Edible Landscape
Ran across this article on The Oil Drum today that summarizes how to get started with setting up an edible landscape. This is something I keep talking about doing so running across articles like this helps move me in the right direction.
Green Roof Water Retention System
I’ve been on the lookout for an inexpensive green roof system for existing roofs. After reading an article on Jetson Green about this supermarket green roof project, Julia and I found this green roof system and GreenGrid. I’m pretty sure GreenGrid is the system being used by the supermarket project. Basically these are plantable water collection and storage systems.
Examples of farming on city and suburban streets
I love the idea of people pulling out lawns and farming that perfectly good ground. I just ran across this great blog focused on people farming their front yards. Greenwalks
Freedom Seeds – Preserving Open Polinated Seeds
Just came across Freedom Seeds, a seed company focused on preserving open polinated seeds. Spotted it on Path to Freedom. In fact the company was founded by Jules Dervaes & Family, the urban homesteaders in Pasadena. I love the work they are doing and will definitely consider them for my next seed purchase.
Grey Water System and Free Plans
I spotted this on materialicious just now. It’s a simple grey water system for taking laundry water and using it on your yard. They have also included a detailed drawing that shows exactly how to set this type of system up. Laundry to Landscape Grey Water System
Vertical Gardens and Urban Landscapes in Tokyo
My friend Jared is having an incredible adventure in Japan. He’s an anthropologist that I met him through my day job several years ago. I actually brought him in once to help teach a team of web usability researchers to do field ethnographic studies to make our financial service web applications easier to use.
Luckily for him he’s doing something much more exciting now. You have to take a look:
Learn more about Jared. Learn more about Jared’s project, Tokyo Green Space.
Rain Gutters for Vertical Gardening
Julia and I have been considering building a vertical garden with rain gutters. I spotted these rain gutter links on materialicious this morning.
I’ll try scavenging first and shopping locally second… but it’s nice to fine some cool options online too.
Square Foot Gardening
Rediscovering square foot gardening. I remember my dad reading this when I was a kid. Looks like it has gone through a great refresh and they offer lots of free info online.
Small Space Potato Growing Box
Just spotted this on RowdyKittens, Growing Potatoes in Small Spaces. Looks like the perfect little thing to build out of pallets.
