Food: Our Common Ground

The need to eat, drives us all.

"People, no matter where they live, or what they do, have one thing in common, the need to consume food. Humans also share this common need with all living beings large and small."

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Tulips On a Cold, Grey Day

Bees

When laying our your garden plan consider planting for both honey and native bees. "All elements of an ecosystem are important to the functioning of that ecosystem. Remove one element and the system will need to make adjustments. The effect of that adjustment may often not be known until after it has happened."  More

Growing Potatoes

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"You can grow potatoes on your patio or balcony in a container or in a community garden plot or your backyard". I have grown potatoes in the earth, in straw and in tires

Tulips and friends

Front yard, this am

Mandala Garden Workshop

Greenhouse

Greenhouse on Site

Apple Tree: Backyard May 12, 2015

Delicious Dandelions

Stop trying to kill them, eat them instead.

"This is urban food foraging at its most basic. You may not even have to leave your own property to gather this most versatile plant. If you are a home owner and have a lawn, the odds are good you have a handy supply of dandelions."

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Crocus and Spring Bulbs Front Lawn

Beans

Growing in kitchen on dryer and in peat pots

Starting A Community Garden

This tells the story of how a community garden began. "One of the greatest challenges in developing a community garden is finding a site that is suitable for this purpose. Ideally, the gardeners would own the land, but a long term lease is the next best arrangement." more

Swales and Hugelculture workshops

Crocuses

Spring Bulbs Day Three