Quote:people makes budgets...they buy cheaper things to stay in budget, as discussed earlier, the healthy food is more expensive...make healthy food affordable and people will buy more of it...it's not just people on food stamps either...

 

roof top gardens work well on a flat roof if you have one and only want a few plants, patio gardens will work unless you want to grow a bunch of different things, backyards are not big enough to grow much of anything anymore, not to mention municipal codes in a lot of places require that your back yard be at least 50% lawn or more 

 

You can actually grow tomatoes on your driveway using self-watering 5-gallon buckets and a soil-less potting mix.  No weeding!  And in Florida you can use 100% of your front and back yard for gardens.  The City of Jacksonville tried to fine Val and Eli a few years ago for their Arlington food forest, but the state law was on their side.  It is amazing what can be grown in a small space.  My own vegetable garden takes roughly 1/5 of my small back yard.  I also have several citrus trees which bear fruit every year with minimal care.

 

A 48-minute in-depth look at the Jacksonville, Florida city garden of Val and Eli. The pair changed 1/10th of an acre, in three years, from a “barren, food desert” lawn into a “paradise” of edible, medicinal, mulch and other useful plants. As an introduction to plants it’s very useful with a tour of many of the 160 different species, as well as some water management techniques. Information-heavy but their clear enthusiasm and passion make up for this.

 

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