Help make urban farming in San Francisco a reality

Team Gray Sky Growers: Children bond with chicks, exotic greens sashay in, and hops shoot skyward. And a recipe is shared.

Where to go this weekend: Tubac, AZ

In need of beer

What’s black and white and red all over? What happens when a tomato truck hits a bump in the road

Are Your Olive Trees Too Big to Pick? Get These Little Ones

Savory Summer Galette from Homegrown

The sweet gift of honey bees

7 tips for assembling a terrific charcuterie plate

Editors’ Favorite Books of the West

Green papayas, giant prawns, and more at the Bad Skunks’ One-Block Party

Links We Love: Getting Organized

An inspiringly clean chicken coop

Team Chicken’s first few clucks

Sunset Eat Fresh Day 2: Kale chips, I love you

New Queen Bee Flora III

How to dry peppermint for tea

Local reading: What to plant vs. what to buy; eating close to home in Alaska and Arizona; foraging 101; local lamb; a chicken story from Oregon

The outdoor life

Virgin or not virgin? That is the question…

Baby carrots—cute enough to eat

Streets built for bicycles

Meet Tim Hollingsworth, chef of L.A.’s hottest new restaurant at L.A.’s hottest new museum

Rats in the compost?

September’s greatest road trip, an alien invasion and more great travel finds

Team Organic Donors: Cold rain won’t stop them—or their bees and chickens

In Peach Heaven

Team Special Saus digs carrots and parties it up making plum compote

Links We Love: Lively up Your Living Room

Bees in glass-covered houses

A brave new kind of cookbook

Bottling mead – Get ready to get old

Let’s give a warm welcome to Team Mead

Treating bees

Sunset’s One-Block Feast

Building a straw bale garden