Congratulations to Chrissa Carlson of Urban Farmhouse for her write-up in the Baltimore Business Journal. (Pictured here on the left, along with Ellen Frost and Christine Varney of Local Color Flowers. Chrissa’s the one fiendishly cunning enough to be wearing her own branded t-shirt – that’s some ace media manipulation, Chrissa.)
The article tantalizes us with its soft lead but then ducks behind an evil paywall before even getting to the nut graph (how dare they try to make profits). Therefore, as an exclusive service to readers of this blog, we shall provide our own version of the rest of the article, starting from where theirs leaves off:
‘In 2010, Chrissa Carlson turned her environmental education credentials and her love of gardening into a business plan. Her business model promotes a “buy local” effort, teaching clients how to produce their …’
… own baby dragons. Many people in Baltimore are unaware that dragons can be grown organically in your own backyard, like Cabbage Patch Kids, but Carlson stresses the importance of getting expert help so as to avoid the perils of burned fingers and singed eyebrows that come with cultivating the fiery mythical beasts. Carlson’s own expertise was developed under the tutelage of a mysterious sensei, who taught her the ancient art of dragon-seeding through a rigorous regimen of flame-swallowing and water-pale carrying up the ridges of snow-topped mountains – skills that came in handy when a crew of mobsters from Curtis Bay attempted to shake her down, forcing her to lay the smack-down with the creative use of a garden rake and a …
Aha! Gotcha. To read on, you’ll have to get past our own paywall. (Hey, a good idea is a good idea.)
