How to Re-Pot a Plant that is Root Bound

Great tips from Jeralyn, available on her blog, here. 

How to Start a Family Garden When You Live in the City

This is a great article, with some nice new ideas on how to tackle the challenge of gardening in the city:

"Gardening as a family cannot only help you reduce your carbon footprint, pass along the ideals of sustainable living to your children, and save money at the grocery store, it can also help you forge even stronger bonds with your family through your shared goals. When you live in an urban setting, however, starting a family garden requires a bit more creativity than it would in a rural area."

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An interesting idea

The Guerrilla Grafters are a group of botanical dissidents who are covertly grafting branches of fruit trees onto ornamental trees in SF.

"There’s a group of gardeners in San Francisco that are spreading organic graffiti across the city. How? By grafting branches from fruit trees onto ornamental trees that have been planted along sidewalks and in parks.

They are using a very simple tongue in groove splice that’s held together with annotated electrical tape. Good luck to them."

Info from BoingBoing: http://boingboing.net/2012/09/25/guerrilla-grafters-covertly-ad.html

Western Canada Permaculture Convergence

Western Canada Permaculture Convergence, 2012 is billed as “A three day (August 24,25,26) coming together of permaculture enthusiasts, to share information, inspiration and learn a few new skills.”

In May, they're also hosting a week of workshops, May 16-20, at the Woodland West retreat centre in Millarville, Alberta.

The New Farmer School

The New Farmer School is a local educational resource for non-industrial farming.

Seedy Saturday, this Saturday

The annual Seedy Saturday event is this Saturday, March 17, 2012, from 10am-3pm, at the Hillhurst-Sunnyside Community Association. Admission is $2 (Calgary Dollars accepted), children under 12 get in free.

An excellent way to connect with local-focused agriculture enthusiasts and practitioners.

Occupy Vacant Lots

Activists Are Reclaiming Vacant Lots For Gardens -- But Will There Be Legal Challenges?. “Occupy Vacant Lots is being welcomed by many neighborhoods in Philly, but could legal challenges upend its work?”

Our Dwindling Food Variety

A very telling graphic about crop and seed diversity, from National Geographic:

It’s like growing potatoes in a barrel…

4 Simple Steps to Grow a Hundred Pounds of Potatoes in a Barrel.