Growing vegetables / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...growing food at home in the Ecohome Green Building Guide pages. Growing food at home in small spaces - 7 top tips Vegetables that grow well in the shade Keyhole gardens - growing drought-resistant vegetables at home Growing food indoors, vegetables and greens for homes and apartments Learn more about green ho...

...growing sprouts and microgreens at home to suppliment our diet, here are some more pages about growing food at home indoors or in backyards.  Vegetables that grow well in the shade Growing food at home in small spaces - 7 top tips Urban farming - a guide to growing edible perennials in your yard How to build a ...

...growing food, in the Ecohome Green Building Guide and these pages here:  Alternatives to a grass lawn that are bee-friendly A gardeners guide to growing vegetables in the shade Growing food in small spaces - apartment and balcony gardens How your diet impacts climate change - which foods have less impact  And...

...Vegetables that grow well in the shade Stormwater management tips for gardens and to protect against floods How to build a backyard greenhouse in cold climates  Find out about the benefits of a free Ecohome Network Membership here.

...Growing food in raised beds makes small garden maintenance easy Here are just a few of the advantages of growing food in a raised bed in a small garden: An extended growing season. A raised bed will warm up faster than the ground in the spring and in the fall your bed can easily be tented to extend your growing seaso...

...growing season An extremely important part of solar greenhouse design is planning enough thermal mass, either via water, masonry or soil underground. This can be as simple as adding water barrels or you can upgrade by incorporating a Ground to Air Heat Transfer (GAHT) system. Even a small greenhouse collects as much  a...

...growing world population means more and more people want a piece of that shrinking pie. To be able to offer your family a safe, warm home and enough to eat without relying on societal infrastructure is what defines resilience. After a lifetime of teaching it, Alex Wilson recently had the opportunity to put his knowled...

...growing season. Mix a keyhole garden with vegetables that grow in the shade, and you've a winning combination for urban gardens! DIY how to build a keyhole raised garden   Here is an easy step by step guide to growing food in a keyhole raised garden bed: 1.) Site: Once you have chosen an area large enough to house an 8...

...vegetables grow best in the shade, learn more about how to start a garden and growing food at home in the following pages:  Step by step guide on how to create a lasgna garden  Growing food at home in small spaces - our best tips A guide to growing edible perennials in your backyard How to build a backyard gree...

...vegetables and fruits in an urban setting. There are some more ingenious solutions to growing food in urban areas, and for those unfamiliar with aquaponics, the term refers to a sustainable food production system that combines traditional aquaculture (raising fish or aquatic animals in tanks) with hydroponics (cultivat...

...growing food indoors. Find more pages about sustainable construction below and in the Ecohome Green Building Guide pages. How to build a lasagna garden (no, you won't be growing pasta) How to build a raised keyhole garden Which are the best bee-friendly ground cover alternatives to grass? Top tips for growing f...