~ WORLDWIDE Vegetable Allotments ~ REVIVAL of last years thread ~

[Hattie the Hen]

Here is a link to an article about communal vegetable gardens in the desert of Mauritania. this project is very near to my heart as it is supported by Oxfam. I work as a volunteer for them in one of their 2nd-hand bookshops, sorting donated books, cleaning & pricing them, then selling them to the customers who flock to our beautiful old shop in my nearby market town.There are a net-work of these shops all over the country along with their other shops which sell clothes & bric-a-brac. We raise a lot of money which supports these types of long term schemes & the kind of emergency help that is needed in situations like the Haiti earthquake.


http://www.oxfam.org/en/development/vegetable-gardens-desert

:rose Hattie :rose

 

[boggybranch]

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.

Yep....no "dynasty" lasts forever.....ask the Romans, the Incas, the Aztecs, ect.
The "rise" of U.S. 'power' was fueled by capitalism (ahh, the love of money) and, now, is being 'brought down' by it.....and the facade and scramble to "right the ship" continues.

Sure am glad that I love to raise vegetables.

 

[boggybranch]

Here is a link to an article about communal vegetable gardens in the desert of Mauritania. this project is very near to my heart as it is supported by Oxfam. I work as a volunteer for them in one of their 2nd-hand bookshops, sorting donated books, cleaning & pricing them, then selling them to the customers who flock to our beautiful old shop in my nearby market town.There are a net-work of these shops all over the country along with their other shops which sell clothes & bric-a-brac. We raise a lot of money which supports these types of long term schemes & the kind of emergency help that is needed in situations like the Haiti earthquake.


http://www.oxfam.org/en/development/vegetable-gardens-desert

:rose Hattie :rose

Makes me wonder...why not move closer to the water.

 

[Hattie the Hen]

boggy b.

I don't think the people have that kind of freedom of movement to just move nearer to water. It is a troubled country with little safety outside the towns & the tourist areas. See these links:-

http://www.arab.de/arabinfo/maurihis.htm

http://worldinfozone.com/country.php?country=Mauritania

 

[boggybranch]

Note to self:....NEVER move to a desert nation.

Seems that a lot of the people who live in these hot, arid, sandy areas of the world, tend to have a lot more aggressive behaviors.....most of which, don't have ANY rationale attached to it, at all.

Sure do hate it, for the good people in those areas....just struggling to survive.

 

[Hattie the Hen]

Good Morning,

It's snowing again here..............! I have really had enough of it now! I need Spring & warmth.......... &.....brightly coloured flowers!

Back to a UK allotment blog.......

http://www.soilman.net/


:rose Hattie :rose

 

[boggybranch]

Good day (morning, here....afternoon, there)Hattie,

Hahahahahahaha....This guy and his perceptions are very entertaining and, caught me, totally, "off guard".....in a good way. I'm gonna really enjoy his archives, too, I'm quite sure.
Not the "normal" gardener's blog....huh? (Do I mean....he's not normal, or...the blogs not normal. The answer is....yes)

 

[wifezilla]

Its come to my attention that Im a fat bastard.

Bwaa haa haa!

He is funny!!

 

[Hattie the Hen]

I thought he might come as a surprise!

Just right for a Monday morning I thought -- getting the week off to a good start......!

It is still snowing big fat snowflakes & the temperature is dropping.....Uuurgh!


:rose Hattie :rose

 

[boggybranch]

Got a question, Hattie....

In the UK, before planting seed potatoes, are the sprouts removed or left on, when planting?