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I found Ghost Town Farm through Novella's sister, Riana, who is doing her own farm thing in France. Both sisters are amazing women, forging these bountiful lives out of what the universe provides for them.

Although it's not about urban farming, I love http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/ which is more about self sufficiency in a small space. They don't live in the city but are doing their best to grow a lot of what they eat in a small country plot.

Thanks for the great list!

Balcony Gardening has not posted since 2006...why would you put them on the list?

Ooo can't wait to look at these. I really want to check into our town's ordinances about chickens.

I mean, you can leave dogs barking outside all day but some clucking hens are a no-go? Hmmmm...

This post reminded me that I am happy I got my seeds started today...basil, ground cherry, russian sweet peppers, chamomile, mint, lettuces, cilantro, tomatoes...and we'll see what else I end up ordering!

If anyone is interested in open-pollenated, organic seeds check out underwoodgardens.com!

Ooh! I loved Novella Carpenter's book and had no idea she wrote a blog. Thanks for the list!

The eat well guide doesn't have too many listings in my area (they mostly keep pointing me to whole foods), so I use local harvest (http://www.localharvest.org/) to track down farms, csas, and farmers' markets.

I like Wild Suburbia : http://wildsuburbia.blogspot.com

It's all about how to turn your garden into a sustainable, water friendly garden (especially helpful for those of us from Southern California). Plus, the writer has a great vegetable/herb garden goin on. Lots of pretty pictures of wild flowers too--good eye candy1

Great resources! Just in time for our first ever garden experience: http://craftscafe.wordpress.com/2010/02/22/back-yard-project/

Locally we have a great small non profit business 2 Brown Chicks Family Farm http://www.2brownchicks.org/ who help urban gardeners get going with the mission of helping families become self-sufficient. Awesome organization!

If you live in Houston there is a fantastic urban gardening/farming organization - urbanharvest.org

Urban Harvest is incredibly well run and offers classes, organizes community and school gardens, operated an urban farmers market, organizes fruit tree sales (since we are almost a tropical climate).

Thanks for all of the great suggestions. I'd also love to throw Philadelphia's GRID Magazine (www.gridphilly.com) into the mix -- and, if you'll forgive the plug, maybe even www.plantsondeck.com.

Check out Perennial plate at http://theperennialplate.com/
It is a free web show about eating locally for a year in the midwest. It is pretty cool.

My favorite is http://www.greenwala.com. Its a great place to connect with all sorts of like minded green people in tons of different topics.

This was my introduction to what an urban homestead could be: http://urbanhomestead.org/

The Path to Freedom family is absolutely amazing!

Another great site is www.localdirt.com ... allows you to buy, sell, feature and find local food anywhere in the country

I couldn't get the link you provided to the DC urban gardeners to work. Perhaps this is the correct link: http://www.dc-urban-gardeners.com/

My favorite site needs to be included in this list as well. http://www.uBuilderPlans.com

They have lots of information for the beginning chicken keeper, articles on container gardening, small space urban gardening and how to lessons on many self sufficient topics. Really a go to site.