Planet Veggie Garden

Now that the US Presidential election is done, we have a President-elect who enjoys Arugula – or “Rocket” lettuce.
Sign the petition from Eat the View to replace part of the White Lawn with an organic veggie garden… really fresh Arugula and more.

Will Allen, former pro basketball player and Fortune 500 marketing exec bought a 2 acre roadside farm in an economically depressed area of Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1993.
Since then his organization – Growing Power – has produced $500,000 of affordable fresh produce, meat and fish in an area characterized as a “food desert”. “Food desert” is [...]

One of the local news shows did a feature on urban veggie gardens in Silicon Valley.
While the motivation to DIY these days may be the increasing cost of food or a desire to decrease one’s carbon footprint, as most longer term gardeners like Candace Simpson featured in the video will tell you… it’s a bit [...]

With the FDA’s new ruling to allow irradiation of lettuce and spinach we are glad that we can easily grow our own.
Here is an inexpensive way to do it with a free banana box from the grocery store, half of a $6 sack of potting soil and a $2 packet of seeds. Or, as I [...]

Slow Food Nation ‘08 San Francisco City Hall

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
A beautiful sunny day, we arrived via BART for the first day of the Slow Food Nation ‘08 Celebration to tour the Victory Gardens in front of San Francisco City Hall.

Surreal View of City Hall Through the Victory Garden

 
It seemed almost surreal to see what was once a [...]

…on every roof.

I was on a walk the other day and spied this garden tucked away on a garage roof.
Some folks don’t have space in their yard or even have a yard. As they say, where there is a will there is a way.
If you are considering a roof garden – be sure the roof [...]

It seems pretty easy – time wise, thought wise, effort wise – to hop in the car, motor to the grocery store, fill the cart and stock the frig and cabinets.
Little guess work involved. The grocery store generally has what you’re looking for. It’s a dependable process.
Growing your own food, not quite so easy.
You have [...]

Back in 1941, the US Office of Civil Defense and Department of Agriculture initiated the Victory Garden project. World War II was being fought and resources were scarce.
A rather brilliant scheme to increase resources out of no where… no additional government investment, no industrial creation or expansion.
Compare this solution to the “duct tape [...]

Congress has been having Q & A sessions with Treasury Secretary Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Bernake and a couple other financial folks the past two days. I’ve listened to some of it. A head shaking experience.
One Senator – in a highly emotional state – demanded to know what we could do RIGHT NOW to [...]

San Francisco City Hall planted it’s Victory Garden over the weekend.
A few weeks ago there was a sprawling lawn in front of City Hall. That was dug up (the sod was given away) and transformed into garden beds.
The beds were planted over the weekend. Harvest is scheduled for Labor Day.
Not your typical City [...]