According to The Jew and The Carrot, there is a company in San Francisco called My Farm which will come to your house, plan and plant a garden, and then take care of it for you. This seems somehow fundamentally wrong to me, but then again, if you've got the space and the money and you don't have the time or the gardening-savvy, it would be great to be able to get homegrown veg and fruit anyway.
I wonder what Lance at Greenthumbr would say about this.
What do you think?
Somewhat related, I stumbled on this video yesterday http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJbqOqSdpx4 profiling hardcore urban gardeners in Colorado farming their own and their neighbor's yards for fun and profit.
Step 1. Grow veggies in your yard
Step 2. ?
Step 3. Profit!
Posted by: Lance | June 26, 2008 at 01:47 PM
Good point about the gentleman farmer, and I think I agree that it's brilliant, although it still seems a bit weird.
Posted by: Alexis | June 25, 2008 at 05:00 PM
I'll tell you what Lance at Greenthumbr would say. He'd say "Brilliant!".
Surely it's primarily upper-middle to upper income folks who are MyFarm's customers. How different is that than the gentleman farmer who hires some farmhands to actually do all the work on his farm? Yes, it'd be fantastic if we all had the time, energy and wherewithal to do all of our own gardening. But many people who would love the fresh produce may not have the inclination to actually get dirty themselves. At least this way, their lawn care money is going to an organic garden rather than a manicured lawn. :)
Posted by: Lance | June 25, 2008 at 03:58 PM