Mezzacello and the Urban Ag Tech Camps

In the summer of 2021 Mezzacello was a fantastic series of summer camps designed to expose students to diverse careers in ag.

Lesson: Data 101

Energy Gardens For The Future of Food

After years of providing power to the garden this was the year that the garden began providing power back as a “crop”.

Energy and Robotics

Urban Farm or Homestead and the Road Between

Urban farm or homestead and the road between. It’s more about being committed to making the most of what we have. Here it’s the FOODIST blog.

Plentiful gardens

Sharing Your Chicken TV On An Urban Farm

I needed to give the chickens some shade from the sun. The tarp I chose has the community voicing that they miss the chickens! What do i do?

Build Biomass To Make the Soil Black

When Fall arrives, we turn the beauty of Mezzacello back into Compost using robots, hardwork, and the goodwill of our neighbors.

Give Weeds a Chance to be Useful

When you encounter weeds in your garden, take the time to find out what they are and how the Amish use them.

Twentieth Century Power Loads in OZ

In older homes the electrical systems are often underpowered or out of date. This particular breaker reads “OFF” when the breaker is off and “OZ” when the breaker is on. This can lead to confusion.

The Evolution of the Vertical Gardens at Mezzacello

The newest vertical garden system at Mezzacello. It will grow more biomass and power the gardens as well as ater them.

The steel vertical garden rails at Mezzacello
The Evolution of the Vertical Gardens at Mezzacello

The Many Potatoes of ProjectMartian

In the movie The Martian, Mark Wapney planted potatoes on Mars. I can see why. The potatoes LOVED the composted soil with the martian regolith analog. Read more about it!

The BioReactor Martian Soil Update

The BioReactor Martian Soil Update

The BioReactor Martian Soil Update This is the BioReactor Martian Soil Update. If you are following my journey here at Mezzacello you may know what the bioreactor project and ProjectMartian are all about. In short, these are not traditional garden…

The BioReactor Martian Soil Update