About
Hello Readers! Glad you found your way to Apartment Farm. Thought I would say some words about who I am and what I’m doing.
I founded Apartment Farm nearly a year ago as an outlet for my creativity– to share with the world at large my passions for gardening, crafting and cooking. It’s become more than I expected and I’m proud of it. Most importantly, I really enjoy running Apartment Farm and being able to share my little corner of the world with others.
I’m 24 years old and I live with my husband in a modest one-bedroom apartment on the north side of Chicago. I just finished my undergraduate degree and will be apprenticing this summer (and hopefully next summer) with a local organic farm so I can learn the honorable trade of farming. One of these days, I’d love to run a small organic vegetable and flower farm of my own; contributing in that great, direct way to my own foodshed. It’s obvious what my hobbies are. 
If you’d like to get in touch outside of leaving a comment on an article, please send me an email at apartmentfarm@yahoo.com. I love to get mail!
Vera Nadine said,
May 19, 2007 @ 11:14 pm
Sorry…I couldn’t find your email address anywhere on site, so I have pasted this from my email program……(I really get great enjoyment out of reading your site.)
Hi there fellow bloggers!
You have just been awarded (or assaulted by, depending on how you look at it) the Thinking Blogger Award. (http://jarofspiders.com/veranadine/2007/05/20/thinking-bloggers-award/)
Vera Nadine has found true personal value in the style and content of your writings and wanted to let the world know how thought-provoking and original your blog is.
If you wish to participate in this growing (and, quite honestly, frighteningly relentless) blog meme then all you have to do is chose five blogs that inspire you and make you think to pass this award on to.
You can add the award logo to your blog if you think it might brighten the place up a bit. (http://jarofspiders.com/veranadine/images/thinkingblogger.jpg)
Honestly guys….I REALLY enjoy all of your individual blogs and hope that you are happy (rather than annoyed) to know that someone thinks you rock!
Universal Blessings,
Vera Nadine
http://www.veranadine.com
Laura said,
May 23, 2007 @ 8:34 pm
Glad I found your site. Really liked it. Hope your dreams come true.
Have a good one.
Laura
Krystle said,
May 30, 2007 @ 6:15 pm
You’re pretty much on the same track as I am! We live in a modest one-bedroom apartment, too, but it works for the time being. We have, however, made it a priority that the next place we live is a HOUSE with an actual YARD (aka mini-farm). Speaking of which, we just discovered an awesome site about building log homes, maybe you’ll find it as inspiring as we did: http://www.loghomebuilders.org/
Michael O'Donnell said,
October 3, 2007 @ 6:33 am
Report Card:
Content: (B) very useful; keep up the good work.
Presentation: (D) your decision to use halftone light grey text on a white background renders this site essentially unreadable for me. I realize that WordPress offers canned layout choices and it’s reasonable to believe that they wouldn’t offer one that’s unreadable but, unfortunately, they do…
–M
apartmentfarm said,
October 3, 2007 @ 9:31 am
Michael– thanks for stopping by. Sorry you had problems reading the site– the main pages are in black text on white background– the pesky gray is only here on the About page, and unfortunately, as you note, WordPress doesn’t let me change that (at least as far as I have found). Any suggestions on making it darker, let me know!
Lea said,
December 2, 2007 @ 11:45 am
I am really enjoying your site & can hardly wait to come back and read some more. I lived many years in the southside of Chicago. We, too, dreamed of homesteading. Through of series of circumstances that I could have never forseen, we are now living our dream in West Tennessee with a little homestead. Don’t give up on your dreams. They really do come true!
Little Sister said,
May 1, 2008 @ 2:04 pm
Sister, where do I find how to grow my plants. Elle and I purchased them, and attempted to pot them, what now? Do I keep them outside? Will they grow? Please call.