tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post6388293754217495..comments2024-03-29T08:50:21.054+02:00Comments on Eco Footprint ~ South Africa: Green spaces for growing vegetablesDanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-32522347185714594742013-08-05T10:13:38.929+02:002013-08-05T10:13:38.929+02:00Marlene - That's a wonderful re-use of the fre...Marlene - That's a wonderful re-use of the freight bags. Excellent idea :)Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-70612127651597421272013-08-04T15:47:57.978+02:002013-08-04T15:47:57.978+02:00Hi Dani! Food can be grown in almost anything tha...Hi Dani! Food can be grown in almost anything that will keep soil in as long as you have enough drainage holes at the bottom. When I was working, we received a lot of mail in black overnight freight bags and that seemed to be a huge waste until I told the ladies in my office that they could actually use the bags to grow veggies in. Nobody believed me until one of them tried. The benefit of Marlene aka Ouma Miaauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03302454364030697158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-47199003652024202512013-08-03T13:56:56.771+02:002013-08-03T13:56:56.771+02:00Me too, kymber...Me too, kymber...Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-61588846277349645602013-08-03T07:27:26.449+02:002013-08-03T07:27:26.449+02:00Dani - a lot of people have little hope for what t...Dani - a lot of people have little hope for what they call the "me" generation. i see it completely differently. i think these kids, attached to their i-phones and texting non-stop, have the power to change the world. we were all kids once...and somehow we all grew up. these kids will do the same. they will grow up and who knows? maybe change the world. my fingers are crossed!<br /><br kymberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02607117635648274823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-37492961117967030262013-08-03T07:23:45.748+02:002013-08-03T07:23:45.748+02:00no problem Dani...and bless you, too!no problem Dani...and bless you, too!kymberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02607117635648274823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-41414867082690907852013-08-03T06:13:22.450+02:002013-08-03T06:13:22.450+02:00Mrs B - Milk crates are in great demand by the hom...Mrs B - Milk crates are in great demand by the homeless - they are ideal for storing and transporting their meager possessions.<br /><br />I was surprised that the veggies weren't swiped...Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-53159788136272548932013-08-03T06:11:31.055+02:002013-08-03T06:11:31.055+02:00kymber - Kids are so eager to learn, and provided ...kymber - Kids are so eager to learn, and provided they are steered in the right direction, they should make a better job of it than our (my) generation did. I tend to think of my generation as the "make love not war" one, but history is revealing that, in fact, we are more the latter than the former...Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-54657698008837435992013-08-03T06:06:09.829+02:002013-08-03T06:06:09.829+02:00Kymber - Thank you so much my friend. I have left ...Kymber - Thank you so much my friend. I have left my response on your blog :)<br /><br />Bless you.Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-3248437499056923792013-08-02T20:16:39.799+02:002013-08-02T20:16:39.799+02:00I enjoyed the video, it would have never occurred ...I enjoyed the video, it would have never occurred to me that I could put dirt in burlap and use plastic milk crates to grow a garden.<br /><br />I did notice that they locked them in place which would explain why none had been stolen but I will give people the benefit of the doubt.<br /><br />Free food grown in green public spaces is indeed a good idea.MsBelindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09035993834877022676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-7391398087928508762013-08-02T19:54:03.746+02:002013-08-02T19:54:03.746+02:00Dani - what an uplifting post. and i agree that ge...Dani - what an uplifting post. and i agree that getting young kids involved at an early age, even if they live in the cities, will go a long way.<br /><br />your friend,<br />kymberkymberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02607117635648274823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-66408505218511953612013-08-02T18:35:16.306+02:002013-08-02T18:35:16.306+02:00Dani - i have nominated you for a leibster blog aw...Dani - i have nominated you for a leibster blog award. you can accept it over at my blog. congrats.<br /><br />(i didn't read this post but will be back after i finish alerting my nominees)<br /><br />your friend,<br />kymberkymberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02607117635648274823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-62185069100435342682013-08-02T16:05:43.662+02:002013-08-02T16:05:43.662+02:00Quinn - Starting kids off young is the only hope f...Quinn - Starting kids off young is the only hope for the future of farming - even those kids in city schools who wouldn't normally be exposed to any kids of farm activity.<br /><br />I agree - there is nothing more uplifting than seeing schools going that extra mile and adding "informal teaching / opportunities" to their curriculum :)Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-55348434516907471422013-08-02T16:03:14.627+02:002013-08-02T16:03:14.627+02:00Harry - We have so many homeless people (who have ...Harry - We have so many homeless people (who have left their homelands in order to "walk the streets of gold") in our cities. And apart from soup kitchens, I have no idea how they obtain any of their fresh fruit and vegetables. Idea's like this were probably instigated in order to fulfill that need, in no matter how small a way.Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-56362638240780670732013-08-02T15:55:36.194+02:002013-08-02T15:55:36.194+02:00Very interesting stuff, Dani! I always feel especi...Very interesting stuff, Dani! I always feel especially encouraged by school programs that include gardening, some of them in very urban areas where the garden site has to first be reclaimed from what would seem a human-destroyed wasteland. Very heartening indeed!Quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17292701509476856967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-17295416690489402682013-08-02T15:32:25.752+02:002013-08-02T15:32:25.752+02:00I saw a show on the science channel here recently ...I saw a show on the science channel here recently that said more and more people in our cities are growing gardens in a similar fashion. James Kunstler, in his book "The Long Emergency" predicted some years ago that people in cities would have to grow some portion of their food on site, as fuel costs rose. Looks like you are ahead of the game there in your country.Harry Flashmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05071021900005041592noreply@blogger.com