Guerrilla Gardening

[Fencergrl]

This is something that is done in various cities around the world. Here's a chance to discuss your favourite examples or post pics. This is one of my favourites: http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1365/...6827bf.jpg?v=0

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerrilla_gardening

[Fencergrl]

Searching through google images I found this one... http://www.inhabitat.com/wp-content/...ithflowers.jpg

Along a similar vein/ vine... rooftop gardens! Here's the downtown library garden.
http://a.abcnews.com/images/US/ht_li...060718_ssh.jpg

[fatfencer]

One of my New Year's Resolutions was to go as green as possible.

3 areas I really felt we could do a lot to change were

1) recycling and reusing as many plastic containers as possible. this includes cups from gas stations... however we've cut down on purchasing those in favor of planning our trips better and just either getting refills or taking water with us.

2) switching to straight vegetable oil for car fuel. This one we've failed miserably on though not without significant effort. I have a standing offer to anyone in the US... I will trade a FREE mortgage refinance (no commissions AND a PAR rate) in return for a diesel car I can run vegetable oil in.

It can be any car/truck that runs well but externally it can look like a beater. Any make or model will do.

For example lets say a person has a $400k home and refinances. His/her closing costs are typically between $4-7k USD.

With me they will be ZERO though he will have to pay for title, processing and lender fee. In this case a person with a $1500.00 beater can give the car to me and in exchange he will receive a $4k value..pocketing $2500.00 in savings.

I'm giving the refi away for the car because I HATE BIG OIL AND I believe it to be better for the environment. Supply and demand my ass. Large lending institutions are over-speculating and hoarding the oil contracts so as to artificially drive up the price. But, I digress.....GRRRR!

3) Gardening: We just finished a 50 by 20 ft garden and now we are trying to figger out where to get heirloom seeds and what to plant this time of the year in the desert. We also planted 5 fruit trees including a pomegranate. We are only planting heirloom seed(things that generate fruits WITH SEEDS that can be planted again) and not using pesticides and artificial plantfoods.

Foods today have much less nutrition than in years past due to over-engineering. Thanks Monsanto/ADM You guys remind me of the Thorn Corp. motto: "Our Future Lies in Famine". Personally I hope companies that engineer foods end up in hell. God made it right the first time. Leave it alone....Corn doesn't grow square. "Our high yield, no taste, no nutrient corn grows 10 times faster than heirloom corn with only minor side effects." That is the party line we've been sold the last 30 years or more.

Fatfencer

PS: Grow as much food as you can. Food prices are going to soar to all time highs in the next 3 months. Buy as much staple grains as you can too.

[Empty Wallet]

Gorilla plants?

http://www.sailblogs.com/member/thew...?xjMsgID=39487

[Inquartata]

And how are the ripe guerrillas harvested? Plucked from the soil using Mao Tse Tongs?

Yes, I'm Che-meless.

[Neinteen]

And how are the ripe guerrillas harvested? Plucked from the soil using Mao Tse Tongs?

Yes, I'm Che-meless.

I formally admit I lolled.

[Inquartata]

Where? On a sofa? A bed? Or a bough?

[Neinteen]

You're a funny clown. You should work as a jester in my court.

[Inquartata]

I'll bet your "court" has padded walls...

[Neinteen]

Nah, that's the mental institute that you're thinking of.

Now I know they tell you that you're the king, but they're only doing that because they think you're special. I'm surprised they let you use a computer there, let alone touch a saber. Then again, saber is how you got sent there in the first place isn't it?

likeomgwtfpwnt.

[lindajdunn]

I didn't realize there was a term for this.

My neighbors to the northwest have cleared a spot of land on a vacant lot and planted a vegetable garden.

I've been cutting grass and otherwise maintaining the property nearby but abandoned my efforts on all but the lot next door after injurying my left knee. Before that happened, I did create a flower garden on the vacant lot. Here's a picture after I cleared as much as I could clear. I'd only transplanted a few lillies before taking this picture.

http://www.lindajdunn.com/assets/Treescape1.jpg

Note our house is not visible in the picture.

This year, we've found several maple tree seedlings growing too close to the house to be allowed to live. I've been transplanting the seedlings onto the vacant lot.

[Mo]

I think I will take up guerillia ponding.
I could rent a backhoe and when people are on vacation dig a huge pond in their yard. If only I had some money....
I have plenty of plants and fish.
The Momster

[chefencer]

Not exactly Guerilla, but...
There Will Be Chicken Blood

The City Chicken

it's an interesting trend.