Comments on: Soil & Water Conservation/Organics

By: Sheer Curtains

Sheer Curtains — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 06:54:17 +0000

we must also conserve water even if we have lots of them”~”

By: Brandon Carter

Brandon Carter — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:23:43 +0000

water conservation should be done because we are already having some water shortage these days`;,

By: Avery Nelson

Avery Nelson — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:35:14 +0000

Organic gardening should be a great way to spend your time and get some fresh vegetables..-~

By: Isabella Williams

Isabella Williams — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 11:44:31 +0000

nowadays, we are seeing some water shortage and water conservation is even more necessary:-;

By: Anthony Wilson

Anthony Wilson — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:06:39 +0000

i would have to say that organic gardening is a good way to spend your time and also it can keep you healthy.;~”

By: John Reeves

John Reeves — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:05:05 +0000

Corrections:Beth’s input better (vs.400-500 ft2/person):
John Jeavons [Director of the GROW BIOINTENSIVE Mini-Farming program for Ecology Action] says that we can grow our entire diet on 3,000-5,000 sq. ft. This is given a vegetables only diet (although I would argue that you could add at least some chickens on that amount of land). When we do the calculations including all city and county residents, this would only take 2% of the land in the county. The other 98% of our land could be used for small-scale livestock, major reforestation projects, local renewable energy, etc. and does not include city land, where the average lot size in the city is about 7,500 sq. ft. Harrisonburg and Rockingham County could be completely self-sufficient if we made some changes to the way we viewed our land, income and how we currently are living as a culture.

It is vital that we all begin to see growing all or a portion of our own food as something that we can do while still working other jobs. A well designed garden can be maintained with a few hours of work throughout the week and a few more during the weekend. Path to Freedom Urban Homestead in CA produces 6000 lbs of food on a 1/10 of an acre/year(4,356 ft2). We live on prime growing land, there is no reason why we can’t be doing this, too! Plus, its fun, it’s a good workout, and it’s better looking (and more productive) than grass.