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Romanesco broccoli - a beautiful equation at Tyrant Farms

Math, plants & beauty: experiencing the Golden Ratio and Fibonacci Sequence

09 Apr 2013 / 3 Comments

Can our sense of beauty—from spiral galaxies to a sunflower—be attributed to mathematical equations? More importantly, how does that math taste? Meet (and eat) the Golden Ratio and the Fibonacci Sequence!

peach tree against blue sky at tyrant farms

Tyrant Farms’ New Perennial Edible Plants

27 Mar 2013 / 8 Comments

Stories from the early stages of an urban food forest – utilizing permaculture methods to grow a beautiful, edible perennial landscape.

Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue – We Eat Them Both and You Can Too

12 Mar 2013 / 4 Comments

Our favorite edible flowers – how to grow and eat a variety of cold and warm-weather flowers, plus fun facts about each of them.

The NEW American Yard: Monoculture Grass Farm or Organic Food Farm?

21 Feb 2013 / 2 Comments

Tired of growing a monoculture grass yard? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. Millions of other grass farmers are fed up too. There’s a better way!

Superschmelz Kohlrabi growing at Tyrant Farms - grown from Baker Creek seeds

1000 Facebook Fans = 1 Tyrant Farms “Thank You” Giveaway!

12 Feb 2013 / 10 Comments

To say thanks for helping us reach 1,000 facebook fans, we’re giving away two awesome prizes from Baker Creek, one of our favorite companies on the planet.

Unsoil Your Dirty Mind: the Story of Soil

27 Jan 2013 / No Comments

Part 1 of the “Unsoil Your Dirty Mind” Series: Why should you care about dirt? What do you get in return? Come find out…

Top Pictures of the Week Woven Into One Tall Tale (featuring a real Mountain Lion)

10 Dec 2012 / 2 Comments

One of the scariest tall tales you’ll ever read… the Tyrant Farms mountain lion story.

How to Process and Eat Your Incredible Edible Pumpkin

08 Nov 2012 / 1 Comment

One of the many benefits of growing your own pumpkins instead of buying canned pumpkin from the grocery store, is that you can eat nearly every part of the plant, including the flowers, leaves, seeds, and flesh. Plus, if you’re like us, you might also enjoy growing unusual heirloom varieties of pumpkins while ensuring that your pumpkins don’t contain any pesticides or other synthetic chemicals that could hurt you or your family.

A Quick Look Inside Your Incredible Edible Pumpkin

29 Oct 2012 / 1 Comment

When picking out your jack-o-lantern pumpkin, make sure that you get one big enough for Jack the Farmer, Lars the Banker, and Abdul the Dictator to each have enough space inside, otherwise they’ll fight each other and prematurely blow out the candle (according to Tyrant Farms’ legend).

[feat img] Sans Souci Community Garden sign

Good Times: the TEDxGreenville Salon at Sans Souci Community Garden

25 Oct 2012 / No Comments

With people like Matt Manley, Neil Collins, and the other Sans Souci gardening members we met (ranging from young children to retirees), it seems pretty clear that this is a place that is reestablishing a shared identity and a true community—with a garden at the center of it all.

Tyrant Farms Nightly Update

17 Oct 2012 / No Comments

Harvested: red rasberries, lemongrass, cilantro, hickory nuts, tea hibiscus, white acorns, red & green mustard greens, red kale, siam queen thai basil, garlic chives, oyster mushrooms, okra, red chile peppers.

DIY: How to Make Acorn Flour

13 Oct 2012 / 1 Comment

While you might not be inclined to go make your own acorn flour after reading this post, perhaps you’ll understand why someone else might be, why it’s something worth doing, something worth investing the time into, something that can reconnect you to the essence of what it means to be in a relationship with the earth… providing a personal, visceral connection to a planet and a history we all share—and are stewards of—as human beings.