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Peak Moment 87: In summer 2006 Judy Alexander embarked on an experiment to see how much food she could grow, and how many neighbors could benefit, from the garden around her house. Check out her homegrown rainwater collection and irrigation system - watering her 60+ edible crops. Meet the bees, the chickens and the worms. And catch her joy in producing so much food for so little effort.
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January 31st, 2009 at 6:50 pm
i cry when i watch …
i cry when i watch these
January 31st, 2009 at 6:50 pm
Thank you, Ive been …
Thank you, Ive been learning alot lately. I am starting my first garden this year!
January 31st, 2009 at 6:50 pm
Fantastic! Thanks …
Fantastic! Thanks for sharing this with us. =)
January 31st, 2009 at 6:50 pm
Thanks for the nice …
Thanks for the nice long video. I live across the Sound from Port Townsend and just bought a house with a nice big yard, so will definitely be trying to grow some of my own food this year too.
January 31st, 2009 at 6:50 pm
Very informative. …
Very informative. Thanks for the Video.
January 31st, 2009 at 6:50 pm
You don’t have to …
You don’t have to owner your property to live a sustainable lifestyle. i am a landlord and encouraged my tenants to not only keep the garden on my property going but to expand it. Also my former husband lives in an apt in the city and grows vegetables out on his fire escape…be creative you can do it!
January 31st, 2009 at 6:50 pm
Real estate prices …
Real estate prices will go down further - that may help. On the other hand, our increasing populations mean land will keep its value. Many small farmers are now aging, and their families aren’t taking over the farming business — another opportunity. Plus, there are landowners who might want tenant farmers. (And yes, private property ownership is part of the problem.)
January 31st, 2009 at 6:50 pm
i love this video. …
i love this video.
one problem for me though is obtaining the property to get started in this direction. i’ve been saving to buy property but damn, its too expensive! it takes a lifetime of slaving to buy property to then become self sustaining. something is deeply lopsided about that!!!!!
i hate to say it this way but i think maybe i need to find a good ol farmer girl that inherited the family farm and is looking for a husband. thats the only way i’ll see my dream come true.
January 31st, 2009 at 6:50 pm
The problem isn’t a …
The problem isn’t a lack of ability to grow and produce enough food to feed the world, the problem is runaway greed. Where is the outrage from enviromentalists about Monsanto? And the push against Wholefoods and independant organic farmers?
January 31st, 2009 at 6:50 pm
I would rather live …
I would rather live like this anyday then what we live like today..
January 31st, 2009 at 6:50 pm
Sustainabitlity is …
Sustainabitlity is only successful if the government and industry supports the people. The earth can support far more people than we have now, however greed and apathy rule in this day and age.
January 31st, 2009 at 6:50 pm
Fuck yes.
yes.
January 31st, 2009 at 6:50 pm
everybody should …
everybody should have a garden like this and be self sufficient
January 31st, 2009 at 6:50 pm
Wow,what the rest …
Wow,what the rest of us are missin’ out on! Since viewin’ from the start like i felt an attraction to the great outdoors, so i guess the easy part is mother earth is in each and every one of us, just gotta let her grow and be beautiful! 5 stars peakmoment and thank you very much for sharin’ this AWESOME vid!=)
January 31st, 2009 at 6:50 pm
I agree that …
I agree that overpopulation and consumption are decimating planetary ecosystems beyond their ability to renew, and we are in the next planetary extinction. I’m not sure whether humans will be entirely decimated unless Gaia herself does it. We clever monkeys are amazingly adaptive.
January 31st, 2009 at 6:50 pm
What we are quickly …
What we are quickly approaching is the end of mankind. We have proven ourselves to be no more intelligent than cancer cells, which are so ignorant that they continue to reproduce, and consume, until they destroy their host and thus themselves. The monkey never learns.
January 31st, 2009 at 6:50 pm
Considering how …
Considering how about 90% of the population lives in or near a city, do you have any ideas for an urban garden????
January 31st, 2009 at 6:50 pm
Most plants will …
Most plants will not take up these bad things thank goodness. But, they will get in to you thur other ways. so, ho=w do you check your soil as you sujest , i need help .
January 31st, 2009 at 6:50 pm
check out on …
check out on youtube “The produce garden”. It’s a guy living in Australia who has video on growing all sorts of vegetables and making organic fertilizer, tea, soap, etc.
January 31st, 2009 at 6:50 pm
It doesn’t matter …
It doesn’t matter what your gender, I’m just glad to see people getting back to nature..
This video is insperational, I am totaly getting a garden going next year.. Any good resouces you could reccomend? websites? books?
January 31st, 2009 at 6:50 pm
There are fast …
There are fast growing tomato varieties for cool weather too. Same for cucumbers-look for varieties that work for cool weather.
January 31st, 2009 at 6:50 pm
The guys are …
The guys are gardening, too. Take a look at Peak Moment #51 “An Experiment in Backyard Sustainability”, with Scott McGuire; #106 on Community Gardens with Patrick Marcus; #117 with Bicycling Horticulturalist Ryan Nassichuk; and our latest #123 “Cultivating a Suburban Foodshed” with Owen Dell.
January 31st, 2009 at 6:50 pm
this is a great …
this is a great garden, i love it. but where are the men? do we have to become brawny overworked tired shorthaired women to do this? no, i hope not.
PEOPLE, PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THE YARDS OF HOUSES AND EVEN FARMS, OFTEN HAVE LOTS OF OLD SPRAYS AND POISONS IN THE SOIL, LEFT THERE FROM YEARS AND DECADES AGO. WHEN THEY WERE NOT YET ILLEGAL, AND EVEN THE MORE RECENT ONES. SO HAVE YOUR SOILS TESTED ALL AROUND EVERY SQUARE METER OF EARTH YOU PLAN TO USE, IN YARDS.
January 31st, 2009 at 6:50 pm
Or in a box of sand …
Or in a box of sand in the cool….
January 31st, 2009 at 6:50 pm
Know your land…. …
Know your land….if folks reading this are up north Tomato and cukes are not a great choice…