With the increasing popularity of the modern environmental and
survival movements, as well as continually increasing food
prices, urban gardening has seen a related rise in interest.
About half of the world’s human inhabitants now live in cities,
and people are starting to realize just how screwed they would
be if their supply lines for food were ever to be severed.
Having a garden offers an alternative should the S ever really
hit the F. WHY BUILD A GARDEN? Besides being a lifeline to food
in a disaster, there are a ton of other benefits to having your
own garden in the city. A good garden should save you money in
the long run, as you’ll have to pay less for food. The food is
fresher (no more 3 week old salads that have traveled half way
across the world!), and safer (no more country-wide e coli
scares!) than regular store-bought food. A mass movement of city
dwellers creating their own gardens would lead to a less
polluted world, both because plants naturally take carbon
dioxide and pollutants out of the ai