Urban Growing??

 


Hi all,

I'm a 3rd Year Product Design student starting my major project.

For this i've chosen to look at the issues associated with growing
vegetables
and herbs in an urban environment with limited space.

I was just wandering the main reasons that people grow herbs and
vegetables,
other than the obvious such as, better flavour, money
saving, human need to
nurture, relaxation etc. ??

Also i was just wandering what the main crops that people like to grow
are??

I'm currently looking at existing products which 'solve' the issues
related with
growing in an urban environment, so if anyone has examples
of products that
would also be very helpful.


Many thanks for all your help.




--
ImAJellyTot

 

"ImAJellyTot" wrote


Add ease of access.  I need a tomato?  Green pepper, cucumber, etc?  5 feet
out my own back door.


The obvious ones.  Container garden here so the dog can't 'water the
veggies' for me.
- tomatoes, bell peppers, butter and baby lettuce, spinach, green onions,
chives, various herbs, cucumbers, eggplant, chiles, summer squashes.


Long containers work well in apartment settings if you have a porch.  I have
7-8 of them, most are about 1.75 meters long, about a foot deep and near a
foot wide.  They sit on raised wood platforms so I don't have to lean over
to tend them.
 

 



I want foods that are not available in todays market place, like NON-GM
foods. Next year heirloom corn will be added to my heirloom vegetables
and herbs. Another poster here has convinced me of this recently :)

You might be interested in this magazine?
http://www.hobbyfarms.com/urban-farm/home.aspx

Enjoy Life... Dan

--
Garden in Zone 5 South East Michigan.

 

ImAJellyTot wrote:

Freedom from chemicals is important to some.  Improving the appearance of
the urban garden can also be done with edibles, in a limited space you can
eat the decoration..


If they have any sense they like to grow edibles that suit their soil and
climate.  This is an international group there is no one answer to that
question.


A well trodden path, we get one here about every six months.  I haven't seen
a solution yet that was sensible and likely to be cost effective, many tend
to be complex and over-engineered, perhaps you will do better.

David