Garden

Space Allocation

Maybe about a 1/4 of the yard?

Planning

We're going to meet on the 12th at the space warming party to see what mix of skills & commitment we've got.

Got

• a picnic table
• a promise of ultra-cheap compost from the Leytonstone community garden
• Hackney council offer free deliveries of compost in bulk - 15 tonnes of it in a truck: http://www.hackney.gov.uk/greenerliving-how-compost.htm

Needed

Generally

• BBQ
• pots
• planters
• raised beds
• soil
• compost
• plants
• etc…

If we're doing hydro/aqua

• grow lights
• pumps
• tanks etc.
• tarpaulin (for a pallet base vertical garden like here)
• plastic bottles for hanging garden (either this or this)

People

• Mark
• Laura
• Clare
• Sam
• Billy Smith
• Mentar
• Naomi
• 930913 (talk)
• jonty
• Kitty
• carl
• Ruben (wyan)
• Steve Ganly keen to set up an aquaponics system
• Ben Huss
• Sarah Simmonds
• Add your name here!

Link dump

• http://lifehacker.com/5202849/grow-100-lbs-of-potatoes-in-4-square-feet
• http://r-urban-wick.net/events/builda-carbonised-plant-regulated-growing-system
• http://www.capitalgrowth.org/
• http://www.lbka.org.uk/pollinator_friendly_plants.html
• http://thelondonorchardproject.org/
• http://www.lbka.org.uk/seed_shop.html
• http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/en/moretreesmoregood/free-trees/Pages/free-tree-packs.aspx

• http://www.windowfarms.com
• http://www.brooklyngrangefarm.com
• http://gothamgreens.com
• http://www.realseeds.co.uk/
• http://www.orangepippintrees.co.uk/
• http://smallworldstratfordvillage.co.uk/5um/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=50:plant-regulated-growing-systems&catid=1:village-voice&Itemid=4
• http://www.josho.com/gardening.htm
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JFs5V4YaTY Aquaponics example system
• http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/hsl/