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1 Cool Idea: NYC's Floating Farm
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2 10 Great Urban Farms Across the United States
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3 Midday Muse: A Home at the Top of the World
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4 In the News: Farms Sprout in Suburbia
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5 Nice and New: Simrin Farmyard Placemats
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6 Do You Have a Gorgeous View?
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7 Would You Take a Farm Vacation?
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8 On the Market: Field of Dreams Farm
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9 Cool Idea: Ghost Town Farm
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10 Cool Idea: Grain Silo Converted Into Gazebo
While most grain silos in the rural Midwest are put to use storing grain, seed, or silage, this one has a much more decorative purpose. I spotted this silo at the farm where my friends recently tied the knot, and I had to take a closer look. The silo's wire exterior was used as a giant circular arbor. Years' worth of ivy snaked its way to the very top of the structure. Inside, skeletal, Read more
On a rough-and-tumble corner in Oakland's Ghost Town neighborhood, the most unexpected of sights awaits you. Behind a chain-link fence, on an abandoned lot, sits a thriving urban farm. I stopped by Ghost Town Farm yesterday afternoon for its informal farm stand, where preserved lemons, dinosaur kale, and extremely local honey, among other selections, were being sold. The force behind this farm Read more
If the words "If you build it, they will come" make your heart go pitter-patter, I've got one real estate listing that may strike your fancy. The real farm made famous by the 1989 Kevin Costner baseball flick Field of Dreams near Dyersville, IA, is on the market for $5.4 million. For that price, you can call yourself the proud owner of the movie's baseball diamond, a two-bedroom, Read more
If you're looking to get away from it all, Feather Down Farm Days offers family getaways on beautiful US working farms, and its sister sites offer the same opportunities in Europe. So far, there are only three farms on the US list, including two in New York and one in Illinois, but I have a feeling that number will rise in the near future. I love the idea of getting away from civilization and Read more
Who says that farming has to happen exclusively in rural areas? These 10 farms prove that you can grow veggies in any city in the country. Better yet, many of these farms also run substantial education programs, providing city kids with great information about where their food comes from. Check to see if your city's urban farm made it in my slideshow, and then go volunteer! Source Read more
I wish this were the view from my front porch! It's actually the view from a farm stay at a cabin I visited in New Zealand a few years ago. I also love the view from my home's deck, but I've lived in a few other places where the view was less than desirable. What's it like at your casa? Do You Have a Gorgeous View? Yes, it's gorgeous. No, sadly not. Other, I'll tell you in Read more
With the state of the economy up in the air, families throughout the country are putting their vacation plans on hold until things begin to stabilize. Rather than plan a week-long trip to an exotic locale, many are planning extended weekend getaways to locations within driving distance of home. With this in mind, we are beginning a series called "Wee"kend Getaways, highlighting vacation spots Read more
You may not enjoy the scent of cow manure or the sound of a rooster's crow at the break of dawn, but you can still bring a little farm life into your home without counting Babe as one of your dependents. Velocity has introduced Simrin Farmyard Placemats ($36) into its collection of fashionable table linens, and I think they're just the thing to give us all a taste of the old days, short of Read more
The Wall Street Journal's "Green Acres II: When Neighbors Become Farmers" reports that a growing number of Americans are "turning grass into edible greens and maybe even greenbacks," by growing food in their front and backyards. Since 2006, in Boulder, CO, school-bus driver Kipp Nash has "uprooted his backyard and the front or backyards of eight of his Boulder neighbors," and spent his afternoons Read more
I snapped this picture of a small mountain farm last September when I was visiting my brother in the Western fjords of Norway. It is so remote and beautiful. Sometimes I dream about living in a place this far up and away from the bustling urban world. Read more
