Welcome to the Blue Bungalow!
Greetings, friends, and welcome to the Blue Bungalow Farm. This blog is an extension of my original weblog, which has been in existence since the winter of 2009. Around that time I grew interested in raising awareness about sustainability, particularly where I live in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. So I launched a blog called "Sustainable Tosa." That blog was instrumental in the organization of the Tosa Farmers Market: through my writing I was able to connect with other folks interested in creating a sustainable farmers market for our city. After much meeting and planning, we kicked-off the market with a preview of the 2010 season on September 26, 2009. Later, in June of 2010, we launched the highly anticipated weekly market in the heart of Wauwatosa's Village. The first season had a very successful run, with over 40 weekly vendors and thousands of patrons. We're now gearing up for an even bigger 2011 season.
Around the same time I started the Sustainable Tosa blog, I started another blog, called the Blue Bungalow Microfarm. The blog is named for my home: a fairly typical Milwaukee bungalow built in 1918. Since about 2007 I have been slowly working toward turning my drafty old house with its "postage stamp" yard into a sustainable "microfarm." The purpose of the Blue Bungalow blog was and is to serve as a place to document my experiences "transitioning" into sustainable living. At the Blue Bungalow blog, I continue to write about composting, vermicomposting, edible landscaping, indoor gardening, home energy efficiency, urban homesteading, and much more. Now, as I prepare to begin Master Gardener training and hope to further educate others about composting and sustainability, I am launching an extension of my blog here at WauwatosaNow, where I hope to share my humble discoveries with a wider audience.
And I hope to hear from you, that we might inspire one another, share resources, and collaborate from time to time. Please drop me a line or post your own sustainability successes as comments on this blog. Or e-mail me with your questions about sustainability, composting, and so on and I will try my best to answer them.
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