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Seed Bombs: Walk-By Guerrilla Gardening

Becky Striepe — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:00:13 +0000

[Guerrilla Gardening. Creative Commons photo by Ondřej Lipár]

File this under genius! Carbon Copy has an easy recipe for making seed bombs. Carry these little home-made pellets around and toss them into places that could use a little bit of plant life. Here’s how you do it!

Guerrilla Gardening: Vigilante Green Thumbs Illegally Plant in Public Places

Jennifer Lance — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:41:38 +0000

Guerrilla Gardening is popular in London, where gardeners illegally, under the cover of night, cultivate plants in public spaces. Food, flowers, and trees are planted where weeds once grew, providing the public with beauty and free food. Technically, guerilla gardeners are participating in “criminal damage” under the law.

Via: Web Ecoist

A Capitalist Dream: Company Designs and Maintains Organic Garden In Your Backyard

Ariel Schwartz — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:25:09 +0000

Most environmentally aware Americans would love a personal organic vegetable garden, but how many people actually have the time to cultivate one?. Thanks to a San Francisco-based company called MyFarm, Bay Area denizens can pay a weekly fee to have a backyard garden designed and maintained by professionals.

Customers choose between a Personal Installation (just enough food for themselves) and an Owner Member Installation (enough food for MyFarm to sell to other members). Owner members receive a discounted membership.

The company leaves no gardening detail ignored. Each garden is tested for toxins and receives a drip irrigation system to automatically water the vegetables. MyFarm even maintains a compost pile and takes care of all pesky weeds that arise.