Growing vegetables? Indoors? Is that even possible? Yes it is! Question is, is it possible to grow an amount big enough to feed a family of three? Follow my experiment in this blog
Saturday, November 08, 2008
TreehuggerTV: Urban Homestead
I wonder if I'll end up like this some day...
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I've been following the Dervaes family with interest at intervals for a while now - a good object lesson of what can be done.
And on the theme of maximum utilisation of resources - you might be interested to borrow/buy a book I have just got hold of. Initial impressions are good: "Fresh food from small spaces - the square inch gardener's guide to year-round growing, fermenting and sprouting" by R.J. Ruppenthal. I got my copy from Amazon. He starts from the premise that even a small garden is luxury to a lot of people - a lot of us have only the tiniest amount of outdoor space, if any, and still want to grow some food. His comment "almost no space is too small or too dark to raise food" and he works from the basis that you have only got a city apartment or suburban townhouse. I think it's probably a book you would like for your library.
Because I think vegetable gardening should be an option even to those living in a flat. In addition to that I like my sallad fresh and A: I tend to forget it in the fridge and then find it when it's all rubbery and soft (ie. unedible), B: at least in Sweden the sallad isn't really fresh on the shelves in the grocery store. Since I spent my childhood weeding on my own little 'kitchen garden' I prefer to grow stuff in containers. That gives you control over the soil - at least as much control as you can get.
The cherry on the top is that homegrown vegetables reduces your ecological footprint, and that I'm able to make culinary excursions in the Big Kitchen Garden.
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The money will be used for containers, seeds and soil.
Homepage only in Swedish, but do have good pictures from the greenhouses and the garden displays. If you read swedish you find helpfull advice and good links. Included in the assortement are exotic plants like wines and figs as well as old swedish cultivated plants. For an international visitor this is to be considered off the beaten track and low level interesting. However the place is worth a picknick, bring your own basket and buy icecream there. If you visit the place in summer during extended weekends (thu-sun) you have the chance seeing the steam trains of the historical railroad pass by.
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2 comments:
I've been following the Dervaes family with interest at intervals for a while now - a good object lesson of what can be done.
And on the theme of maximum utilisation of resources - you might be interested to borrow/buy a book I have just got hold of. Initial impressions are good: "Fresh food from small spaces - the square inch gardener's guide to year-round growing, fermenting and sprouting" by R.J. Ruppenthal. I got my copy from Amazon. He starts from the premise that even a small garden is luxury to a lot of people - a lot of us have only the tiniest amount of outdoor space, if any, and still want to grow some food. His comment "almost no space is too small or too dark to raise food" and he works from the basis that you have only got a city apartment or suburban townhouse. I think it's probably a book you would like for your library.
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ceridwen
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Thanks! I heard about it before, and I'll definately look it up.
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