I am seriously reviewing the amount of lawn I have and asking what purpose it serves other than looking good and being in style with the house. Inspiring !

I don't think I can grow veggies here in upstate/midstate NY since we get very little sun on our property and have a long winter :-(

Inspiring :)

hmmmm, trying to figure out how to dig up the lawn....

Excellent, I am going to speak with my landlord and see if they give me a go at it.

ah, more people doing what i do, except they're way better at it. i'll have to comb through their site this weekend. SAVE EVERY SEED!

We have a house with a very small backyard and an even smaller front yard. With three dogs we couldn't plant a garden in the back (we do have lots of fruit trees though) so we decided to put a garden in the front of our house. Dug up all the grass and fenced it off so dogs and cats couldn't use it. We found not only was it fun, but it brought the neighborhood together as people would check on it daily and brings their kids by to see things growing. We managed to get a lot of food from it in the end. It didn't put that big of dent in our grocery bill but it was satisfying knowing that we put the space to good use and could actually grow our own food. By the way, we live in the lower mainland of British Columbia. Can't imagine the crop we'd get if we lived in the warmer climates!

And still there are morons in the world who claim there is a world food "shortage"!!! If you sit on your ass in an office job and leave the growing to a handful of (very hard working) farmers then of course there will be a shortage!!!

It remind me back home in Poland were we did grow everything and yes I do miss that taste of fresh food strait form garden.. for long time I did not have access to health food store, and when I had opportunity, I got organic strawberries, I tasted and foll in tears because remind me home that I left 30 years ago...for long time I couldn't use to the foods in North America. I live in the desert and it is very hot in the summer... we are to buying home that have lot of land 0.18 acre, I would love to change that land in to a garden... any suggestions?

Stunning insight into what an ideal, desire, determination, and commitment to that ideal can achieve. The Dervaes family are an inspiration to not only growing organic food but to living with persistence in any area of one's life

Simply awesome...thanks for the inspiration and the share!

Truly a grassroots, homegrown movement has to take place, the one thing companies will listen to is their bottom line...we have to show that there is a demand for this work.

I have no front or backyard. What we have is a space at the rooftop in which I have a flower garden. I use compost from our kitchen refuse as soil medium.Now I've decided to eventually turn it into a vegetable garden. Thanks to the dervaes family.

I have tried growing veggies for many years, but eventually gave up because of the plant disease and aphids. The soil is of such poor quality , kitchen waste is one of the best things to improve it. I don't know what else to do about the poor soil. Well, I'll try again with a door size patch for a salad garden.