Archive for September, 2008

Caroline Flint : Let them eat Bricks & Mortar

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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Monty Don aims to change the way we garden – and eat

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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GROW BIOINTENSIVE video

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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