Some People Trading Lawns for Veggie Gardens

[VonLeachim]

see john on  growingyourgreens channel, his residential food garden is great

[jamirocat]

trust yourselves, trust truth and knowledge, and love. Trust wisdom and beauty, trust the one i am. and (@ MegaTmarshall, I don't know how old the old farmers here are.) We could all learn a thing or two from urban gardeners. i love their creativity. More guerilla gardening

[Darkphantaria]

I love these people.

[jamirocat]

YEAH! LOVE THIS! GReat to see!



[MegaTmarshall]

@jamirocat This urban farming may become absolutely necessary for everybody in the near future. The average age for a farmer in England is now 60 yrs. of age. So how old are the farmers in the U.S. & Canada? Probably a similar situation in N. America, too with not too many younger people going into farming to replace them. Add urban sprawl & failing gmo crops to the equation = a very serious problem for our food supply. So are we supposed to trust the Chinese to feed us healthy food?

[MannySteinerBIeeky]

@Gardensandcabins - ooh cramps, I think there's some plants growing all over the place that some stupid people call weeds that are good for that....how lucky we are to live in a world where war is daily declared against free medicine too...

[MannySteinerBIeeky]

@Gardensandcabins - are you saying there are laws stating you cannot use your front lawn as a market or kitchen garden, or a forest garden? And humans actually passed laws like that without anyone noticing that is completely insane and unbelievably inexplicable?

[jardinmare]

Fantastic! Have done the same thing so far in my old second driveway,lucky enough to know a man with a horse and use the manure as a base with my compost!

[MENVUNOT]

The whole neighborhoods around the US. needs to practice this. We do... you can't eat grass.

[bravofighter]

Well...I dunno. Around here, lawns were always a real source of mini pastureland. The front yard was for your dairy goats, the back was for your horse. I live in a colonial town, and a few of the houses still have the stone goat troughs in the front yard. We have the chickens and goats and the big garden here, but our lawn serves a big purpose.

[MannySteinerBIeeky]

@bravofighter - you're meaning the other normal proper use for grassed areas - pasture / animals grazing. Nothing wrong with that, it's the same as growing food directly. In organic farming that uses animal inputs the pasture land in a mixed farm is usually factored in as part of the crop-rotation. So the area that's pasture one year is then used to plant some crop in the next year. But yeah if only grassed areas were put to grazing use, instead of money & fuel wasted on cutting them back.

[dooberry20]

I fucking hate listening to and seeing the most wasteful and disconnected cultural consumer ritual, cutting grass lawns with a gas powered lawnmower every fucking weekend. If the whole neighborhood just grew there own foods on their lawns and worked together. this would bring the whole community back together. and no one would have to work at jobs they hate and local cultures will revive from being stolen from multinational corporations like walmart.

[MannySteinerBIeeky]

@dooberry20 - join the club mate, I'm up before the judge soon for protesting that exact evil wasteful type of society you describe there - lawn-mowing and tree-killing fucking scumfucks. It's fucking disguisting how they can act like what they are doing is ok or normal.

[arkansastrash320]

Thats a wonderfull thing I love it.But can't help but wonder what keeps code inforcement from bothering those good folks and telling them what they can do in their own front yard.I mean we only are forced to pay taxes our they will kick us out our home and laws for this laws for that and then they tell us what we can and can't do in our tax paid yards.Hope those folks and never bothered!!

[5Fathom5]

lawn is "green cancer", keep up the good work

[wolftreetree]

nice, I like the idea, now lets get the governments to make it legal so we don't get fined for doing this.

[MannySteinerBIeeky]

@wolftreetree - the govts need to make this more than legal, they need to make it mandatory. ASAP. Unless people have some really good excuse for needing a lawn* the least they should be forced to do with them is leave them to go to wildflower, and just have a path through them if required.

*eg - they honestly like bowling, which requires proper non-powered clean-cut mowers and rollers anyway.

[sc00b3rt]

Lovely, totally illegal in our town. Can't have them..

[wolftreetree]

@sc00b3rt

I wish you could, its sad that you cannot, I don't think I could either (unless I made it look like landscaping instead of permaculture) which I am considering.

[tylertyler82]

It looks beautiful, it replensishes the nutrients in the soil, it takes carbon dioxide out of the air, it cuts down on our reliance on foreign oil, it cuts down on pollution (most pollution is caused by food being hauled all over the world), it tastes better, it makes you healthier, your skin is brighter, you have more energy, you are in a better mood.. win, win, win, win, win, win, win, win, win, win!

[flyingemu27]

I want to do this!!! Unfortunately, the house I currently live in is not my own and therefore I do not have the final say in what is done. Stupid parents...lol.

[redmoon787]

@flyingemu27

try to make little container garden and grow in them things like salads, berries and other small things;)

[jimbogu3]

Mowing grass is one of the most evil practices known to man. I have been trying to convince the wife of this, but haven't succeded, YET. As the price of food goes up, she'll get the picture.

