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ACT2: A SHARED EXPERIMENTAL GARDEN
Four evoke agents got together to brainstorm what we could do to learn more about food security and develop a plan to act locally. After preliminary discussions we realized that we wanted to learn by doing and decided to develop a small ("four-door") garden and test urban farming techniques, such as those found in this article. These techniques are specifically designed for getting maximum yield out of small garden areas.
Since two of us own a small plot of land we can begin immediately to prepare the soil while we learn more about how to proceed. We are hoping to be able to raise enough vegetables to supply the four of us for some period of time.
Obviously, a big part of this project for us is to carefully doc**ent what we do and what results we get. Carefully monitoring the impacts of nature (the weather, insects, "critters", etc.) will help us understand much more about how this type of gardening can be used to help address the food security problem around the world.
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Comment by Linda Holt on March 17, 2010 at 3:10am
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Dean, what a great idea! I don't know if you've already solved this but wrote a little piece on heirloom and cross polinated seeds and where to get them - at very reasonable prices. They've also got a wealth of information.
http://www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/blogs/for-those-who-are-starting-a
I look forward to reading of your experiences! I am in the third year of a very small urban garden that grows enough for four people.
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Comment by Dean Shankle on March 17, 2010 at 3:15am
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Linda,
Looks like some very interesting information. I'll share it with our group.
Have any quick warnings of things you know now you wish you would have known then? :-)
Thanks,
Dean
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Comment by Ayala Sherbow on March 17, 2010 at 3:19am
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VERY exciting. It would be wonderful if you could share the progress of your project with some pictures too!
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Ayala,
We fully expect to do that. Visuals are very important. Thanks.
Dean
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Only this - if you are doing ground bed planting, or even using ground soil in your containers - have your soils analyzed. You can have it done at your local cooperative extension (state agriculture dept). It is good to know what type of soil you have and how to amend it. I'm in Florida so I've pretty much decided to garden above ground as we have sandy soil and a huge nematode problem. Read about drip irrigation and misting systems and start some rain barrels!
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Linda,
Thank you for those tips. Instead of sand here in NH we have granite outcroppings so we may have similar issues.
Dean
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