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Living Walls Posted by: pakuataichi
Video duration: 142 seconds Global video hits: 8292 Geneviève shows us the "living wall" she helped develop for people who want to grow plants where space is limited. We successfully grew lettuce in one of her 'elevated landscapes' on a fence at our garden last year and will do so again this year. It attracted lots of attention. City Farmer. Related: agriculture, city, farmer, levenston, living, urban, walls |
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How to Use a Rat Trap Posted by: pakuataichi
Video duration: 170 seconds Global video hits: 7498 Sharon spent the past week trapping a pesky rat who was eating apples in her home garden. She shows us some of the techniques she used to make a successful catch. Related: agriculture, city, farmer, levenston, rat, rats, sharon, traps, urban |
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Drinking Rainwater Posted by: pakuataichi
Video duration: 115 seconds Global video hits: 8649 Gord Harms explains how we will be turning rainwater into safe drinking water at the Demo Garden. Reverse osmosis and ultra violet light are two of processes used in our system. Gord and Graham spent the rest of the day setting up the system next to our outhouse building and attaching it to a rain barrel. In a future videoblog, we will show you "On Tap - City Farmer Rainwater". City Farmer. Related: agriculture, city, drinking, farmer, levenston, rainwater, urban |
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Grey Water Use at Quayside Cohousing Posted by: pakuataichi
Video duration: 240 seconds Global video hits: 1626 Brian shows us the grey water system in his housing complex. Shower, sink and bathtub water is collected, cleaned and reused to flush toilets in 19 units. We see a variety tanks, each one a part of the unique water filtration process. City Farmer. Related: burke, city, farmer, grey, levenston, quayside, water |
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Kids' Wormshop With Lauren Posted by: pakuataichi
Video duration: 563 seconds Global video hits: 367 This 9 minute clip (out of an hour session) shows Lauren teaching the kids about worm composting. Lauren is a Human Kinetics student at UBC, a certified personal trainer and a member of Canada's National Track Team -- 400 meter hurdles. We didn't show the children's faces on camera because we would have needed to ask permission from their parents first. Related: agriculture, city, farmer, kids, lauren, levenston, urban, wormshop |
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Jacob's Well Gardens Posted by: pakuataichi
Video duration: 190 seconds Global video hits: 1250 Tom and Dave gave me an inspiring tour of their two gardens off the alley in downtown Vancouver (Chinatown - Strathcona). Found between Hastings and Pender Streets in the block between Dunlevy and Jackson Avenues, healthy vegetables growing in trucked-in City compost look up at the high concrete walls of local businesses. City Farmer. Related: agriculture, city, farmer, jacobs, levenston, urban, well |
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Guerilla Gardening Research Posted by: pakuataichi
Video duration: 110 seconds Global video hits: 2124 Megan is writing a paper on guerilla gardening -- she also wants to start a guerilla garden herself. She told us about a professor who grows tomatoes in the bushes beside his office. Megan's enthusiasm for this type of gardening helped us understand why people are so interested in this subject. City Farmer. Related: agriculture, city, farmer, gardening, guerilla, levenston, urban |
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Freesia Condo Roof Gardens Posted by: pakuataichi
Video duration: 123 seconds Global video hits: 2455 High above the streets of downtown Vancouver on the 7th floor of the Freesia Condominium are more than 24, one meter square, garden plots available for condo owners to purchase. With no room to garden on ground level, residents can enjoy the view and the company of fellow green thumbs who want to grow something near where they live. City Farmer Related: city, condo, downtown, farmer, freesia, gardens, levenston |
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Equal Rights For Chickens Posted by: pakuataichi
Video duration: 119 seconds Global video hits: 1947 Wilbur, Templeton, Mr. Kite, Iah (Eee-uh) and Dean (short for Geraldine) live secret, productive lives in a Vancouver back yard on the other side of the law. Not that they are on any wanted posters, but they don't have the same rights as dogs and cats. These egg laying chickens are Rhode Island Reds, one is a mix of Rhode Island and Araucana, and the cutest is a small Bantam. City Farmer. Related: agriculture, chickens, city, farmer, levenston, urban |
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Woodchips and Excess Worms Posted by: pakuataichi
