Welcome to our very firsts episode of The Urban Permaculture Podcast! You can find The Urban Permaculture Podcast on all major podcasting platforms such as Spotify. To listen on Spotify click HERE.
In this episode, Heather talks about all of the things we are currently doing and currently have planned for Hogs and Hens Urban Farm.
Currently, Hogs and Hens Urban Farm raises a huge variety of fresh vegetables, fruits, and herbs. In addition to that, we currently have a worm farm set up to make our own organic compost through vermicomposting. We are adding a flock of laying hens to our farm in the spring of 2023, as well as expanding to include an apiary where we will be raising honey bees. In addition to these, we have a small ornamental pond on the property with a variety of comets living inside it to help prevent mosquito breeding.
We recently purchased two vacant lots that are connected to our current property and we are beginning our very own permaculture food forest on that property that will include fruit and nut trees, expand our berry patches, and have large areas of perennial edible plants. We will also be adding a pond to this property at a later date.
Hogs and Hens uses integrated pest management practices in addition to employing a no till method of gardening. Everything you find on our farm is organically grown, and we create our own compost to use to amend our soil.