permaculture

[Keith Johnson <keithdj@mindspring.com>]

     Yard Sharing
     <http://landscapeandurbanism.blogspot.com/2009/06/yard-sharing.html>

An article in today's Oregonian 
<http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/06/like_an_eager_vine_urban_garde.html> 
has a bevy of local resources for one of the cooler trends of the urban 
agricultural movement, garden sharing, /"... a trend that appears to be 
spreading roots across the metro area as apartment dwellers and 
landowners, strangers and neighbors unite to grow their food at a time 
when seed sales are up and the economy down. Here's how it works: 
Everyone contributes what they can, whether it's land or labor, money or 
skill, and everyone shares in the bounty."/


     Yard Sharing
     <http://landscapeandurbanism.blogspot.com/2009/06/yard-sharing.html>

/"... a trend that appears to be spreading roots across the metro area 
as apartment dwellers and landowners, strangers and neighbors unite to 
grow their food at a time when seed sales are up and the economy down. 
Here's how it works: Everyone contributes what they can, whether it's 
land or labor, money or skill, and everyone shares in the bounty."/ 
<http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/06/like_an_eager_vine_urban_garde.html>

The resources are amazing, including some of the following for those to 
check out locally or emulate in other places:

:: Portland Yard Sharing <http://yardsharing.org/>
:: The Dirt <http://www.thedirt.org/>
:: City Garden Farms <http://citygardenfarms.com/>
:: Portland Fruit Tree Project <http://portlandfruit.org/>
:: VeggieTrader <http://veggietrader.com/>
:: Portland Area CSA Coalition <http://portlandcsa.org/>
:: Portland Community Gardens 
<http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/index.cfm?c=39846>

One resource absent from this list was featured previously on L+U, Your 
Backyard Farmer <http://www.yourbackyardfarmer.com/>, which uses land 
and provides gardening services of local lands in a similar fashion, for 
those who have space and want some bounty. Another national network 
mentioned is Hyperlocavore <http://hyperlocavore.ning.com/>, a network 
for Yard Sharing around the country.
--

Keith Johnson
"Be fruitful and mulch apply."
Permaculture Activist Magazine
PO Box 5516, Bloomington, IN 47407
(812) 335-0383
- Permaculture Activist <http://www.permacultureactivist.net/>
- Permaculture Trading Post <http://www.permaculturetradingpost.com/>
- Patterns for Abundance Design & Consulting 
<http://www.permacultureactivist.net/design/Designconsult.html>
- Permaculture & Regenerative Design News Blog 
<http://kjpermaculture.blogspot.com/>
- APPLE (Alliance for Post-Petroleum Local Economics) It's a small world 
after oil. <http://www.relocalize.net/groups/applebloomington>

- Transition Indiana <http://transitionindiana.blogspot.com/> - Blog 
<http://transitionindiana.blogspot.com/>

- Transition Bloomington <http://transitionbloomingtonind.ning.com/>
- Association for Regenerative Culture <http://www.arculture.org/>
- The Gardeners' World Blog <http://theecosystem.blogspot.com/>
- Renaissance Farm and Permaculture Center 
<http://bloomingtongrowers.locallygrown.net/growers/show/212>
- Bloomington Permaculture Growers Cooperative 
<http://bloomingtongrowers.locallygrown.net/>
- Bloomington Permaculture Guild Blog 
<http://bloomingtonpermacultureguild.blogspot.com/> - Calendar 
<http://my.calendars.net/bloomingtonpccal/>
- Continental Bioregional Congress Blog 
<http://bioregional-congress.blogspot.com/>
- Switch to Solar Power the Easy Way 
<http://www.jointhesolution.com/KeithJ-SunPower>