Video duration: 121 seconds Global video hits: 2193 Today someone brought in two worm bins as a donation because they are moving out of the country and can no longer take care of them. We harvest the red worms and use them in our school program. Also today, the Vancouver Park Board delivered wood-chips to us. We use these chips on our paths which are very muddy after the winter rains. City Farmer. Related: agriculture, city, farmer, levenston, urban, woodchips, worms |
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Zero Waste King, Brian Burke Posted by: pakuataichi
Video duration: 350 seconds Global video hits: 453 Brian takes us into the car port of Quayside Village to show us how he and his fellow residents recycle everything in their cohousing complex. The building's dumpster was removed this week to prove that they have reached zero waste. Brian speaks about two of the many things that are recycled, Styrofoam and bones. Related: brian, burke, city, cohousing, farmer, levenston, quayside, waste, zero |
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May 10, Onions Planted Posted by: pakuataichi
Video duration: 168 seconds Global video hits: 1373 Sharon plants onion seedlings on a sunny May morning. Compost and fertilizer go into the bed first to make sure the plants have lots of food. Today she also planted lettuce seedlings and beets from seed. The growing season has begun in earnest - our Hotline rings every five minutes and visitors come through the gates to ask us questions in person. City Farmer Related: agriculture, city, farmer, levenston, onions, sharon, urban |
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Veggies in February Posted by: pakuataichi
Video duration: 232 seconds Global video hits: 785 Sharon and I look at some vegetables in the ground and that are ready to eat on February 15. Despite the fact that we've barely seen the sun since November, we've had weeks of snow and ice and even more rain, various foods are ready to harvest - red and white daikons, beets, carrots, mazuna, parsley, Chinese cabbage and other oriental greens. City Farmer Related: city, farmer, gardens, levenston, sharon, winter |
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John, Who Built our Cob Shed Posted by: pakuataichi
Video duration: 113 seconds Global video hits: 1493 Four years ago John Freeman built our cob shed, oven and green roof with the help of staff and many volunteers. Every day of that summer John answered endless questions and turned a building project into an educational experience for green builders. We will be forever grateful for the work John did and so will all the visitors who come by every day. City Farmer. Related: agriculture, city, cob, farmer, freeman, john, levenston, shed, urban |
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Japan's Permaculture Center Posted by: pakuataichi
Video duration: 89 seconds Global video hits: 1878 Kiyokazu Shidara from the Permaculture Center of Japan brought his students to visit us this afternoon. What a treat for us to chat with them -- Kiyokazu did the translating. We hope they will create a similar education garden in the centre of Tokyo and Osaka. City Farmer. Related: agriculture, city, farmer, japan, levenston, permaculture, urban |
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A Living From Urban Agriculture? Posted by: pakuataichi
Video duration: 94 seconds Global video hits: 1369 Celine has a passion for urban agriculture and she wants to know how she can make a living growing food in cities for her neighbours. So she set out to visit projects across North America, looking at non-profits, entrepreneurs, CSA's and educational facilities. We wish her success and hope she will share her findings with us. Related: agriculture, celine, city, farmer, levenston, urban |
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Eggplants and Peppers Harvested Posted by: pakuataichi
Video duration: 135 seconds Global video hits: 925 On this beautiful sunny day, Sharon showed me the colourful eggplants and peppers that are ready to harvest. It is always amazing to see what can be grown in a city backyard with just sunshine, rain, fertilizer and care. City Farmer. Related: city, eggplants, farmer, levenston, peppers, sharon, slack |
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Bob Burgess of Rainwater Connection Posted by: pakuataichi
Video duration: 96 seconds Global video hits: 1009 Bob Burgess has more experience setting up rain water collection systems than anyone I've heard about. He has installed hundreds of cisterns in British Columbia Gulf Island homes and today I chatted briefly with him as he set up a system for Strathcona community gardeners. Here he gives an important tip for urban dwellers who want to use stored water. City Farmer. Related: bob, burgess, city, collection, farmer, levenston, rainwater |
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Aquarium Composts Everything Posted by: pakuataichi
Video duration: 284 seconds Global video hits: 715 Heather showed me a new composting initiative taking place at the Vancouver Aquarium. Eighty percent of waste produced at the cafeteria including plates, cups, cutlery, napkins and food waste, goes to a compost facility in Metro Vancouver. City Farmer. Related: aquarium, city, compost, farmer, levenston, vancouver |
