It's All About the Gardens

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Comment by Edmund Williams on June 29, 2009 at 11:18pm

Victory gardens are great, if you do it right. I think bioneering can offer a lot of tricks to make for a healthy garden. I'm trying to figure it out myself and would love suggestions and thoughts. -Ed (http://madbioneer.blogspot.com)

Comment by LizM - Hyperlocavore.com on March 3, 2009 at 10:27pm

I've moved to rural northeastern Oregon and will be growing a lot of my own.

I moved here from Brooklyn - so it's a giant change!

I also built hyperlocavore.com to promote yardsharing arrangements for people who need help getting growing. Often we don't have all the things we need to grow our own. One of the four major things may be lacking; time, space, skills or strength. Yardsharing is a way to get all of those things together in one group of people.

If you think this idea will be of use to any communities you know of please share the link.

Comment by Katherine Ward on February 18, 2009 at 12:40pm

Drylands gardener here in the Mojave Desert. Working on issues unique to semi-arid lands and bioregional food justice.

Comment by Jillian Steinberger on January 22, 2009 at 12:54pm

Hi. Greetings. I just joined this group. I am an ecological gardener in Northern California. These days I just can't see why anyone would use conventional techniques, but they do. Even here in this progressive area, I feel like I'm on the front lines of some extreme leftist campaign, trying to work in a permaculture model. At this moment I feel frustrated, although I want to put something positive and sunny out to the group!

QUESTION ON NATURAL MEANS OF ERADICATING CODDLING MOTH ON APPLE TREE. I have a potential new client who sprays with neem and she thinks this is the bright way to deal with this problem. I'm trying to find alternatives. I know there must be a cultural control out there that can be developed through ecology design. Would love advice, resources, tips! Thanks much.

Comment by snapdragons daughter on October 13, 2008 at 10:34pm

I am the daughter of a farmer. My hubby and I bought a house three years ago that had 15 raised beds where I could garden. I replaced all the dirt with organic soil and invested in organic seeds. Then, I noticed my neighbors having their lawn, trees and shrubs sprayed with Talstar and Orthene. Guess where the drift went. My organic garden is not organic anymore.

What can I do?

Comment by rachael on August 15, 2008 at 11:49am

Read this all you supporters of urban gardens.
http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/8/4/14581/54730?source=food

Comment by Gingeroo on June 23, 2008 at 9:56am

Interesting Article from Alternet"Turning Your Lawn into a Victory Garden Won't Save You -- Fighting the Corporations Will"

Comment by Brenda on March 27, 2008 at 5:57pm

Here's an article on creating victory gardens in the city that I found worth reading.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/22/HOEIV3PM1.DTL