Comments on: Two New Additions To My Green Arsenal. http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2009/04/09/two-new-additions-to-my-green-arsenal/ Sustainability, Environment, Progressive Politics, Peak Oil, Going Green. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:40:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Penny http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2009/04/09/two-new-additions-to-my-green-arsenal/#comment-19533 Penny Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:19:29 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=2344#comment-19533 The soil can't be "useless" if grass will grow with roof water. Just chose approriate vegetables. See below, from Oregon State University. http://extension.oregonstate.edu/news/story.php?S_No=977&storyType=garde "Some vegetables are adapted to drought conditions at a very basic, cellular level," explained Jim Myers, professor of horticulture at Oregon State University. "Some beans have this characteristic. Tepary beans (a close relative of common bean), for example, are grown successfully in desert and near desert conditions. The tepary bean is native to the American Southwest and has been a staple food crop in that area for at least hundreds and probably thousands of years." Beans in the cowpea group (Vigna unguiculata) also have this characteristic. The familiar black-eyed pea is one of these. It not only doesn't need much water, it grows poorly if it's watered too much. The vegetable counterpart of the cowpea is the yard-long or asparagus bean. The soil can’t be “useless” if grass will grow with roof water. Just chose approriate vegetables. See below, from Oregon State University.

http://extension.oregonstate.edu/news/story.php?S_No=977&storyType=garde

“Some vegetables are adapted to drought conditions at a very basic, cellular level,” explained Jim Myers, professor of horticulture at Oregon State University. “Some beans have this characteristic. Tepary beans (a close relative of common bean), for example, are grown successfully in desert and near desert conditions. The tepary bean is native to the American Southwest and has been a staple food crop in that area for at least hundreds and probably thousands of years.”

Beans in the cowpea group (Vigna unguiculata) also have this characteristic. The familiar black-eyed pea is one of these. It not only doesn’t need much water, it grows poorly if it’s watered too much. The vegetable counterpart of the cowpea is the yard-long or asparagus bean.

]]> By: David http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2009/04/09/two-new-additions-to-my-green-arsenal/#comment-19523 David Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:50:02 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=2344#comment-19523 This isn't a lawn - I live in the desert. It is wild grass watered constantly by water collected off the roof. Ripping it up will not allow any food to grow; the dirt is useless. We are putting in raised beds to grow food. And no, I don't fly, I take the train. This isn’t a lawn – I live in the desert. It is wild grass watered constantly by water collected off the roof. Ripping it up will not allow any food to grow; the dirt is useless.

We are putting in raised beds to grow food. And no, I don’t fly, I take the train.

]]> By: Penny http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2009/04/09/two-new-additions-to-my-green-arsenal/#comment-19521 Penny Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:54:26 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=2344#comment-19521 I assume you're already doing the really important stuff like not driving, not flying, not eating meat and eating local grown food, so what about contributing to the local veg by digging up the lawn and growing some? I assume you’re already doing the really important stuff like not driving, not flying, not eating meat and eating local grown food, so what about contributing to the local veg by digging up the lawn and growing some?

]]> By: Coccinelle http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2009/04/09/two-new-additions-to-my-green-arsenal/#comment-19517 Coccinelle Sat, 11 Apr 2009 02:56:36 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=2344#comment-19517 I don't have a cat but I love your mower, I will definitly buy one when I will have grass ( I'm currently living in apartment). I don’t have a cat but I love your mower, I will definitly buy one when I will have grass ( I’m currently living in apartment).

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