Comments on: Suburban Backyard Farming

By: EcoYogini

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:02:08 +0000

Hi! I found you through Campaign for Real Health
We currently live in an apartment in a Canadian city… and we’re Urban Gardeners. Our balcony is TINY and we’ve been able to grow organic carrots, garlic, peas and strawberries this year- from seed It was fun finding planters made from sustainable material, non-fertilizer soil and worm-poo for fertilizer
It has been so much fun, and we can’t wait to expand our little urban garden to include peppers, lettuce and other treats for next season!

By: Holly Berry

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:21:32 +0000

I haven’t gotten started on our yard yet, but I did discover a book, “The Urban Homestead”, that has a ton of great projects and advice on urban farming and more.

By: Joyce

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:11:02 +0000

I don’t think I’d be willing to tear up our front yard because it would upset my neighbors. I have been thinking about adding some fruit trees to the front though.

We have added a few raised beds to our back yard and some to a wide side yard. We live in an area with very hard/rock-like clay soil, so just planting in the ground is out of the question. Raised beds can be a bit pricey upfront; we’re hoping to add one or two more planting beds each year, plus some berry bushes.

This has been our first year with the garden. We definitely consider it a learning year. We’ve found that we’ve overplanted some things and underplanted others. We’re hoping to plant a little smarter next year.

By: Anne

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:10:52 +0000

I can’t believe I have never thought of this. It’s a fabulous idea. We don’t have a yard yet, but I love this.

By: emily

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:13:34 +0000

there is a new bussiness in Minneapolis where I live that will “farm” your yard for you, including planting and harvesting the fruits of your/their labour.

we are slowly digging up chucnks of our urban yard and growing food. in our front yard there is a random 4 by 4 ft area with 4 tomatoe plants, in our back yard we have a 12×6 ft veggie garden plus random veggies throughout the flower garden.