Another approach is guerilla gardening, just start clearing and planting common lands. We have undeclared/city owned land next to our place that was covered in invasives like Japanese knotweed and blackberry. I've been clearing it out and planting a food forest. Have been getting free and inexpensive plants from my previous gardens, Nextdoor app, and from an already established food forest.
Nature is exponential in that if you start a food forest, you will have an abundance of plants and clippings for other food forests.
Just do it, no need to wait for goberment approval for degraded areas.
Thanks! While I certainly understand the appeal of that approach—and after many years of doing things that way myself—I’ve come to believe that it is ultimately unsustainable. If we do not seize control of the state and wield it to our advantage, someone else will, and they will use it to crush anything that runs counter to their interests. The squatting movement of the 80s and early 90s is a good example of this.
i built one in my town, the town dumps snow on it every year, but it still grows...
That really demonstrates the advantages of getting an ordinance passed!
Great post.
Another approach is guerilla gardening, just start clearing and planting common lands. We have undeclared/city owned land next to our place that was covered in invasives like Japanese knotweed and blackberry. I've been clearing it out and planting a food forest. Have been getting free and inexpensive plants from my previous gardens, Nextdoor app, and from an already established food forest.
Nature is exponential in that if you start a food forest, you will have an abundance of plants and clippings for other food forests.
Just do it, no need to wait for goberment approval for degraded areas.
Thanks! While I certainly understand the appeal of that approach—and after many years of doing things that way myself—I’ve come to believe that it is ultimately unsustainable. If we do not seize control of the state and wield it to our advantage, someone else will, and they will use it to crush anything that runs counter to their interests. The squatting movement of the 80s and early 90s is a good example of this.