North Road Sanctuary

urbangardenallotment:

We got a lot of work done today, as well as digging over a whole lot more we also moved the strawberries, made the spinach bed and planted it, planted the carrots and got the sticks up in preperation for the beans.  We also managed to squeeze another 16 potatoes in - the mystry veggie box kind!  The Desiree and Cara should hopefully be ready to go in next week - its late but at least we will be harvesting later!  The rhubarb is starting to look stronger and the bed has been prepared and covered for the sweet potatoes…we’re slowly getting there….

posters-for-good:

Do you care about the future?
Can you go car free?
Try it for just a day, the benefits are many.

(via irishboyinlondon)

Vertical Farming or Urban Farming?

fivefootwaybroadcast:

While vertical farming has been touted as a potential solution to the world’s increasing demand for food and lack of agricultural space, this article in the Economist highlights the problems that come with it and explains why it might not be the best solution. yet.

In the Antarctic the…

thecommongoodpodcast:

How are business majors being trained for the marketplace in the new context shaped by Earth’s pushback on unlimited growth business models?  That’s where The Common Good goes in this episode with guest Harry Watkins, Professor of Strategy and Sustainability at the Fermanian School of Business, Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego. Harry held marketing and sales positions with Tektronix, Mentor Graphics, Amerex Technologies, and more before his current teaching position.

In this interview we hear the challenges of change in a university business curriculum to a triple bottom line that addresses planet and people as well as profit. As Harry studied sustainability for marketing and business courses, he came to understand its complex interconnections with many other disciplines (political science, social science, theology, and more). So he turned to his colleagues for help, inviting them to come to his classes to teach a segment on their discipline and sustainability. Out of these interdisciplinary experiences, Harry has created a minor in sustainability. Hear Harry’s assessment of both what is being achieved in his business school and elsewhere; also, the much more that needs to happen for business to realize its potential for moving humanity into life-sustaining relationships with all the inhabitants of Earth.

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con-tem-plate:

cut off top

let sit for a couple days in a dish of water and then plant it

rewarded with this is 24-36 months!

Read complete directions here.  This is awesome.  I have to try.

hopingtohomestead:

1. Produces fruit that is cleaner and less susceptible to damage from rotting, insects, and slugs
2. Lets more air and sunlight reach plants
3. Makes cultivating and harvesting easier
4. Requires less space
5. Yields generally larger crops
6. Creates a shady garden spot
7. Provides framework for plant covering
8. Allows for more efficient watering
9. Makes monitoring and managing pests easier
10. Allows for earliest, cleanest, and longest-lasting harvests

The Backyard Homestead by Carleen Madigan

koenigaraymo:

Movable planters at the “Prinzessinengarten” in Berlin, Germany

http://prinzessinnengarten.net/

and

http://www.flickr.com/photos/39367406@N04/

The Garden/plot as it is!