Afternoon Urban Gardening

As promised this morning, here is the afternoon update on urban gardening with "fresh" links. The first site to highlight in this post is Seattle Tilth. They offer classes and workshops about gardening, urban livestock, sustainable landscapes and more. These are offered at several locations throughout Seattle from April to November so they are reasonably easy to get to. Their mission "is to inspire and educate people to garden organically, conserve natural resources and support local food systems in order to cultivate a healthy urban environment and community." I definitely recommend at least a brief exploration of their website in order to see what is offered and to find areas that are interesting to you.

The second site I would like to feature is the Seattle Urban Farm Company. They do not have a calendar as full of events at the moment as Seattle Tilth but they do offer some services and resources that complement the other sites in today's posts. They have a position currently posted for an "Urban Farming Assistant," a great resource page with links to many different organizations, a blog of their own and the area I found the most interesting was on urban chickens!

I found it interesting when I moved to Seattle that there were as many chicken coops as there are throughout the city as I had never thought of having chickens anywhere other than on a rural farm. Their site has the specific Seattle Municipal Code and information about keeping chickens and other urban livestock within Seattle.

I found so much good information about chickens today I have to wait until tomorrow to share it all. Please remember to check back then to read about this exciting topic!!