Patti Moreno’s EcoSherpa Video Blog Series
Patti Moreno, a.k.a ‘Garden Girl’, was already an ‘eco-hero’ of mine simply based on the work she is doing. Needless to say, when she emailed out of the blue and offered to provide us with a customized semi-weekly video blog series, I got pretty excited! The video above is the first in the series.
You can find our original post about Garden Girl here: Garden Girl - Urban Sustainable Living
Patti’s enthusiasm for sustainable living is utterly contagious, and I always feel excited after watching her videos. I definitely can’t wait to see what sort of projects she has planned for this year.
If you haven’t already, be sure to check out her website: Garden Girl.
Here is a blurb from the site explaining the term ‘urban sustainable living’:
Most simply put Urban Sustainable Gardening is about using the land that you have available to grow enough food to supplement your meals, while maximizing the amount you can grow and integrating it into your Urban Lifestyle.
Whether you have a thousand square foot back garden or a small back porch, you can produce a stunning amount of food in a surprisingly small amount of space. When I began this project I wanted to design it for Urbanites and Suburbanites, people that wanted fresh food but couldn’t just jump up and move to the country. My garden is in an area of about 700 square feet. I designed the demonstration farmette to work in the average urban back yard. For many people the “back yard” is essentially a fallow pasture that simply grows grass and mostly underutilized. Why not take that land and give nature an opportunity to do what it wants to do anyway- grow and make it a truly inviting place for people and for the plants and animals. My mission is to help people take back the garbage strewn, unused spaces and turn it into truly productive and beautiful spaces that can be appreciated season after season. The demonstration farmette that I have built uses a sustainable model that can be upsized or downsized to fit almost any size space. I have combined many proven and improved agriculture methods to.
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Written by Bentley on March 10th, 2007 with
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Bentley
#1. April 11th, 2007, at 9:43 PM.
Hello Patti!
I am so happy to have found your site and to be able to share your message with my husband and friends. I would love the opportunity to purchase your video/DVD collection for my own private library. How is this possible?
I am a married mom of four great kids in SW Michigan. We own a humble ranch on one acre within walking distance of a small village. Not exactly urban but I am not out “in the boonies” either. Sustainable living can be achieved anywhere.
You are welcome to visit my blog, which chronicles my endeavors such as gardening, canning, knitting… my life, as lived, each day. My first vegetable garden (last summer) was such a success; I won over friends, doubting neighbors and a skeptical husband. I would be honored if you read my stories. The blog is located at www.xanga.com/simplespirit. Try browsing with the “date” keys for points of interest (i.e. last summer is where you would find gardening.)
Good luck with your television production and I hope to see your show broadcast in my area soon!
Blessed Be
Patti Muma