Urban Gardens

We learned about urban gardening in class today. Generally, our group has had some interest in gardening but unfortunately, due to space in our dorms or apartments and/or pet concerns we have been unable to begin doing that. After we are done with this phase in our lives however, we thought that having a garden would be valuable to have as a hobby or to lower our food costs and become more sustainable. Here are some links to an article some tips for urban gardening, making it easier to accomplish and hopefully keep the plants alive.

http://www.urbangardeninghelp.com/

This video explains the benefits of gardening, and some simple systems to help keep them watered.

As we talked about in class, one benefit to having a garden that seems to be forgotten is to teach those around us and potential children where our food comes from and how much work and patience is needed to grow it. We realize that in this age, we do have a serious disconnect from our food. In many parts of the country, citizens never see their food sown, grown or in some cases raised and slaughtered. They do not see all of the work and resources that go into making that food and as a result, we do not value food as much. We waste literally tons of food every day and if it had been intelligently proportioned or saved for food later in the week, could have been saved from the garbage. I think that if more people saw how our food was raised, such as mutant chickens whose legs snap under their own weight or cows with more hormones than an adolescent human, that more of the public would demand a higher quality of food and more humane practices for raising that food.