http://permacultureforrenters.com Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:20:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When I think about overarching topics in systems design for eco-tenants, there are four that immediately come to mind: food, water, "waste" (nutrient and materials cycling), and energy (electricity, fuel, etc.).  While I can spout off a diverse range of renter-appropriate solutions for the first three, my repertoire for energy ... http://permacultureforrenters.com/the-p4r-blog/weekend-roundup-solar-for-renters/ Hope this Wednesday finds everyone doing quite well... City Farmer News served up the first two links in this roundup: Hungry, Hungry Manhattan Here's a great video about what it would take to grow all Manhattan's food on Manhattan Island. It's a thought-provoking piece, although there are a number of other questions ... http://permacultureforrenters.com/the-p4r-blog/mid-week-roundup-nyc-bags-a-how-to/ A few years ago, my friend Laura Altvater (of Mostly Medicinals) put together this great edible container handout for Portland Nursery.  It has some really imaginative themed combinations, as well as a container idea for a shady situation, and one for hot and dry. I've had this lying around for a ... http://permacultureforrenters.com/the-p4r-blog/6-combinations-for-edible-container-gardens/ I missed both last Tuesday's and last weekend's roundup, so I figured I'd have a huge backlog of links to throw at you....but...nada. Nothing has caught my attention in the last 10 days or so. I'm currently following 35-or-so blogs, around half of them permaculture- and urban homesteading-related, but I ... http://permacultureforrenters.com/the-p4r-blog/weekend-roundup-umyou-tell-me/ Polyculture in a Bucket: Goji berry, kale, onions, strawberry, and foxglove. Food forestry (a.k.a. forest gardening) is a concept that people seem to become enthralled with when they hear about it: a way of gardening that mimics the diversity and resilience of a healthy forest, and provides an abundance of fruits, ... http://permacultureforrenters.com/the-p4r-blog/create-a-container-food-forest/ I briefly mentioned this technique in another post, but I wanted to throw up a picture for visual-learner types (like me!). This is a great way not to waste money on those silly little plastic plant labels that you buy at nurseries: Take a 1 quart plastic yogurt container and ... http://permacultureforrenters.com/the-p4r-blog/quick-tip-for-upcycled-plant-labels/ Goats are the New Chickens City Farmer News posted this story about the growing urban goat-keeping trend. The article features this great quote: “In our society, we have pets we love and we have factory farm animals that we treat dismally,” [...] “I want to return to a world where ... http://permacultureforrenters.com/the-p4r-blog/weekend-roundup-goat-is-the-new-black/ Here in Portland, we always seem to get a window of Spring-like weather in the middle of February. It's traditionally the time to direct sow peas, onions, and radishes, and to start tomatoes and peppers indoors. Even though the gods of climate generally plunge us back into the ... http://permacultureforrenters.com/the-p4r-blog/is-this-springreally/ Of any garden I'm currently tending, the one that I've had the longest connection with isn't at the house we rent, and it's not our next-door farm either. It's at my office. We've only been in our current house for 2.5 years, but I've had a connection to my current ... http://permacultureforrenters.com/the-p4r-blog/cant-grow-at-home-farm-at-work/ Getting this one out a little late today. I generally try to get posts done the night before and scheduled to go up in the middle of the night, but I was up for a while last night putting up the third installment of the greywater series. Just in time ... http://permacultureforrenters.com/the-p4r-blog/tuesday-roundup-thoreau-and-shrinkwrap/