Friday, January 9, 2015

Operation Fruit Tree

By Liliana Usvat
Blog 280-365

I will plant a fruit tree this year and I will invite 5 friends to do the same.
I found this ideea on facebook and I thought that is a great idea.

You have the ability to send a ripple that travels around the world. Together, we can inspire the planting of millions of trees that feed our communities this year. Let's make this year count!












Amazing initiative regarding replanting trees

The Food is Free Project Austin, Texas USA grows community and food, while helping gain independence from a broken agricultural system.  The Food is Free Project is a community building and gardening movement that launched in January of 2012. They teach you how to connect with your neighbors and line your street with front yard community gardens which provide free harvests to anyone.

The gardens are built and offered for free using salvaged resources that would otherwise be headed to the landfill. By using drought-tolerant, wicking bed gardens, these low maintenance gardens only need to be watered every 2-4 weeks. This simple tool introduces people to a very easy method of growing organic food with very little work. A wide variety of vegetables along the block promote neighbors to interact and connect, strengthening our communities while empowering them to grow their own food.

The Food is Free project not only transforms neighborhood blocks, but has installed gardens at Elementary schools, community arts spaces, Farmers Markets, churches and small businesses.

More and more people are recognizing the importance of local food and supporting our communities at home. Food is Free provides a platform for community interaction that opens doors to further collaboration and connection. Imagine driving down your street, where the majority of homes host a front yard community garden, neighbors come together for potlucks, establish tool-sharing and community composting programs while creating safer, more beautiful neighborhoods.

Never underestimate your power to inspire

“Never underestimate your power to inspire and affect your community around you. Even the smallest of acts can really ripple out.” - John VanDeusen Edwards, Founder of The Food is Free Project 

The ideea is already spreading in Australia  and Tasmania

Food is Free Project - Australia is non profit organisation with the brilliant idea that food should be free be the change you wish to see in the world :)

Here is their facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Food-is-Free-Project-Australia/761196423910893?sk=info&tab=page_info

Build your own self-watering garden

The founders of the project realized that most people don’t grow their own food because of financial considerations, as well as the time it takes to maintain the plot. Through an ingenious and easy-to-build design — which uses recycled materials — participants can have a flourishing garden up and running in very little time. The best part, however, is that the bed only needs to be watered once every 2-4 weeks. 
This not only reduces time spent on upkeep but also drastically lowers the amount of water used. Another advantage is that there is no need to invest in building materials or an expensive drip system. The bed utilizes recycled wood pallets, scrap PVC pipes and wood, tumbled glass from the landfill, donated soil, burlap, political signs and (for the cost of around $2.00) a plastic tarp. The bed takes about 30 minutes to build — or less, once you get the hang of it.
A zany video demonstrating how to build the raised bed, along with a wealth of other gardening resources, can be found at the Food is Free Project website. Examples of additional drought-resistant techniques include wicking 5-gallon bucket planters, watering with buried clay pots, Hugelkultur beds and a documentary about growing with mulch.

Links

http://foodisfreeproject.org

https://twitter.com/foodisfreeproj

http://wakeup-world.com/2014/08/04/diy-2-self-watering-garden-bed/

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