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Posted on 05/23/2010 7:12:12 AM PDT by JoeProBono
Los Angeles, which has a growing number of people selling home-grown fruit and vegetables, is halting enforcement of an ordinance against the practice.
The Los Angeles City Council said it is suspending enforcement of a 1946 ordinance and weighing a new measure, the Food and Flowers Freedom Act, which would allow for the growing of "berries, flowers, fruits, greens, herbs, ornamental plants, mushrooms, nuts, seedlings or vegetables for use on-site or sale or distribution off-site," the Los Angeles Times reported Friday.
The measure comes as an increasing number of local residents and people across the United States are turning to their home gardens as a source of supplementary income.
Cam Slocum, 50, said he grows beefsteak tomatoes and salad green baby mache in his back yard and sells them to restaurants. He said he has 10 regular clients and he wants to add 20 more to keep his garden profitable.
Ken Takayama, chef de cuisine at French restaurant Melissein Santa Monica, said locals are increasingly coming into the establishment aiming to sell their vegetables. He said the number has been steadily increasing since the economy first started tanking three years ago.
"Every day, every week, it's something new," Takayama said. "You name it, they have it."
>>They have a nice size resin building
You mean like a plastic shed?
From a distance I thought it was wood...Looks more like a composit close up, but it is made of resin. Has windows and vents, double doors in front. Floors are attached so no vermits can dig in.
I like it. Thanks for posting.
Seems to me citizen-gardening is a potential beneficial use of “open-space” property acquired by certain municipalities which can’t afford to maintain it...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2519509/posts
http://www.springsgov.com/Page.aspx?NavID=1217
So it was on physical display at Home Depot?
Chicken Coop is on my list of summer projects. The ability to easily hose down the inside which you’ve mentioned - that’s a beneficial feature I hadn’t considered.
Also raises the possibility of incorporating a drainage system where the liquefied waste could be collected and then dried for (very potent) fertilizer application....
Hmmmm. Thanks FRiend!
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Buckets for my upcoming “Hanging Fence Squash” experiment are stacked and waiting for seedlings...
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Yes a physical display...I live in a barn. I know the necessity and trouble it is to sanitize barn word/lumber. If you are building it yourself consider spending a bit more for composite wood. There are many really bad bugs that live in chicken shit....Believe me, My kitchen cabinets and the beam above the fireplace came from an old chicken coop.
You will want to use bleach water occasionally even if you don’t change the use of the building.
>>>1400 ft of corn, 200 ft of black eyed peas, 400 ft of okra<<<
Corn - Check - I have about 1100 ft - black eyed peas (I have string beans - a bit more footage than that, plus 250 ft of black beans)
BUT - 400 ft of OKRA?
2 dozen plants here yield way more than we, our two daughters along with their families and all the neighbors can or will eat, freeze or dehydrate, if they are continuously picked right up till frost, I get about 20 - 5/8 bushel baskets full... WOW You must really love okra...
keeping bugs out of grain/rice etc
For decades I have used food grade plastic buckets- putting bay leaves in- twice down through the years I found one single lonely weavil snuggled up tight to a bay leaf deader than a door nail.
If the lid does not fit tight, and sometimes they don’t, I have just run duct tape around to finish the seal.
And yes I know the food storage books say that does not work.
Once I had wheat stored without bay leaves that got weavilly- I took it out in the yard on a so so windy day, and winnowed it. By the time it is cooked in bread, there is not a problem.
As was mentioned on another thread-chicken manure is really hot- needs composted as any manure needs composted to not burn the plants. Asparagus and rhubarb really appreciate chicken manure.
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Hi GatorGirl! We have a lot in common, it seems. I live in south Florida and am also learning about how to do long-term food storage in this climate. I am also Catholic! (I checked out your profile page.)
I have made some progress in the food storage area - Freepmail me if you want to talk!
Thank you!
Its a great trend. More restaurants, groceries stores, etc. are realizing the power in buying local. Its also a great marketing tactic, too.
I wish I could find the photo, but a local co-op has raised flower beds made out of the circular PVC tubing, around 4ft high. A very neat idea.
If you ever find a photo please ping me to it. Sounds interesting.
But its around 3-4 ft high and around 4ft wide. And black PVC.
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