Moving toward a local economy

[peacelovinman]

Whilst I was watching Miriam Delicado last night, an idea popped into my head to leaflet 1000 houses in my immediate neighbourhood to see if I could drum up some interest in forming a community garden, to grow food.

I had this headline in mind: "What Will You Eat When The Oil Runs Out?"

What do you guys think?

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Originally Posted by peacelovinman

Whilst I was watching Miriam Delicado last night, an idea popped into my head to leaflet 1000 houses in my immediate neighbourhood to see if I could drum up some interest in forming a community garden, to grow food.

I had this headline in mind: "What Will You Eat When The Oil Runs Out?"

What do you guys think?

That's a good start.

A community garden for 1000 households would have to be quite huge.

My heart goes out to everyone living in cities right now. We're blessed to be in a small town that has a strong spirit of community. Most of us have our own gardens and when difficulties come there is a long history of pitching in to help out those in need.

Case in point - a hurricane came through here years ago. Most people didn't have generators. The generators wound up being passed around for people to use (keeping refrigerators and freezers cold) for a day or so before passing them along to another neighbor.

The problem with big cities is that there are so many strangers who don't care about you and will do whatever is necessary to get what they need. So if your garden is in a more urban or suburban area make sure you plan security.

Originally Posted by peacelovinman

Whilst I was watching Miriam Delicado last night, an idea popped into my head to leaflet 1000 houses in my immediate neighbourhood to see if I could drum up some interest in forming a community garden, to grow food.

I had this headline in mind: "What Will You Eat When The Oil Runs Out?"

What do you guys think?

I think that is such an exciting idea that if you don't mind I'm going to quote you and start a new thread under "community gardens" !

[peacelovinman]

Originally Posted by Forest House

I think that is such an exciting idea that if you don't mind I'm going to quote you and start a new thread under "community gardens" !

Be my guest! I don't suppose all 1000 people leafletted will jump at the chance - I'm reckoning on receiving 10 replies but I'm open to being surprised!