[hablerz]

Notice the sly advert for plant food in there. How about making your own 'plant food', its called compost.

[hablerz]

Notice the sly advert for plant food in there, how about making your own 'plant food' - compost.

[zekehooper]

Man, I really wish every one would do this or allow someone else to use their lawns for this.

[emforty2]

lawns and the chemicals to groom them are the reason our groundwater is poluted

lawns are useless and people are throwing money at them its unbelievable

[blindspirit]

God I hate lawns.

[christyluvsraw]

These people are my heroes!

[aunthill167]

DOWN WITH MIRACLE GROW!!!!

[ACEBAKER911]

i agree  Miracle Grow is POISON

[Beccatjeschaake]

How do you stop passers by from stealing your crops? I'd love to do this a bit more, but am worried 'neighbours' will come by when I'm not in and help themselves...

[copefarms]

you get your neighbors involved doing the same thing. Or you share with your neighbors. A typical front lawn will produce more food than you could eat anyway so you will either be canning alot or giving it away anyway.

[totallytubular909]

you don't. you share. thiefs want electronics etc, not your swiss chard. if someone really wants your crops that much, they probably need it.

[Novasmom08]

That can be an issue...

BUT you usually dont have to worry to much, you get an Amazing amount of food from these gardens...

I have Half my Backyard filled and I have SO much surplus that I cant give it away!!!

[green2lean]

Becca, We should provide food to those in need. It would be come back to you in life.

[btaft72]

Listen to all the things they grow instead of wasting time and gas mowing a stupid lawn! This is definitely a movement worth promoting. Fritz Haeg's "Edible Estates" is an interesting book about this subject.

[bonobon]

fucking awesome

[RadicalNewBreeds]

Grow your own food! Codex Alimentarious is coming. Regulated food poisoning. Irradiated food kills viamins and all nutrients of the food. Trust what you eat by growing it yourself.

[stellunasoleil]

down with lawns

up with food

[PeakOilBoy]

This is the hottest new business going right now. Whoa.... YouTube is talking to me with this audio preview. Cool.

[impalapez]

this is what I'm doing, got laid off...just goin to work for myself this year...growin all the food I can!! and I'm goin to use my dirty fishwater to fertilise!!

[Tidnull]

hey theres an idea!

[sohcahtoa1970]

@impalapez This is a fabulous idea! I've been out of work for some time, and I DO use my dirty fishwater to fertilise my plants! Remember, don't use fishwater that's been treated with fish medicines. Anyhow, this works REALLY well. Most plants appreciate the fishwater. Get a worm bin too. Take back what's yours! grow as much of your own food as you can! Kudos to you for finding the silver lining in all this!

[MurderDrunkie]

Everyone should be doing this.

[Saphiregun]

it would be more organic.

[copefarms]

Not if they use miracle grow and other chemical fertilizers. Or they spray the bugs / pest with insecticides then obviously it wouldnt be more organic then.

Growing it themselves doesnt mean its organic.

[precisionbones]

this is great, my girlfriend and I want to do the same thing once we have our own land.

[impalapez]

actually, two women out in WA or OR, did something similar. They could not afford to get land of their own to start a CSA, so they went through their neighborhood, and got people to let them grow veggies on their properties...I think it's on peakmoments channel/...good luck in your endeavors

[WorkOnWellness]

Fantastic!

[rpcollins1]

If I had a "lawn" I would do the same thing. Sure, the pink flamingos, concrete geese, glass balls, and garden-gnomes would be hard to display, but it would be a worth-while sacrifice in the long-run.

[tylermanchesteruntd]

they're all a bunch of hippies

[notscooter952]

Veggies are really fun to grow. I've got tomatoes, hot peppers, bell peppers, potatoes, blackberries, squash, zucchini, cucumber, and pumpkins.

[billjesusgates]

if they did in my neighborhood, they would be shut down in two minutes. you don't live in a place with million dollar mansons and start growing your tomatoes in the front yard. i am glad i don't live in their neighborhood.

[bhavin313]

Do not worry. Once Gasoline gets 10$/gallon you will do the same in your front yard.

[cultchr]

Wow. Do you have to put others down to make yourself feel better? When they live to 100 and healthy and you are sick and diseased at a young age, you may be wishing for vegetables without pesticides and garbage.

[billjesusgates]

no, thanks, i built a $ 20,000 waterfall in front my house and i enjoy it more than any stupid vegtables and fruits.

[fightermouse]

>>i enjoy it more than any stupid vegtables and fruits.

>>i enjoy it more than any stupid vegtables

>>any stupid vegtables

>>stupid vegtables

>>vegtables

[Tigerpoi51]

I tried having a garden ... but my conservative landlord has the " Lawn " perspective fixed in her old head. She would cut it down every trash pick up day. ... I hate my landlord.

[billjesusgates]

i think i am your landlord. are you james? expect eviction papers tomorrow.

[Phillip72471]

she has nice tits