Michael Janzen

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

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.

Julia and I have been considering building a vertical garden with rain gutters. I spotted these rain gutter links on materialicious this morning.

• guttersupply.com
• bergerbuildingproducts.com
• rutlandguttersupply.com

I’ll try scavenging first and shopping locally second… but it’s nice to fine some cool options online too.

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.

Spotted this tweeted by thistinyhouse… cool website that helps you find local farms that permit picking your own food. pickyourown.org

Cool site on locally grown food. Seems to cover everything from gardening to cooking, to eating. Also looks like it has a strong online community. Definitely worth a closer look. HOMEGROWN.ORG

I spotted this on thistinyhouse. It’s their favorite seed company, called Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, who’s mission is to help preserve rare and endangered plant species. The sell heirloom and organic seeds. Seems like the right kind of business to support to me.

This is cool. A non-profit organization setup on home gardens. Kitchen Gardeners International