Calendula flowers, also known as marigolds, are not only beautiful to look at, they’re edible, too! Ingesting calendula is purported to heal a myriad of ailments, including but not limited to sore throat and cough, menstrual cramps, muscle spasms, stomach and intestinal ulcers, measles, smallpox, jaundice, and cancer. Whether any of that is true, the…
Category: Urban Farm
An Ode to My Chickens
Today is World Egg Day, so I wanted to take this opportunity to celebrate my pet chickens. At first when the fiancé said he wanted to have chickens on our little urban farm, I was very much against it. I had already started reducing my consumption of animal products, and I had read that chickens…