Gardening

Parsnips in November

Submitted by RA on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 22:20

Yes, you read that right. I'm blogging about parsnips. I mean look at them. The top freak parsnip has since passed on. It was picked, photographed, roasted, and eaten yesterday.

Garden Salad

Submitted by RA on Tue, 08/17/2010 - 00:24

There's something very satisfying about a garden salad, both from an aesthetic and taste point of view. Even more satisfying when you've grown it yourself. A few years ago I'd never have thought about making this kind of salad - I wouldn't even have been able to name most of the leaves here. I like the yellow and orange that the marigold petals bring, although in this picture you can really only make out the orange of grated carrots.

Feeding the City Masses With Vertical Farming

Submitted by RA on Thu, 07/29/2010 - 22:42

Interesting article in The Guardian today about feeding the urban masses of the future through vertical farming: instead of growing out, you grow upwards.

Using tried and tested hydroponics, and good building design, vertical farming enthusiasts reckon that a thirty story, downtown vertical farm could provide enough food for 10,000 people.

Profile of Ecological Footprint inventor William Rees

Submitted by RA on Fri, 10/27/2006 - 16:00

As a boy working on his grandparents' farm in eastern Ontario, William Rees found his vocation in life. Rees, a professor at the UBC's School of Community and Regional Planning, calls it his epiphany. It was also the root of his now famous "ecological footprint" that has been adopted by individuals, organizations and policy makers across the globe as a tool for understanding the impact we as humans are having on our environment.

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