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One of my friends recently started planting her own garden – simple stuff: tomatoes, lettuce, rosemary, basil and some other herbs.  What’s great is that she has the space for it – she has a little yard behind her condo.  I have another friend who instead of a yard has a 700 sq ft lanai, which allows him to install raised beds for lettuce and herbs.  


But what if you don’t have that kind of space?  How can those of us with smaller units grow our own food?  I was at a loss until I read GOOD’s Blog this morning and came across an encouraging article.  Fortunately, we already have some New Yorkers working on it.


I’d love to try it, but I have the challenge of cats…they completely destroyed my spider plant.  So please share if you’ve seen anything like this locally…or something that might be ‘cat proof’. 


As always, if you have questions about what HONBLUE is doing don’t hesitate to give me a call at 441-4452 or drop me a line at shines@honblue.com.


Comments (3)

  1. On July 16, 2010 @ 11:26 am, Matt Gifford said...

    I’ve been wanting to try something like this for a while. Here are some sites I found interesting:

    http://greenhandsofaloha.com/#

    http://www.thewikigarden.com/index.html

    It looks like Green Hands of Aloha has some specific indoor gardening options and knowledge.

  2. On July 21, 2010 @ 10:16 am, Brian Knaack said...

    In regards to urban gardening, I saw the most innovative composting method at a friend’s house recently that worked in a very tight urban space! I always thought you needed a lot of space to compost and some expensive equipment to do it right, but after seeing my friend’s trashcan composting system, I began researching it online. Here’s one source that explains how it’s done: http://www.motherearthnews.com/Sustainable-Farming/1976-09-01/The-Underground-Composter.aspx

    Food scraps make up a significant portion of landfill space (around 20% from some figures I’ve read), and that doesn’t have to be the case. Even with a small amount of space, you can turn your food scraps into fertilizer! Imagine if we could reduce landfill waste by 20% just by this simple act.

  3. On July 22, 2010 @ 4:27 pm, Shannon Hines said...

    @Brian – what a cool way to compost. Looks quick to set up and sounds super easy to use. Thanks for sharing such a great find!


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