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By: Quick Green Reads For The Weekend Volume Fifty Five. | The Good Human

Quick Green Reads For The Weekend Volume Fifty Five. | The Good Human — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:00:32 +0000

[…] you’re into sustainable living, or getting into it, the best way to green your food is to start growing your own vegetables, herbs and fruit. You may think that’s not possible if you live in a flat in the city. Well, not only is it […]

By: Health Food Junction

Health Food Junction — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:21:03 +0000

Don’t forget your cow pots either to help with planting.

By: matt

matt — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:23:00 +0000

Perfect ideas - great post! We have such a great space in our backyard for this. I’d love to convert the whole thing into a vegetable-growing space, but I think the kids might disapprove. Ah, a corner then.

thanks…

By: Allie’s Answers » Blog Archive » What’s Going On

Allie’s Answers » Blog Archive » What’s Going On — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:20:07 +0000

[…] you’re planning your garden, consider adding some fruit bearing plants and trees, or maybe Jerusalem […]

By: urbanmike

urbanmike — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 03:21:59 +0000

Some great tips here Tracey, we’re into our second year in the Kootenays, BC on a 3/4 acre block. Just planning our veggies now as the snow starts to melt. Still a few months till no frost, but we’re starting indoors.

We sheet mulched two sections of our yard in the fall, it will be interesting to see how it faired over the winter. We had about 2 feet of snow up until two weeks ago. I might need to put some more cmpost accelerator on the areas to ensure it breaks down enough.

By: N. & J.

N. & J. — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:31:47 +0000

My fiance and I have used our tiny apartment as an excuse not to grow plants for years but this year we are going to give it a go. Wish us luck! You can check out on our progress at http://badhuman.wordpress.com

By: colin syme

colin syme — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:22:07 +0000

I have been growing vegetables for the last 30 years; You only need 80 sq. ft to feed a family for a year! best crops areand salad, grow several types of lettuce, take leaves daily, they will grow through summer, grow carrots under plastic (fly proof). Useful for winter are, leeks,parsnips,turnips,carrots and onions, they can be stored in a shed and used throughout winter. Compost can be made by stuffing all leaf waste into black bin bags and left for two years, however plastic “Compost Makers” are best. To avoid pests like carrot/cabbage fly, grow crops like garlic and onions among those crops as the smell confuses the pest,never weed carrots during the day as you release the scent, do it late afternoon! For long carrots dig a trench, two foot deep, line the bottom with compost/ well rotted cow manure, fill in the trench stamp down, then sow carrots the following year,—you will! have long carrots.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:25:25 +0000

Hi Anna, great to hear from you.

I’ve heard that an old bath is brilliant for carrots, and because the sides are so high, carrot fly won’t get to them because they’re low flying.

I guess you could line the tyres with black polythene sheeting?

By: Anna

Anna — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:12:59 +0000

Your post reminded me that I have to start my seedlings. I love the chimmey pot idea. Have any ideas for reuse for carrots. I need to make an 18 inch bed for them. I would rather not make it, but reuse something. Last year I planted my carrots in a 6 inch raised bed and the carrots could not get through below the soil below the bed. They were all fat and short. They were suppose to be long carrots.

What can you line the tires with so you can separate the tire from soil and the veggies? Tires always scare me because of the chemicals in them such as sulphur, which could possibly leak and contaminating the food. I have no idea if this could happen, but am taking the very conservative approach. Does anyone know if this could happen?

I love this post because you have given your readers alot of options of how to grow food themselves. I am just counting the day until Spring! Anna http://www.green-talk.com