Green Options » my farm http://greenoptions.com/tag/my-farm Posts tagged 'my farm' Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:25:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en A Capitalist Dream: Company Designs and Maintains Organic Garden In Your Backyard http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/07/01/a-capitalist-dream-company-designs-and-maintains-organic-farm-in-your-backyard/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/07/01/a-capitalist-dream-company-designs-and-maintains-organic-farm-in-your-backyard/#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:25:09 +0000 Ariel Schwartz http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/07/01/a-capitalist-dream-company-designs-and-maintains-organic-farm-in-your-backyard/ Tuscany Farming

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.

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