http://www.myearthgarden.com/2011/09/have-we-made-gardening-too-complicated/ acres away from ordinary Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:05:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.myearthgarden.com/2011/09/have-we-made-gardening-too-complicated/comment-page-1/#comment-8553 Sugel Sun, 02 Oct 2011 21:19:00 +0000 http://www.myearthgarden.com/2011/09/have-we-made-gardening-too-complicated/#comment-8553 Just like my collaborator and I she lives an urban homesteading lifestyle that she finds exciting and important enough to write a book about. Its not about how to do it yourself or how other people are doing it but about her own personal adventures in farming in the city..Our book is more of a how-to and why-to for urban homesteading and its the first book about urban homesteading to really speak about this not just as a set of individual choices but as a movement of people making this choice. So in addition to how-tos for urban gardening animal raising food preservation water waste and energy management personal care and community building you hear from lots of people who have chosen this as their lifestyle..This is the first book to really explore urban homesteading as not just something you do at home with your family but as something you do in your community that can affect and influence the way a lot of people live use energy and manage their resources. Just like my collaborator and I she lives an urban homesteading lifestyle that she finds exciting and important enough to write a book about. Its not about how to do it yourself or how other people are doing it but about her own personal adventures in farming in the city..Our book is more of a how-to and why-to for urban homesteading and its the first book about urban homesteading to really speak about this not just as a set of individual choices but as a movement of people making this choice. So in addition to how-tos for urban gardening animal raising food preservation water waste and energy management personal care and community building you hear from lots of people who have chosen this as their lifestyle..This is the first book to really explore urban homesteading as not just something you do at home with your family but as something you do in your community that can affect and influence the way a lot of people live use energy and manage their resources.

]]> http://www.myearthgarden.com/2011/09/have-we-made-gardening-too-complicated/comment-page-1/#comment-8485 Patty Hicks Mon, 26 Sep 2011 23:14:20 +0000 http://www.myearthgarden.com/2011/09/have-we-made-gardening-too-complicated/#comment-8485 I think you have a good point Michael. With all the varied methods and morals behind why we do what we do as gardeners its no wonder they believe it's too complicated! If we could distill it down to where there weren't so many voices it would be very helpful to the new gardener I think. And I'm someone who has also spent years working as a garden instructor/writer. Too much information is like trying to feed a baby the whole bottle at once. They always choke. I think you have a good point Michael. With all the varied methods and morals behind why we do what we do as gardeners its no wonder they believe it’s too complicated! If we could distill it down to where there weren’t so many voices it would be very helpful to the new gardener I think. And I’m someone who has also spent years working as a garden instructor/writer. Too much information is like trying to feed a baby the whole bottle at once. They always choke.

]]> http://www.myearthgarden.com/2011/09/have-we-made-gardening-too-complicated/comment-page-1/#comment-8484 Annie Haven | Authentic Haven Brand Mon, 26 Sep 2011 23:03:36 +0000 http://www.myearthgarden.com/2011/09/have-we-made-gardening-too-complicated/#comment-8484 Wonderful article and sharing Ruth's concept and gardening method I hope will inspire more folks to sprinkle some seeds in the ground or in a container and let them grow! <|;-) Wonderful article and sharing Ruth’s concept and gardening method I hope will inspire more folks to sprinkle some seeds in the ground or in a container and let them grow! <|;-)

]]> http://www.myearthgarden.com/2011/09/have-we-made-gardening-too-complicated/comment-page-1/#comment-8482 Fiona Gilsenan Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:12:58 +0000 http://www.myearthgarden.com/2011/09/have-we-made-gardening-too-complicated/#comment-8482 I think one of the reasons people's eyes start to glaze over when we explain gardening concepts is that they lack the background information. It seems obvious that there's a difference between perennial and annual flowering plants, for instance, but that's not intuitive for everyone. I was reminded of this when a friend told me she dug up a bunch of 'dead daisies'. They were merely dormant. Another concept that non-gardeners find especially confusing is that pruning stimulate growth; hence all the truly dire pruning jobs you see almost everywhere. I think one of the reasons people’s eyes start to glaze over when we explain gardening concepts is that they lack the background information. It seems obvious that there’s a difference between perennial and annual flowering plants, for instance, but that’s not intuitive for everyone. I was reminded of this when a friend told me she dug up a bunch of ‘dead daisies’. They were merely dormant. Another concept that non-gardeners find especially confusing is that pruning stimulate growth; hence all the truly dire pruning jobs you see almost everywhere.

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