Fig Jelly is Delicious As you may remember, a couple weeks ago I demonstrated how to can (or more properly called jar) fig – cayenne pepper jelly.  It worked out great for my first jelly.  It [read more]

It’s a Happy Hour!!! Who? The Austin Growers Guild, FOOGS, Karpophoreo Project, Hogg Farm and friends! What? Happy Hour Social Where? Houndstooth Coffee – 4200 N. Lamar When? Friday, [read more]

The week itself is not over, but the effort en-masse has come to a close.  I’d like to thank everybody who was able to make it out and lend a hand this week as we got so much more done than [read more]

Thank you so much to everyone who came out and helped make day one of clean up week here at UP something sweet.  We made some great headway clearing out all the beggar’s lice in the back and [read more]

It’s clean up week! Yesterday (Happy Independence, btw!) marked our first anniversary here at Urban Patchwork (happy birthday UP!!!) and we’re still moving strong. We have decided to [read more]

Dear friends of Urban Patchwork. I’d like to do some of our friends here in the Crestview neighborhood a favor and pass along a spot of information: Brentwood Elementary School (6700 Arroyo [read more]

Break It Down I just wanted to call upon you for a bit of support for a good friend of mine and a fellow in the great world of farming.  He recently started a composting business in Austin, TX, [read more]

Our spring harvest season is just a couple weeks away and Paige and I are busy little bees out on each of our farm plots tending to all the veggies that we have in the ground.  Oh how we love to [read more]

Chicken or Rooster? It all happened because we got an e-mail that said an area feed store had a handful of Barred Rock rooster chicks that they were trying to give away.  Now we have some more new [read more]

Chicken Coop Workshop Postponed until April 10th Rain is bittersweet! Tomorrow there is a 70% chance of rain in the morning which foils our “Old Stuff New Coop” building in the park [read more]