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Raised beds in a tenement flat in Glasgow, Scotland
I started with on a Saturday morning with this...…
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Added by Neil Lovelock on April 19, 2009 at 6:30pm — No Comments
It’s up to you and me to demand genuine food safety
Alarm bells have been clanging all over my in box for a month. E-mails from around the country raising fear and dread about a proposed piece of legislation. A bill with provisions sounding so draconian I wanted to believe the e-mails were hysterical exaggeration.
And yet, I remind myself, there have been bills passed in recent years containing draconian measures. For just… Continue
Added by Pete Russell on April 19, 2009 at 7:05am — No Comments
Community Supported Agriculture
Added by James Samuel on April 17, 2009 at 11:05pm — 2 Comments
17 April 09
I've been putting off planting out the winter garden partly due to house renovation distractions and partly because this autumn seems quite warm. Hopefully the plants will get a good… Continue
Is Local Food Better?
Added by James Samuel on April 17, 2009 at 4:47pm — No Comments
Swede seedlings
I transplanted my swede seedlings this morning. Most of them I planted straight in the garden, but I've planted 10 into yogurt pottles to grow on as an experiment. Will see if they do better if they're bigger when planted in garden using this method of 1 plant per container, with bottoms of containers cut off so that roots aren't disturbed when… Continue
Added by Sarah Walsh on April 17, 2009 at 11:13am — No Comments
Young Agrarians: Digging The Future
Our economic contractions have given birth to a new demographic–the “frugalistas”. The rise of thrifty hipsters who get their thrills from no-frill living marks “a re-emergence of thrift as a value,” according to the New York Times. From secondhand shops to homegrown crops, penny pinching’s taken on a new… Continue
Added by Pete Russell on April 17, 2009 at 12:31am — 1 Comment
Sparrows in My Patch!
Was on the phone this afternoon and looked out the window to see 20-30 sparrows taking a dirt bath in my patch got my camera only to return and see that most of the had gone. It was a site seeing that many all making little dust holes with no consideration to my seedlings! Arrows point out sparrows and… Continue
Added by Rob Eller on April 16, 2009 at 10:35pm — 2 Comments
Potato Progress: Photos and Diagram
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After returning from work in Toulouse for a week (it’s a hard life I know!), I was delighted to see the potatoes had grown to 15 cm in height and were ready for more compost. Continue to original… Continue
Added by Pete Russell on April 16, 2009 at 9:06pm — No Comments
Want an oPod at your local cafe?
We have installed one of these at Nourish cafe, Ostend, Waiheke Island.
So far it's about 20% full and we look forward to seeing… Continue
Added by Pete Russell on April 16, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments
Stroud Communiversity
Stroud Communiversity returns this year with a fresh feast of Stroud's finest projects being showcased and explored over three packed days.
With Land, Food and Money at the heart of this recession, our response is an examination of practical, creative and innovative solutions to support the growth and development of a resilient local economy.
Friday 15th May
Richard Keating & Martin Large
Connecting… Continue
Added by Pete Russell on April 16, 2009 at 8:41am — No Comments
The Key to Utopia?
Added by Pete Russell on April 16, 2009 at 7:30am — No Comments
Old Roots, New Shoots - The story of the Wholesome Food Association
By Marian Van Eyk McCain
THE WHOLESOME Food Association (WFA) is only five years old, but its roots lie deep in the personal history of my partner, Sky, and me.
My half of the story began in 1942. I was six. My grandparents dug up half the back lawn of our house in Plymouth to make a "victory garden." They gave me my own patch in the corner, and seeds to plant. I'll never… Continue
Added by Pete Russell on April 15, 2009 at 8:25pm — No Comments
Inexpensive DIY Cold Frames
My friend Lorene built the coolest cold frames ever earlier this spring. They look like she spent hours measuring and cutting and screwing wood slats together. But she didn’t. Instead, she built the frames by repurposing some old IKEA shelving units. Genius!
The sides of the cold frame are simply shelves from a corner unit from the GORM storage… Continue
Added by Pete Russell on April 15, 2009 at 11:40am — No Comments
Starting from scratch again
And along with the garden I will be leaving this awesome office space, and its views.
My intention is to record the process of establishing a garden from scratch. It will be one of the many ways it can be done - and may be relevant for others in a rental situation. Yesterday I made a quick call to Ken Clark, who dropped off his Square… Continue
Added by James Samuel on April 15, 2009 at 9:40am — 3 Comments
Try No Dig Gardening for Your Backyard Vegetables
No-Dig Gardening is such a brilliant form of home-based agriculture I was convinced the TreeHugger archives would be rich with its merits. Was very surprised when I only found one mention, in a post chronicling Leonora's permaculture adventures in New Zealand. So I launched into the… Continue
Added by Pete Russell on April 15, 2009 at 7:50am — No Comments
Just 15 of the world's biggest ships may now emit as much pollution as all the world's 760m cars
[Note from Ooooby Pete - This is a truly relevant article. Much of the food we eat is shipped around the world like this. One of my companies (in the process of selling my shares as we speak) ships food from Europe to Australia. The industry talk is that container ships are in fact a very efficient and low impact way… Continue
Added by Pete Russell on April 15, 2009 at 7:25am — No Comments
A business model going begging
I heard about this while recently in Berkeley. How about creating building a market of surplus products at a local level. Huge opportunities for suburban downsizing with this kind of thinking. Profitable, smart and a good way to build community. looks popular as well.
Added by Peter Salmon on April 14, 2009 at 9:17pm — 1 Comment
Restaurant Supported Ag Catching On
You've heard of community supported agriculture (CSAs) and in a recent Envirovore post we told you about CSFs which are community supported fisheries. Now, more places are looking into RSAs—restaurant supported agriculture.
One great example is Chef David Swanson who owns Milwaukee's Braise Culinary School. Swanson started Braise RSA to help connect local growers in Wisconsin… Continue
Added by Pete Russell on April 14, 2009 at 5:36pm — No Comments
Beekeeping a growing phenomenon
Buzzing and hovering around hives, the honeybees at Seth Belson's home in Cherry Hill were working busily to gather pollen and make more honey as the spring season kicked off.
Once the weather warmed in March, hundreds of worker bees left the hive to begin collecting pollen and nectar.
But not all… Continue
Added by Pete Russell on April 14, 2009 at 8:15am — No Comments
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