Spotlight: Urban Farming
August 2, 2009 at 7:39 pm 3 comments
- Photos like these inspire me.
- Blogs like this intrigue me.
- Sites like this help me.
- Stories like this help me realise urban farming is a bona fide movement now! (Yankee Elv, clearly less obsessed than me, saw this post and commented that she liked the woman’s sleeve [tattoo], although she claims it looks better from a distance.)
In my own forays into urban farming (or urban homesteading):
My spinach has all sprouted except for one seed, and most of my experimental onions sprouts are just poking their tips out of the soil. Mr Teeny-bop helped me plant them, and I was hoping he’d take an interest in their development, but he seems to have gone back to the land of emo-teen again. Maybe next time? I can keep the soil nice and damp now, because Yankee Elv got me a watering can and duct-taped the hose so it won’t spurt on me or the clothesline anymore. These veges are the first things I’ve grown from seed since I was seven, and I’m very proud of myself. Modest too, as you can tell. Now I have to see if I can keep them going! (Sorry no pics, it’s dark outside – I’ll take some later).
I can't wait until I'm eating spinach I grew my very own self! (As opposed to this spinach, which I bought from the grocery shop.)
Next on the list: carrots and snow peas. I have to get the garden bed sorted and work out a trellis. I’ve done nothing with the compost bin since last week’s big clean. Also, I need; herbs for the front verandah, something (what? ideas anyone? maybe nasturtium?) for the hanging baskets, a succulent for Yankee Elv’s bedroom dresser and some water and steam-loving green something for the bathroom.
Not all at once, clearly. I still have a day job.
Entry filed under: Spotlight. Tags: bee-keeping, chickens, energy efficiency, environmental benefits, fruit, gardening, green economy, homesteading, transport, urban farming, vegetables, water.
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Yankee Elv | August 4, 2009 at 10:43 pm
I’ll get more into it when we can actually put some of our ideas into action rather than merely dreaming of it. In the meantime, I’ll continue to add to the dream house book/plan/ idea/ whatever.
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Aussie Elv | August 5, 2009 at 9:10 am
I think it’s good for us to do basic stuff now though. For example, we can grow some of our own food, and that means when we get our own place and want to do it on a larger scale we might have some idea what we’re doing. RIght now I go along pretty well until a bug tries to suck my oregano dry, then it’s all over. I’d like to learn how to deal with those situations!
I do like noting things down for the future though.
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