30
Sep
Posted by lepotager in Environment. Tagged: Depopulation, Food, Green Belt, Housing, Land, Local food, Peak Oil, Second Homes. Leave a Comment
I guess when you’re housing minister, then every problem is solved by building more houses, but the timing of her statements in this story in the Telegraph, have got me more than a little annoyed.
Let me get this straight . .
Food prices are rising
Energy prices (used to import food from overseas) are rising dramatically
We all [...]
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24
Sep
Posted by lepotager in Environment. Tagged: Guerilla Gardening, Local food, Monty Don, Organic, Peak Oil, Soil Association, Sustainability, Transition, Transition Culture. 2 Comments
Monty Don, gardener, journalist, author, ex-presenter of Gardener’s World and now President of the Soil Association is a convert to the Peak Oil cause and the Transition Movement.
Last November he wrote a great article for Gardener’s World magazine – you can find a copy over on Transition Culture - in it he talks about the invisible footprint [...]
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9
Sep
Posted by lepotager in Biointensive. Tagged: Grow Biointensive, John Jeavons, minifarm, video. 2 Comments
I’m looking at John Jeavons’ GROW BIOINTENSIVE methods as a way to enable us to grow enough food in an urban garden. I’ll be writing more about this soon, but here is a good basic video introduction:
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