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The Law of Freedom in a Platform

hellaD — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:37:13 +0000

I have been reading up on the diggers and levellers lately what with all of this land-grabbing that is going on around the world. Living in an apartment I always have my eye on any bit of land that looks fertile or even just neglected. Gerrard Winstanley was one of the original land-redistribution activists in [...]
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History & Resources – On Guerrilla Gardening

hellaD — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 01:17:53 +0000

The 17th of April is the International Day of Peasant Struggle. On April 17 1997, after three months of protest for the defense of Mother Earth and for the cultivation of the coca leaf in Bolivia, seven indigenous peasants, including a child and its mother, were massacred. Today is the day, around the world [...]
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Pulse of Life

hellaD — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 07:23:09 +0000

Man is adequately equipped for all his true needs if he trusts his senses and develops them in such a way that they remain worthy of that trust. -Goethe
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HD 202 – Guerrilla Garden I

hellaD — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:22:12 +0000

I first broke ground in Vancouver BC, on June 7th, 2009. For me this was a very symbolic act. This was the day I finally got the stamp in my passport that said I was an official resident of Canada. Living in an apartment I didn’t have a piece of ground of my own, but [...]
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Bio-degradable GARDEN MARKERS

hellaD — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:38:11 +0000

click to view a gallery of full-sized photos BUY THIS: USA/Canada :: Europe 20+ Yarrow Stalk Garden Markers Very simple, these yarrow stalks are so slender they won’t block any precious sunlight. Biodegradable with easily changed masking tape flags to label your seedlings. I needed some markers for my seedlings and had these yarrow stalks on hand that I [...]
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The Generous Pumpkin

hellaD — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:42:23 +0000

Written for Healthy Options magazine October 2009. It is unusual to find a vegetable that not only removes DDT from soil, but reduces the likelihood of getting emphysema or lung cancer for smokers, expels tapeworms and other parasites and is a focus of community and entertainment during Halloween. Pumpkins and winter squash do all this and [...]
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Pests in the Balcony Garden 09

hellaD — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:10:17 +0000

Previous We had a serious attack of spider mites. They started in the catnip and yarrow and somehow got to the choko and beans. They took the choko down in no time, fortunately it is a hardy plant and it has now grown back to where it was when the spider mites devoured it. This was my [...]
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Guerrilla Garden Slideshow I

hellaD — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:43:06 +0000

The revenge of the Bean Bandits and Pirate Tomatoes is upon us! I finally found a good spot on one of the Greenways of Vancouver BC. No one was using it, it got good sun and was just by a sky-train and rail-road tracks so it seemed a perfect spot. There is a lot more space [...]
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Vancouver Community Gardens I

hellaD — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:44:46 +0000

Vancouver City Council passed a motion in 2006 to encourage 2,010 new gardens by 2010. Now there are more than 40 community or resident-shared gardens with more than 1,700 garden plots and more on the way. There is a great brochure that the City of Vancouver has put out with a good map that shows [...]
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Food Security & Sustainability

hellaD — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:21:36 +0000

Food Security & Sustainability: For The Times Ahead by Harvest McCampbell, published by Bio Diverse Press in May 2008 arrived just in time. This book is a level headed and comprehensive look at what is coming our way. Without fear-mongering and trying to get rich off of your fears, Harvest McCampbell provides a wealth of resources [...]
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