladder. Barb is an urban orchard steward in Wallingford for City Fruit and also oversees the recycling/composting program at John Stanford International School. She'll be sharing some tips from time to time on caring for fruit trees and on keeping Wallingford green.) Did you know that Wallingford has its own group of stewards that take care of public apple trees along the Burke-Gilman Trail? A group of Wallingford neighbors (coincidentally,…

September's here, which means it's time to celebrate harvest season at Seattle Tilth's Harvest Fair 2011. The fair is next weekend, on Saturday, September 10, from 10:00am - 4:00pm at Meridian Park, and oh boy, have they outdone themselves this year with an impressive lineup of events suitable for all ages: Urban Livestock Meet folks who raise chickens, goats, and bees and find out what it takes to make milk, eggs and honey. They'll also have a cider press onsite so…

Last week, we told you about Seattle Tilth's city-wide Chicken Coop and Urban Farm Tour.  This week, we get to announce the Wallingford-centric "Birds, Bees, and Maybe a Goat." Cameron Miller, who is helping coordinate this year's Wallingford Walks, invites us all: This has been a very popular event where walkers visit several 'urban backyard farms' in the neighborhood. This guided walk will make stops at homes where the owners keep bees, chickens, ducks, rabbits, goats, as well as grow fruit…

Seattle Tilth announces a self-guided Chicken Coop & Urban Farm Tour, to be held Saturday July 9th from 10am - 4pm. Apparently, Seattle has become known as a national hot spot for chickens and urban farms.   And you want to go to there!  Oh wait, we're already here.  Good for us! The tour offers a chance to visit with neighbors who keep chickens and are creating "urban farms" right here in the city.  Take a look at how people incorporate animals…