Decentralized Urban Gardening

[errantember]

This fucking *rules*.

The basic idea is that a centralized group of farmers installs and maintains an organic garden in *your* back yard, with you paying some up-front costs and getting a share of the produce.

Not only does this rule from a general CSA perspective, but think about how fast they will get better at adapting growing techniques to different sites! Killer.

Comments

[darthbecca.livejournal.com]

I'm becoming obsessed with permaculture. How did you get started? Book recommendations?

[goudananda.livejournal.com]

Check out the Austin permaculture guild and the Rhizome collective if you're here in Austin. Check youtube for videos and go from there. I don't know much, but am obsessed as of late as well. If you're interested on working on more land in South Austin contact me, the place I work has 1.3 acres I'm trying to transform.

[errantember.livejournal.com]

I would recommend Gaia's Garden by Toby Hemenway. I took a 10-week course to get certified as a Permaculture designer, and this book is the closest thing I've seen to the complete course in one place.

http://tinyurl.com/6rx35p

Also, as goudanandamentioned below, the Rhizome Collective here in Austin has some great stuff. They just came out with a permaculture guide that I got in the mail a few days ago, and I'm anticipating it will be really fabulous. I'll let you know once I'm done reading it.

For vegetables, I really like Gardening When it Counts, though to be honest I haven't used much of the advise in there so far.

[goudananda.livejournal.com]

Sounds great! I've not heard of that particular way of doing things before...wonder what it's potential could be?

[felisviolaceous.livejournal.com]

I'm so not the greenthumb, but this IS cool!! We have an open spot on the side of house that could work...and I agree with trippedbreaker and you started a company like this in Austin please sign me up!! :D Austin has enough green minded people that you would RULE the town.