Comments on: Has the great urban agriculture revolution already begun? http://transitionculture.org/2008/11/07/2051/ An Evolving Exploration into the Head, Heart and Hands of Energy Descent Thu, 24 May 2012 15:12:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robert http://transitionculture.org/2008/11/07/2051/comment-page-1/#comment-60221 Robert Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:08:09 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/?p=2051#comment-60221 All well and good, but the amount of money put aside for the Capital Growth project is risible. £87,000 to create 2012 gardens... How do you build a roof garden for £43 (never mind the administration costs...)? Sounds very much to me like a typical case of "what can we do to sound green and trendy". All well and good, but the amount of money put aside for the Capital Growth project is risible. £87,000 to create 2012 gardens… How do you build a roof garden for £43 (never mind the administration costs…)? Sounds very much to me like a typical case of “what can we do to sound green and trendy”.

]]> By: ceridwen http://transitionculture.org/2008/11/07/2051/comment-page-1/#comment-60086 ceridwen Sat, 08 Nov 2008 11:10:17 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/?p=2051#comment-60086 <p>It's all good stuff. I guess everyone has heard of the concept of "Square Foot Gardening" - with its message of growing food in raised beds of 4 sq. ft in well-nourished soil and at rather closer spacing than normal - and that 1 person can feed themselves all their veg from 2 of these "raised beds". I've just bought a book that takes this even further and seems pretty promising at first glance - the premise being that many people have an absolutely TINY amount of outdoor space - if that - but still want to grow food. He starts out by thinking "almost no space is too small or too dark to raise food". its: "Fresh food from small spaces - the square inch gardener's guide to year-round growing, fermenting and sprouting" by R.J. Ruppenthal. Yep - the word was "inch" - mushroom growing in the cupboard under the stairs anyone? LOL</p> It’s all good stuff. I guess everyone has heard of the concept of “Square Foot Gardening” – with its message of growing food in raised beds of 4 sq. ft in well-nourished soil and at rather closer spacing than normal – and that 1 person can feed themselves all their veg from 2 of these “raised beds”. I’ve just bought a book that takes this even further and seems pretty promising at first glance – the premise being that many people have an absolutely TINY amount of outdoor space – if that – but still want to grow food. He starts out by thinking “almost no space is too small or too dark to raise food”. its: “Fresh food from small spaces – the square inch gardener’s guide to year-round growing, fermenting and sprouting” by R.J. Ruppenthal. Yep – the word was “inch” – mushroom growing in the cupboard under the stairs anyone? LOL

]]> By: Peter Bralesford http://transitionculture.org/2008/11/07/2051/comment-page-1/#comment-60070 Peter Bralesford Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:12:30 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/?p=2051#comment-60070 <p>Indeed. It's incredible what can be achievied through the sheer energy of people inspired to make a difference to their lives, and the community as a whole. Great work everyone! ¦D</p> Indeed. It’s incredible what can be achievied through the sheer energy of people inspired to make a difference to their lives, and the community as a whole. Great work everyone! ¦D

]]> By: A Week of New Beginnings « Transition Town Farnham http://transitionculture.org/2008/11/07/2051/comment-page-1/#comment-60067 A Week of New Beginnings « Transition Town Farnham Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:20:26 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/?p=2051#comment-60067 <p>[...] Rob Hopkins blogged about Letitia Lloyd and ‘Celebrity Love Allotments‘. It seems the great urban agriculture revolution has now well and truly begun: not only is the [...]</p> [...] Rob Hopkins blogged about Letitia Lloyd and ‘Celebrity Love Allotments‘. It seems the great urban agriculture revolution has now well and truly begun: not only is the [...]

]]> By: John Marshall http://transitionculture.org/2008/11/07/2051/comment-page-1/#comment-60066 John Marshall Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:33:12 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/?p=2051#comment-60066 <p>It's rural as well. I had a favourable response yesterday when I suggested to our local Parish Clerk that we plant fruit & nut trees along the lanes of this very rural area. A year ago I was called a "Squirrel Hugger" for wanting something similar. Funny thing that....I didn't really see it as an insult!</p> It’s rural as well. I had a favourable response yesterday when I suggested to our local Parish Clerk that we plant fruit & nut trees along the lanes of this very rural area.
A year ago I was called a “Squirrel Hugger” for wanting something similar.
Funny thing that….I didn’t really see it as an insult!

]]> By: Mike Grenville http://transitionculture.org/2008/11/07/2051/comment-page-1/#comment-60064 Mike Grenville Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:32:06 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/?p=2051#comment-60064 <p>Some more links:</p> <p>A UK website to promote green roofs [roofs that are intentionally vegetated] and provide advice for their installation: http://www.livingroofs.org/</p> <p>'THE DIY GUIDE TO GREEN & LIVING ROOFS' that can be downloaded for £11.65 http://www.livingroofs.org/DIY_Guide_intro.html</p> <p>European Federation of Green Roof Associations http://www.efb-greenroof.eu/start_englisch.html</p> <p>Journalist Aida Edemariam looks into growing plants and vegetables on her own roof: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/nov/06/gardens-ethical-living-london-boris</p> <p>What to plant on a roof: Helen Bostock, adviser to the Royal Horticultural Society</p> <p>Grasses Choose low-lying plants with shallow roots, which are naturally adapted to extremes of temperature and wind such as grasses, garden pinks and sedums.</p> <p>Annuals and bulbs California poppies and toadflax also grow well and, in deeper soil, crocuses or tulips.</p> <p>Vegetables Plant low-growing vegetables like beetroot, carrots and leafy salad crops, which don't need deep conditions (cabbages and potatoes are too deep). Try varieties that grow well in hanging baskets, such as some types of tomato.</p> <p>Herbs Pick herbs that are naturally adapted to cliff onditions, such as thyme, chives and marjoram.</p> Some more links:

A UK website to promote green roofs [roofs that are intentionally vegetated] and provide advice for their installation:
http://www.livingroofs.org/

‘THE DIY GUIDE TO GREEN & LIVING ROOFS’ that can be downloaded for £11.65
http://www.livingroofs.org/DIY_Guide_intro.html

European Federation of Green Roof Associations
http://www.efb-greenroof.eu/start_englisch.html

Journalist Aida Edemariam looks into growing plants and vegetables on her own roof:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/nov/06/gardens-ethical-living-london-boris

What to plant on a roof: Helen Bostock, adviser to the Royal Horticultural Society

Grasses Choose low-lying plants with shallow roots, which are naturally adapted to extremes of temperature and wind such as grasses, garden pinks and sedums.

Annuals and bulbs California poppies and toadflax also grow well and, in deeper soil, crocuses or tulips.

Vegetables Plant low-growing vegetables like beetroot, carrots and leafy salad crops, which don’t need deep conditions (cabbages and potatoes are too deep). Try varieties that grow well in hanging baskets, such as some types of tomato.

Herbs Pick herbs that are naturally adapted to cliff onditions, such as thyme, chives and marjoram.

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