Back in May when I started this lark, I guessed it would be too late to make a large scale effort to grow my own food in 2008. It was going to be June before I’d be settled in the apartment – a quick Google confirmed my suspicion that that would be too late in [...]

After extensive searching, I eventually settled on The Bountiful Container as my bible of sorts. The Internet is good for obscure information or some quick fixes but for this I figured that a more authoritative source was required. As usual, I cross-referenced the amazon.co.uk reviews with the amazon.com reviews, and, once I was happy, bought [...]

Who knows what the correct term is! I just came across this on Wired.
As this is Wired, I guess you have to learn to expect such techie references as “aeroponics” and “aquaponics”. Nonetheless, it seems indicative of an ongoing trend towards more and more people utilizing allotments and container gardens for genuine sources of food. [...]