This is my annual video update of our forest garden. I’m calling it ‘Forest Gardens as a Hedge Against Drought’ for reasons I’m about to explain. Right across the road from our garden you can see the barren, dry rice fields that are normally under water and lush with rice this time of year. Now they’re brown with dying weeds. It’s so bad that many farmers aren’t even plowing and planting. This is the worst rainy season in 15 years and yet our garden is still very lush. It’s not growing as fast as when it rains because plentiful rain softens the subsoil so roots can grow more readily, but our forest garden is still a lush oasis as you can see in the video.
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Greek Villagers Secret Weapon: Grow Your Own Food
“Ilias Mathes has protection against bank closures, capital controls and the slashing of his pension: 10 goats, some hens and a vegetable patch.
Best Ways to Grow Potatoes
Growing potatoes in sand/sawdust mix:
“Amazing Sweet Potato Harvest: 139 lbs. from 3 potatoes
I planted them in April in sand and sawdust and fed them with the Mittleider weekly feed mineral fertilizer. I really didn’t do much more than that but the sweet potato harvest was amazing! Sweet potatoes are highly nutritious and store well when cured properly. This is a great preparedness food.”
Urban Agriculture in Atlanta
“A video survey of urban agriculture and community gardening in Atlanta. This story was featured on “This is Atlanta with Alicia Steele,” a Telly Award-winning and Emmy-nominated magazine show on PBA, Atlanta’s PBS Station. View more from “This is Atlanta” at http://www.pba.org/atlanta.”
Localized Food for Sustainable Communities
“People like you want fresh, local food, so we are building the ultimate high performance sustainability hubs, starting in Pocatello, Idaho. Powered by the people, we give straight back to make strong self-reliant, communities. With your help we are laying the foundation for a sustainable future around the world.
Lawn Vegetable Farmers Fight the Law and Win!!!
“In this video Luke Rudkowksi of WeAreChange speaks with Jason and Jennifer Helvenston, gardeners who were targeted by the state. Are Americans losing their right to grow their own food peacefully on private property?