Esme shows us how she composts in Singapore. www.cityfarmer.info
Cartoon 1944 (Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries "Dig For Victory Leaflet No 7) Commentary - "Thanks Mr Middleton. Mr Middleton - Good Afternoon, we all expect vegetables to feed us but we've got to see that we feed them properly too. Suppose we get down to the root of the matter. Plants need food just as much as we do, and it must be in a form they can assimilated. This is where humas comes in. Humas is composed mainly of decayed vegetable matter. By putting humas in the soil plus a few handfuls of chemical fertiliser you make sure that the plant has enough to eat. One of the best sources of humas is the compost heap. It really acts as a sort of canteen for the plants. Simple and cheap its mainly garden waste, its easy to make a compost heap and if you want it in time for next seasons crop now is a good time to start. PLANT - That's right, now is a good time to start." www.cityfarmer.info
WW2 Victory Garden Promotion Film. Universal Newsreel. All Out For Victory by Ed Herlihy.
"The Holder family in Maryland lays out a quarter acre Victory Garden during World War II. Most of the gardening work is done by Grandpa Holder and his teenage grandchildren Rick and Amy and from the looks of the film, it is backbreaking work. There is the garden of peppers, tomatoes, pole beans, potatoes, asparagus and sweet corn. Then, there is the late garden with beets, squash, late potatoes, late cabbage, kale, collard greens and three rows of turnips. "A victory garden is like a share in an airplane factory, the film opening tells us. It is also a vitamin factory that will keep Americans strong. The film ends on a patriotic note, 'No Work, No Victory!' Bear that in mind all you Victory Gardeners and Work! For Victory! A no-nonsense, non-idealized look at what it is like to have to really grow your own food."
Newsreel. Various shots of men working on their allotments and of open spaces being dug up for same. The location in one case is Hyde Park. Shots of motor plough at work. Mr Perrin and Paul Wyand have a humorous interlude as amateur gardeners. They throw refuse into each others gardens. Shot of Mr Perrin with a lawn mower. cityfarmer.info
1940 'Gardening' an instructional sound film. (10 minutes) Produced by Erpi Classroom Films Inc. In collaboration with Ellen Eddy Shaw, MA Brooklyn Botanic Garden Encyclopedia Britannica Films - 'Bring the world to the Classroom"
Maria pulls up some of her garlic as rain falls on the Vancouver Compost Demonstration Garden. In this video she shows us to join a number of garlic plants together by braiding them together.
This is a timelapse, or slide disolve, over one year, from November 2006 to October 2007, at the City Farmer Demonstration Garden in Vancouver, B.C.
Sharon, head gardener at City Farmer, gives Tasha a tour of the Vancouver Compost Demonstration Garden. They look at the cob shed and oven. compost toilet, and bird baths. www.cityfarmer.info
Garden Giants (King Stropharia) are edible mushrooms and Maria planted our crop at the Vancouver Compost Garden this past spring. We see them emerge under the squash leaves in September and admire their beauty.
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