Have you ever wanted to have 30,000 little furry pets? How about endless pollination for your vegetable garden? What about a natural sweetener that you can add to just about every food? (honey on pizza anybody?). Then honeybees are the perfect hobby (and pet) for you :) Julia Cross, HOPE Springs Director with a frame from their bee hives. Here at Urban Roots, we have two honeybee hives that add to the biodiversity of our farm and that we harvest local honey from. We also help care for two...

Once the summer harvest has come to an end and all your crops have frozen with the first cold nights of October, my guess is you and your garden are ready for a break! Summer crops use up key nutrients like nitrogen and potassium in the soil. As gardeners, we can also feel “used up” at the end of summer after harvesting our 20 th giant zucchini, lugging pounds of heavy tomatoes (if you’ve over planted like I often do), or killing squash beetle after squash beetle. Fall...

The truth is, we all love talking about ourselves. And while the ever-popular trope of kids shutting down and wanting to share less and less may be intimidating as a parent, setting aside specific time at the end of each day to connect and share can be a beautiful way to learn more about them. Taking a few moments, fifteen minutes or half an hour to put down all electronic devices and share tidbits about the day can bring a family closer together. At Urban Roots, we do this at the end of...