Urban Permaculture Initiative

03/13/2024

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07/20/2022

In Northern climates, the time to start getting ready for your summer harvest is now.

Growing more food in less space is easy with the power of using empty bed space to grow more crops there. Check out our new clothing line! http:www.freshpick...

06/06/2022

Starting today, I will begin posting helpful YouTube videos for those that would like to begin gardening on a budget. If you're living in Northern climates and someone told you it's too late to start, they're wrong you can start now. You still have time to get started. I will attempt to post 2-3 videos per week so I don't flood your timeline.
This video covers simplicity and keeping it cheap. Share with your friends and loved ones. You never know who might be able to benefit from these.

When you need food, don't rely on gadgets and complicated systems. Grow with time-tested traditional methods and dead-simple tools. Some of the best gardenin...

05/24/2022

Tomato growing options from Gerard's Grow Show.

04/08/2022

Growing some of your food doesn't have to be expensive or complicated.

04/04/2022

10/25/2021

Recently, I was restricted for posting a humorous mosquito meme. That restriction has been lifted. If you are seeing this, please let me know, or just like the post.
Thank you.
-Joey-

08/06/2021

Making a cucumber and tomato salad can be as easy as getting home from work and walking out back and grabbing what you need.
Ingredients:
Cucumber, tomato, parsley, basil, dash of salt and pepper, olive oil, red wine vinegar.

Sure you can buy your veggies at the store, but it's mo' betta' if you grow them yourself. Bonus points if you get the kids in helping with harvest 🙂

08/02/2021

When I started working on what would eventually be called Urban Permaculture Inititative back in Fall 2017, the goal was simple: Create extremely affordable indoor agricultural practices that would be productive regardless of what the weather conditions were outside. It is nice to see that 2 1/2 years later, the USDA would acknowledge that this is a more efficient way of growing. While the USDA historically has been Pro-BigAG, I am trying to bring this power to the PEOPLE, especially those in the low income brackets. Although I have not posted anything in the last couple of months, the work never stopped. In the coming months I will continue to work on expanding the reach, and I am networking with potential partners to move this across America. If you know someone that may be interested in helping spread the opportunities, please let me know.
Thank you,
Joey Delgado

https://www.agritecture.com/blog/2020/2/10/usda-study-shows-controlled-environment-agriculture-could-reduce-food-waste?fbclid=IwAR0mBWjUSCsSJ8IlvgsbeDSYjt1SGgQHKb3DGtlwE4g8oTnoTsJE7UOBLAM

Moving production to controlled environments, such as greenhouses or vertical farming concepts, has the potential to reduce food waste by minimizing environmental exposure that can create cosmetic imperfections.

06/08/2021

Recao/Culantro (Caribbean Herb) starting to take off in the basement (again). Third year now. Seed sown in the basement. I'm always glad to see mushrooms for 2 reasons. One: they indicate nutrient rich soil. Two: They are producing CO2 which is plant food. Without it your plants die. All other things being equal, higher CO2 levels helps feed your plants which in turn give them those deep, rich green colors. In the near future I plan on farming mushrooms in the basement to increase CO2 to help the plants growing in the basement.