Top products from r/urbanfarming
We found 5 product mentions on r/urbanfarming. We ranked the 5 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
1. How to Grow More Vegetables, Ninth Edition: (and Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops) Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land with Less Water Than You Can Imagine
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Random House USA Inc
Show Reddit reviews2. The Postage Stamp Garden Book: Grow Tons of Vegetables in Small Places
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Number of reviews: 1
Used Book in Good Condition
Show Reddit reviews3. All New Square Foot Gardening II: The Revolutionary Way to Grow More in Less Space
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
China
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I recommend visiting a local nursery and ask them for advice! They will know what grows best in your area, and they'll be able to help you get your soil ready. Congratulations! This is the first book that I read when I first started growing food: Postage Stamp Garden Book
Second to MIGradener, especially if you're in zone 6 or thereabouts.
I also really like Epic Gardening. He does a daily podcast and has a great website with short posts that are specific and easy to digest.
The book "How to Grow More Vegetables" is an awesome resource that outlines an entire system for maximizing small growing spaces. It can feel like a lot if you think about implementing the whole system, but if you read it with the idea of just understanding some basic gardening principles, it is a great book to have.
>Really, I want mini donkeys more than anything but fear we don't have quite enough space.
If you were only getting the donkeys, and were willing to devote the whole property to them, I'd say you had enough space, but with everything else you want to do, I think you would end up having to confine the donkey to a smaller area than would be good for them. Goats don't need as much space, but they are going to be hard to contain.
And don't try to do too much at once. I started with bees, and I'm really glad I didn't try to do chickens at the same time. It would have been too much to manage. I've now had the chickens for over a year, and I finally have a good system down, so I think I will be able to add something new next year.
Get a copy of Gaia's Garden and Square Foot Gardening. That will be enough to get you started.