Erika sent me a link to this New York Times article about the Waterpod, a home built on a barge. They plan to make the 30×100 foot barge as self-sufficient as possible, with chickens, gardens, and power from a mix of solar, wind, and bicycle.
Wow - not just a rooftop garden, but a whole farm on top of an old bagel factory in New York! Serious Eats has the whole story.
Seattle Tilth is having their edible plant sale this weekend - it’s a great sale and there are lots of people there who can answer gardening questions.
Wow - Hantz Farms is planning on using vacant land and abandoned property to start a 70 acre urban farm in the city of Detroit. They want to grow fruits and vegetables, and harvest wind energy, use geothermal heat, and biomass fuel from recycling compost. They’re working with Michigan State University and the W.K.Kellogg Foundation. [...]
I wish I could have chickens. I think they’re gorgeous, they make some really neat warm broody sounds, and it would seem like free eggs (though of course they wouldn’t really be free). But I am tremendously allergic, and I don’t need the added responsibility, and we have tough city raccoons that regularly raid henhouses. [...]
