| In the December/January 2007 issue of Farm and Ranch Living was a great article about a couple young people in Saskatoon, Canada who sold enough produce and flowers grown on small city plots to make a living.
My wife and I have made our living off small plots for 43 years. I rented or bartered for small lots from farmers and also small lots and back yards from people in town. I have never lived in a city, or a town, or a suburb. So it was really strange to drive from way out in the country, surrounded by big farms, into the town to do my farming! But in town I had good soil and WATER.
There is nothing "hotter" right now than locally grown produce and this urban agriculture. You can find lots on the internet. Also plenty of books about it.
I'm surprised this forum isn't much more active |
Here is a link that might be useful: SPIN , Small Plot Intensive farming
| Yes, I've checked out the spin farming site, found the material interesting but the information overpriced. May I suggest you try our own site which is completely non-commercial and all information is FREE for the reading. We are hand-scale growers of flowers, vegetables and plants and practice a non-tillage, permanent mulch system of growing that uses input from commercial maintenance gardeners for mulch material. We are starting our 14th year in business and compete favorably with growers using tractors and tillers. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Whole Systems Agriculture
