Apartment Gardening

Apartment Gardening
Parents	Sustainability

Description

This topic is about growing vegetables in apartments.

Meetings

• Meeting in Louvain-la-Neuve on Saturday 14/09 4pm @ Dégustation de bon sens, place de l'université
• Hop on to Valeriane in Namur (September 6, 7, and 8), to find some seeds and get in touch with other gardeners. Quelques ateliers épinglés, entre autres : Atelier graines germées et jeunes pousses (vendredi), Une Maison de la Semence Citoyenne chez Nature & Progrès, pourquoi ?, Les incroyables comestibles (dimanche)
• Contact meeting in Gembloux, 13/08 at 19h in French Inn.

Resources

Existing networks

• http://www.ted.com/talks/britta_riley_a_garden_in_my_apartment.html

Indoor gardening

Hydroponics and window farms

• Windowfarm - Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windowfarm
• Ikea hack to build an indoor hydroponic garden : http://www.urbangardensweb.com/2013/06/01/how-to-build-indoor-hydroponic-gardens-using-ikea-storage-boxes/
• Assemble Your Own Windowfarm: Edible Urban Garden In A Kit : http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/assemble-your-own-windowfarm-edible-urban-garden-in-a-kit-video.html
• Windowfarm “DIY Hydro” Project Inspires Thousands : http://urbangardenmagazine.com/2010/11/windowfarm-%E2%80%9Cdiy-hydro%E2%80%9D-project-inspires-thousands/
• Windowfarms website : http://www.windowfarms.com/windowfarms-indoor-herb-garden-kits/
• Windowfarms community : http://our.windowfarms.org/
• How to make your own low tech vertical window farm - Low Tech Magazine : http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2010/03/make-your-own-lowtech-vertical-farm.html

Growing mushrooms

Some resources about growing mushrooms with coffee grounds:

• http://www.permafungi.be/index.php?lang=fr --> buy mushroom kits !!!! (belgium)
• http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/growing-oyster-mushrooms-in-coffee-grounds.html
• http://www.stormthecastle.com/terrarium/how-to-grow-mushrooms.htm
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMQ4bZlu1g0

Container gardening

• FooDIY : http://www.foodiy.org/container-gardening/
• DIY Sub-irrigated planters :
  • http://www.appropedia.org/Sub-irrigated_planter
  • http://www.scribd.com/doc/35818333/DIY-Two-Bucket-EarthBox-Sub-Irrigated-Planter
  • http://suresimple.blogspot.be/2009/04/recycling-juice-and-pop-bottles-as-sips.html

Other DIY indoor gardening solutions

• DIY indoor gardeners - http://www.spacebuckets.com/builds/
• SPACE10 The Growroom
  • https://medium.com/space10-the-farm/space10-open-sources-the-growroom-aa7ca6621715
  • http://www.trueactivist.com/ikea-just-released-free-plans-for-a-sustainable-garden-that-can-feed-a-neighborhood/

Related subjects

• 8 Vegetables you can regrow again and again : http://healthybodynow.net/regrow/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41URO6sACeQ How to do a vertical garden by using pallets

Food and vegetables storage

• Saving Food From The Fridge - No Tech Magazine : http://www.notechmagazine.com/2012/01/saving-food-from-the-fridge.html

Urban gardening

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_agriculture
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_horticulture
• City farms : http://journeytoforever.org/cityfarm.html (useful links)

Guerrilla gardening

Beyond your apartment : growing vegetables in your city and reclaiming the public space with gardening

• Incredible Edible :
  • International website : http://www.incredible-edible.info/
  • Incredible Edible Belgium : http://incredibleediblebelgium.wordpress.com/a-propos/
• Guerrilla Gardening :
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerrilla_gardening
  • http://www.guerrillagardening.org/
• Moss Graffiti : http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Moss-Graffiti (basically a street art technique, but can be used for ornament too)
• Seed Bombing : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seed_bombing