Posted on November 9th, 2009 by aGardenInTheCity
While reading an excellent website called the Yardstead, I learned about the Dervaes family – a truly remarkable story.
This is the urban garden on steroids. On a lot almost exactly the same size as ours (1/5 of an acre overall, with about 1/10 of an acre available for planting), they manage to produce 6000 pounds of produce per year. SIX THOUSAND POUNDS. They use 6 kilowatts of energy per day. The can, dry, freeze and ferment. They have livestock! AND BEES (wild bees, no less). They conserve water like crazy.
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Posted on October 12th, 2009 by aGardenInTheCity
Eight barrels, all hooked together, attached to the downspout of the gutter which runs from the roof of the back deck. A drip hose running out into the garden. That was the plan. Sounds simple enough.
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Posted on October 9th, 2009 by aGardenInTheCity
So between wanting to be environmentally conscious, trying to save a little money and wanting to insure that we would actually HAVE water for the garden if there were rationing,
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Posted on October 5th, 2009 by aGardenInTheCity
Us city folk are so used to turning on a faucet and having water pressure, that it sometimes surprises us that first time we turn the faucet on our first rain barrel and don’t have the equivalent of a garden hose. The only pressure that a rain barrel hose has is from the weight of the water in the barrel.
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