Check out the Fall 2010 issue of Edible Austin, on the streets now.  The Johnsons own a 70-acre organic farm in East Austin, and are living the dream, or living in hell, depending on your perspective.  But I suppose like many of us, both are appropriate descriptors for most days…

Last Friday, part of the BG crew celebrated National Bike to Work Day by strapping an electric weedeater, propane blower, weed bags, and hand tools to our backs and riding to perform our weekly landscaping duties at Austin City Hall.  With some bikes borrowed from the best bike team in town, we enjoyed free breakfast [...]

Ask any organic gardener, farmer, rancher, habitat restorationist, ecologist, agronomist, or organic landscaper – microbes are important.  (See Spring 2010 issue of EDIBLE AUSTIN for more.)  Microbes take a whole corner of the foundational soil triangle:  Microbes – Organic Content (Humus) – Soil Structure.  Beyond that, lack of research lends to a variety of opinions [...]

Jeremy’s second article for Edible Austin will appear in the just released Fall 2009 issue. Through extensive interviews with Austin soil, biology, and ag experts, Jeremy explores how a simple shift in soil management can increase local food production, wipe out greenhouse gases, and recharge underground water resources. 
The interviews were so inspiring, we made some [...]

Somebody likes us! We are giggling like children at the Austin Chronicle’s nod to BioGardener as the “Best Homegrown Remedy for Wartime Gas Prices. Thanks to Chron staff for for this thoughtful recognition! See the entire Best of Austin list at www.auschron.com.

The Austin Chapter of the American Institute of Architects will be featuring 11 Austin homes in it’s 22nd annual Homes Tour on October 6-7, 2007. Over 5,000 people attend event each year, which features homes designed by local architects who help define and translate the needs, lifestyles, and interests of their clients using creative and [...]

By Asher Price
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Monday, August 27, 2007
Mowing lawns is not, conventionally, an environmentally friendly activity. One hour of tending the lawn with a gas-powered mower produces as much pollution as driving your car for four hours, according to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
But a few Austin companies are now trying to make quick lawn [...]