Self-Sufficient Urban Gardening with Alys Fowler
Crane.tv gets in the mood for Spring by visiting Alys Fowler; a gardener who loves food. Focusing on sustainability and self-sufficiency in an urban environm…
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You really inspire me. I would love to grow all the fruit and vegetables
that I eat. I keep working toward it. Your my favorite gardener.
Floyd Mccasland
March 17, 2015 at 10:29 pm
I love you Alys Fowler,keep the good work ;)
jar emna
March 17, 2015 at 11:25 pm
I love you Alys Fowler,keep the good work ;)
aicha lochef
March 17, 2015 at 11:57 pm
pretty much one of my top 10 people I’ve never met
Sean Quinn
March 18, 2015 at 12:15 am
Alys inspired me to grow salad, herbs and tomatoes-which I also grew in my
yard-on my new balcony. For city dwellers, she also did a nice video on
pickling fresh veg, which we can buy organically from local grows by the
roadside in season, so I will do that also. ; )
universallyinsync
March 18, 2015 at 12:38 am
Alys Fowler is my garden hero! X
BevsArtsandCrafts
March 18, 2015 at 1:29 am
Lovely and inspiring all at the same time!
Best wishes and success for you!
Riven Snow
March 18, 2015 at 2:00 am
How many mouths in that household? I mean – how many people does that kind
of farming feed? Also – I live in a very big city. Like – I can have no
garden. I can have a lot somewhere outside the city, but in order to get
there I would need to buy a car – which would completely ruin the carbon
footprint I was trying to avoid by gardening. Basically: it’s nice that
someone is able to do this in the world. It’s just not viable for 100% of
all people.
HaploidCell
March 18, 2015 at 2:08 am
Sounds like a garden to me….you grew it, and enjoyed what you’d grown.
Sounds like a gardener, with a small garden. Grow on!
Deborah Armstrong
March 18, 2015 at 2:48 am
We haven’t got a garden, but we’ve had tomatoe plants, baby salads and
herbs living on windowsills, and have grown potatoes in big pots in the
kitchen and the following year in big pots just outside the house.
1920sgirl
March 18, 2015 at 3:14 am
I don’t think Alys is advocating that this type of lifestyle is for
*everyone* but I do think she can serve as inspiration for almost anyone,
especially urban dwellers. You can grow many vegetables and herbs in pots,
in very little space. I actually grew an entire garden all in pots last
year because I had to move in August and couldn’t bear the thought of not
being able to garden. There’s also the square foot gardening method, in
which you can grow a lot of crops in a very small area.
rainbowneutron
March 18, 2015 at 3:50 am
Look around you. Even in New York, there are gardens. some of them are
community spaces, some of them are little pots on windowsills. Grow what
you can, where you are….and keep your eyes open….you may find there’s
more space available than you think. You may not be totally
self-sufficient, but just think of the satisfaction of telling a friend
that you grow your own lunch every Wednesday!
Deborah Armstrong
March 18, 2015 at 4:18 am
fill every available window shelf…basically anywhere that you get light
and use everything from a baked bean can to a mcdonalds salad container for
sprouts. if i can do it – anybody can x
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frederick roy r
March 18, 2015 at 4:42 am
your an amazing woman
Lee Stovin
March 18, 2015 at 5:04 am
Validation through the approval of friends or others is not really what I
seek. I want some veggies that I can trust are not contaminated by
pesticides, fungicides or herbicides. For me, gardening is something I
thoroughly dislike, so doing it for the benefit of others is not going to
motivate me for long. I need to do this for myself. Seriously, I hate
getting my hands dirty and doing things that require long-term time
management. So excuses come easier than reasons. I’m in the planning phase.
HaploidCell
March 18, 2015 at 5:37 am
This woman is super inspiring!! My seeds on the window are sprouting nicely
:-b
sillylittlesheep
March 18, 2015 at 6:08 am