Sure, we have reservations about turning vacant urban lots into vegetable gardens designed purely for the benefit of humans. But, as with all things, the real story lies in the nuance.
That’s why we admire people who take it upon themselves to replace human-designed but blighted urban landscapes (think: ivy-covered front yards and scuffed, litter-strewn [...]
Posts Tagged ‘native plants’
- forget guerrilla gardening, do it fairy-godmother style
Posted in food, gardening, tagged fairy-godmother gardening, food security, guerrilla gardening, monocultures, native plants on March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
- urban farming: neat idea, but what about the wildlife?
Posted in food, gardening, plants and animals, tagged food security, monocultures, native plants, super-micro farming, urban farming on March 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Yesterday we wrote about ’super-micro farming’ as a trend emerging in response to possible threats to our food supplies.
There’s further evidence of the trend in the San Fransisco Chronicle’s most recent ‘Home and Garden’ section. In a multi-page cover feature, the paper does a nice job of surveying current efforts in the city to [...]
