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Blogger Hyperlocavore did the math, and found that if your share your yards with neighbors and invest in fruit and nut producing trees...you could bank (but don't be fooled...gardening is expensive...to the tune of a $1,700 investment. But still...I don't eat blue berries these days unless it's off the bush anyway. Who can afford them a $7 a package?)
"Let’s assume that each of our families enjoys approximately:
* 2 lbs organic Granny Smith apples @ $4.50 per week.
* 1 lb organic anti-oxidant rich blueberries @ $12.00 per week.
* .5 lb organic almonds @ 7.00 per week
That’s about $24.00 per week per family, or about $1250.00 per family per year for three pretty basic healthy staples. It’s $3750.00 per year for all three families to eat yummy organic green apples, blueberries and almonds. Now let’s assume that to produce this amount for three families you will need:
* 4 almond trees (producing about 64 lbs per year)
* 2 apple trees (producing about 600 lbs per year)
* 15 mature blueberry bushes (producing about 150 pounds per year)
Your group wants the benefit sooner rather than later so you agree to purchase mature trees and shrubs.
* 4 producing almond trees - 8′ @ $80.00 = $320.00
* 2 producing apple trees 8′ @ $90.00 = $180.00
* 15 producing blueberry bushes 4′ @ $40.00 = $600.00Blogger Hyperlocavore did the math, and found that if your share your yards with... more
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The LA Times reports on the guerrilla gardening movement, in which people make and maintain gardens on property that's not theirs.
Shown above, a photo by Gina Ferazzi of a batch of "seed bombs," used by guerrilla gardeners to quickly plant seeds on the sly.
Scott is a guerrilla gardener, a member of a burgeoning movement of green enthusiasts who plant without approval on land that's not theirs. In London, Berlin, Miami, San Francisco and Southern California, these free-range tillers are sowing a new kind of flower power. In nighttime planting parties or solo "seed bombing" runs, they aim to turn neglected public space and vacant lots into floral or food outposts.
Part beautification, part eco-activism, part social outlet, the activity has been fueled by Internet gardening blogs and sites such as GuerrillaGardening.org, where before-and-after photos of the latest "troop digs" inspire 45,000 visitors a month to make derelict soil bloom.
The LA Times reports on the guerrilla gardening movement, in which people make and... more
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London gardener on a mission to make our green spaces brighter.
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I hope you enjoy my videos...
I got to part 5 and havent been able to make pt 6
as yet due to unforseen circumstances....
I hope to continue as soon as I can
Peace Dr.J :0)I hope you enjoy my videos...
I got to part 5 and havent been able to make pt 6
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It's the takeover!!
Edina Tokodi is blowing up Williamsburg with her moss graffiti, taking green guerilla gardening tactics to a new level.
The artist states:
I think that our distance from nature is already a cliché. City dwellers often have no relationship with animals or greenery. As a public artist I feel a sense of duty to draw attention to deficiencies in our everyday life. As a cultivator of eco-urban sensitivity, I usually go back to the sites to visit my plants or moss, sometimes to repair them a bit, but nothing more generally as they tend to get enough water from the air, condensation, and rain - especially in certain seasons. I also like to let them live by themselves. From the moment I put them on the street they start to have their own life. For me, the reaction of life on the street is also very important. I am curious about how people receive them, if they just leave them alone, or if they want to, take care of them or dismantle them. This is what makes my work similar to graffiti, although I am searching for a deeper social meaning and a dialogue with memories of the animals and gardens of my past in a small town in Central Europe. I believe that if everyone had a garden of their own to cultivate, we would have a much more balanced relation to our territories. Of course, a garden can be many things.
It's the takeover!!
Edina Tokodi is blowing up Williamsburg with her moss graffiti,... more
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