~ WORLDWIDE Vegetable Allotments ~ REVIVAL of last years thread ~

[boggybranch]

Don't know if you've "run across" this site yet... I got to it by "plundering" in side links to your last link (I think):

http://www.cityfarmer.info/category/england

 

[Hattie the Hen]

I think this whole site is fantastic for all it's info. Since I found it I have been constantly exploring it's sidebar. It's a wonderland of information..!!
Yes, I love the Mudchute Farm site ! I am going to tell some friends to take their kids there in the Easter holidays.


By the way, boggy, congratulations on your growing haul of used windows -- I'm very jealous........ ...... but glad for you....!

:rose Hattie :rose

 

[boggybranch]

Thanks Hattie,

Wish you were closer so you could get the extras.....I hope there'll be plenty of those.

 

[Hattie the Hen]

Don't know if you've "run across" this site yet... I got to it by "plundering" in side links to your last link (I think):

http://www.cityfarmer.info/category/england

http://www.thisisdorset.co.uk/blackmorevale/news/Local-Flavours/article-1245301-detail/article.html

I thought you might be interested in this article on the chef who is in charge of the restaurant at the Mudchute Farm. Just goes to show how pebbles cast into water make ripples that affect so many people's lives...!!

Let us all cast a few pebbles for the good & important things in life...!!


:rose Hattie :rose

 

[boggybranch]

Enjoyed that.....just wish it had more pictures.
There is so many places in the UK with such unusual names....it's hard to try and visualize them and pictures sure do help. LOL

 

[Hattie the Hen]

Good morning!

I've at last found a short video, made by Monty Don as part of a series of programmes called "Around the World in 80 Gardens."
Monty Don is a very well known gardener in the UK & has presented many gardening shows on TV here. He also used to be a rather well known jeweller before he took to gardening & writing books.

It was a wonderful series & I have never forgotten the progamme that showed gardens producing food in the capital.
This clip shows urban vegetable gardens in Havana, Cuba:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrkeIexh7W0

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Edited later to add these links to more info on Cuba:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8213617.stm

http://www.allotment.org.uk/articles/Cuba-Vegetable.php

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*****BY THE WAY I have changed the title of this thread slightly to include the rest of the world......................!!

:rose Hattie :rose

 

[Ladyhawke1]

boggy b,

More info on the subject of temporary use of sites earmarked for building development here in the UK:

http://entertainment.timesonline.co...rticle6896197.ece?dm_i=8UC,2IC1,13R0Y5,7Y1Q,1

:rose Hattie :rose

Sounds cool, but what in the heck is a "color coded chicken"?

 

[Hattie the Hen]

boggy b,

More info on the subject of temporary use of sites earmarked for building development here in the UK:

http://entertainment.timesonline.co...rticle6896197.ece?dm_i=8UC,2IC1,13R0Y5,7Y1Q,1

:rose Hattie :rose

Sounds cool, but what in the heck is a "color coded chicken"?

Hey Ladyhawke!

We are still trying to find out............. I've searched & searched but can only find this ref.

Good morning boggy b,

Have you come across this article before:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009535078_parkingstrips25m.html

TEG has several members up that way; I wonder if any of them could fill us in a bit more /or photograph some examples this summer.......???

:rose Hattie :rose

 

[boggybranch]

Good morning!

I've at last found a short video, made by Monty Don as part of a series of programmes called "Around the World in 80 Gardens."
Monty Don is a very well known gardener in the UK & has presented many gardening shows on TV here. He also used to be a rather well known jeweller before he took to gardening & writing books.

It was a wonderful series & I have never forgotten the progamme that showed gardens producing food in the capital.
This clip shows urban vegetable gardens in Havana, Cuba:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrkeIexh7W0

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Edited later to add these links to more info on Cuba:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8213617.stm

http://www.allotment.org.uk/articles/Cuba-Vegetable.php

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*****BY THE WAY I have changed the title of this thread slightly to include the rest of the world......................!!

:rose Hattie :rose

Wow, talk about "taking the bull by the horns" and finding solutions to crisis....my hat's off to the Cubans, for sure. Hahahahaha.....can't, EVEN, imagine farmers in the U.S. going back to oxen.

 

[Ladyhawke1]

Quote:

"Wow, talk about "taking the bull by the horns" and finding solutions to crisis....my hat's off to the Cubans, for sure. Hahahahaha.....can't, EVEN, imagine farmers in the U.S. going back to oxen."


Hey, just give us a little time and we will all be pulling a plough, because we ARE fast becoming a third would country. Just look around.