urban-gardening [EOTL]

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====== Urban Farming ======

Effective gardening in urban environments can be challenging. Space, light, and soil in cities is usually all quite different from traditional rural farming. Here is a page to collect info tips about novel approaches.


=== Indoor Apartment Farming ===

{{ :terrace_permaculture_gardening.pdf | Terrace Permaculture Gardening}} - an easy to understand overview of doing a permaculture gardening on apartment balconies. {{https://the-eye.eu/public/Site-Dumps/library.uniteddiversity.coop/Permaculture/Terrace_Permaculture_Gardening.pdf|Original source}}


=== Bio Scrap Composting ===

Buying fertilizer to grow plants costs money and usually comes packed in plastic. Meanwhile, all the scraps of vegetables and fruit that you normally put in the trash can be used  to make your own fertilizer. But it's not as easy as just that, here we can collect information and tips about composting your own fertilizer. 


=== Watering Systems ===

Watering plants takes time and requires one to be available. In urban settings people are often busy and traveling. Luckily, there are numerous ways to keep plants hydrated for busy people on the go and solutions range from simple DIY string to fancy open-source robots.

  * [[https://scissorsandsage.com/2015/04/20/diy-self-watering-system-for-houseplants/|DIY Self-Watering System for Houseplants]]
  * [[https://www.zerowastefamilie.de/Ollas-_-der-Wasserspeicher-f.ue.r-das-Beet.htm|
Ollas - der Wasserspeicher für das Beet]] (DE)
  * [[https://www.smarticular.net/ollas-selber-bauen-bewaesserungssystem-garten-hochbeet/|Ollas selber bauen: Bewässerung mit natürlicher Tropfschlauch-Alternative]] (DE)
  * [[https://farm.bot|FarmBot]] - an open-source robotic farming system
  * [[https://www.amazon.de/dp/B000LLOUHW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_1gUMEbX6W0P24|BLUMAT Wasserspender für Zimmerpflanzen]] - (Amazon DE)


===== Significant Projects =====

**Ron Finley the Gangsta Gardener**

  * [[https://www.ted.com/talks/ron_finley_a_guerrilla_gardener_in_south_central_la|A guerilla gardener in South Central LA | Ron Finley]] (TED)
  * [[https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2020-07-10/gardening-with-gangsta-gardener-and-masterclass-teacher-ron-finley|
For MasterClass’ Ron Finley, growing a garden is a revolution]] (Los Angeles Times)
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t-NbF77ceM|Ron Finley: Urban Gangsta Gardener in South Central LA | Game Changers]] (YouTube)

**Michigan Urban Farming Initiative (MUFI)**

MUFI is a pretty significant seeming sustainable urban agriculture non-profit in Detroit created from an abandoned apartment building that sprawls over a few blocks.

  * [[https://www.miufi.org|Michigan Urban Farming Initiative]] - Official website
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZeKXInnt1U|America’s first sustainable urban agrihood]] (YouTube video)

**The Urban Farming Guys**

  * [[https://theurbanfarmingguys.com|Urban Farming Guys]] - Official website
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-vyjyK6_kg|Farmin' in The Hood 2]] (YouTube video)

**Dervaes Family Farm**

A 380 sq meter (4000 sq foot) house and yard based in Pasadena, CA that was converted to a significant urban farming operation.

  * [[https://urbanhomestead.org|The Urband Homestead]] - Official website
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJAnBGHhjAc|Urban Farms on KCET]] - YouTube video
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6Dnbem1rVE|Dervaes Family Farm - The Urban Homestead - Episode 94]] - YouTube video
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