Homesteading

3 members Latest Activity: Mar 14

Making a Bay Area locale into your very own homestead?  Drop in!

Seed Exchange

10 members Latest Activity: Jan 17 Got extra seeds left over from your Spring or Fall plantings? Want to try new types of plants by sharing with your community? Seed Exchange is the…

Organic Gardening

20 members Latest Activity: Mar 17

Post organic garden tips, resources, etc.

Heirloom Tomatoes

9 members Latest Activity: Sep 6, 2011

Discussion of both growing and eating of heirloom tomatoes

photo by photo farmer

Backyard Chickens

27 members Latest Activity: Mar 18 Use this group to learn or exchange ideas, stories, and tips on keeping backyard chickens.

the Barter Box

14 members Latest Activity: Jan 8 Have something to barter? Homemade goods and elixirs? Looking for something in particular? Find and list it here.

Ponds and Water Plants

8 members Latest Activity: on Friday Have a pond or water garden?  Post about it here.

Succulents, Natives, & Drought Tolerant Plants

9 members Latest Activity: Dec 21, 2011 For lovers of succulents, natives, and drought tolerant plants. Trades, cuttings, and discoveries.

Free Fruit

21 members Latest Activity: Mar 11 This group is for people to report public fruit trees and offer bounty from your own trees to people, simply to make sure the fruit gets used!

Veggie Giveaway

9 members Latest Activity: Sep 27, 2011

The Veggie Giveaway program takes donated food that would otherwise go to waste and gives it away to any in-need community members.

Cycling

6 members Latest Activity: Dec 13, 2011 A place for all cyclists in the bay area to discuss bike related events, happenings, knowledge, concerns, trips, etc.

This group has a…

Recipes

14 members Latest Activity: on Friday

Add and share your favorite recipes here.

photo by airship

The Edible Landscape

12 members Latest Activity: on Friday

What have you done with your yard? How have you transformed it into an edible oasis?

Even if it's not all edible, how have you…

Forage Central

15 members Latest Activity: Dec 13, 2011

Use this group (or the related mushroom foraging and fishing groups) to post what you're foraging for, tips and locations. 

Photo…

Kombucha Kitchen

11 members Latest Activity: on Friday Your one-stop shop for all things kombucha

Jams Jellies and Preserves

29 members Latest Activity: on Friday

Use this group to share recipes, tips and ideas.

photo credit: Sarah Gilbert

Fermentation/ Pickling

22 members Latest Activity: Dec 13, 2011

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)

5 members Latest Activity: Dec 21, 2011

Discover the abundant access around us to fresh seasonal fruits and vegetables through CSAs- Community Supported…

Farmers Markets

10 members Latest Activity: Sep 27, 2011

Discover the abundant access around us here in the Bay Area to fresh seasonal fruits and vegetables through Farmers…

Fruit and Veggie Exchange

36 members Latest Activity: Apr 15

You don't have to grow everything...just grow enough to share and trade with your neighbors.  Use this group to gift or barter produce from your…