terça-feira, 5 de junho de 2012

Pallet Garden

Very Interesting! Sent by Tess Drewitt from Lund university.

source: http://lifeonthebalcony.com/how-to-turn-a-pallet-into-a-garden/








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quarta-feira, 30 de maio de 2012

The Urban Farming Guys

The Urban Farming Guys

http://theurbanfarmingguys.com/

Cool proposition

Urbanrooted in the World Urban Forum

We introduced our Urbanrooted comcept on the UN's World Urban Forum.

follow the link and contribute:

http://www.worldurbanforum.org/sustainable-cities/food-production-in-urban-environment



terça-feira, 29 de maio de 2012

Paulo Eberhardt's Herbs






My colleague Paulo sent me pictures of the herbs that he grows at home. He has some pots where he plants sage, parsley, pepper and chives.

segunda-feira, 28 de maio de 2012

The Fallen Fruit

These people work on a similar idea as urbanrooted. It is worth checking http://www.fallenfruit.org/.

Taking Over Public Spaces - Gardening in an Airport


Cool case: in Germany a gardening community takes over an old airport to grow their food.
The community received a three-year grant to use the land with the option of a three-year extension, as the city develops a long-term plan for the former airport.
Above everything it is a cool initiative!

Read more on:  http://www.thelocal.de/society/20110829-37247.html

Photo: Ecopedalo via Flickr

Season Food

source:
http://beta.primal-palate.com/store/ingredients/fruits-and-vegetables/
http://www.greenbrierfarms.com/csa/info


I posted something similar on the blog in portuguese.

I found this which should refer to what grows in the northern hemisphere according to the sason.

Remember that not only ecologically correct,  Season's harvest is always tastier!