Garden
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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.
Sarah's proposal for a Hydroponics Veggie Garden
Got
- a picnic table
- a promise of ultra-cheap compost from the Leytonstone community garden
- likewise, plenty of spent grains from Brewing for compost
- 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
Plants inside the space
On the window sill in the craft area near the laser cutter we've got:
- Some cacti
- Some sunflower seeds which are germinating atm
- 2 x spider plants
- 3 pots planted with fairly random seeds that Jasper had left over, some of: nasturtiums, large blue poppys, sweet pea's of a few kinds, mixed wildflowers. Most said "Plant by 2012" so I don't know how many will germinate, will probably need splitting up and planting out if they do germinate
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
- 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/