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Posted Jul 2, 2011, 10:14 AM. By Ashraf Al Shafaki [ updated Jul 4, 2011, 12:10 PM. This is the first in a series of workshops about urban permaculture held at Art El Lewa. In this workshop Dominique introduced some permaculture concepts in an interesting way to participants while Tarek Sami assisted him by doing the English-to-Arabic translation. Nutrient cycle (web of life exercise). Analysis of elements present at the Art El Lewa rooftop. Other natural cycles (seasons of the year). In Al Masry Al Youm.
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Cairo's Urban Agrarians: July 2012
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A journey of exploration in space-limited urban agriculture. Part of the Egyptian Food Sovereignty Project. Tuesday, July 24, 2012. Thinking Outside the Walls. Posted by Baham Abu Sarj. Monday, July 23, 2012. Latex putty containers, washed and dried thoroughly. Cut a circular opening in the base. Glue circular piece mesh while watching Hell's Kitchen. Using candle heat nail and puncture holes in lid, make sure the holes are punctured from the top of the lid to the bottom and not the other way round.
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Cairo's Urban Agrarians: Thinking Outside the Walls
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A journey of exploration in space-limited urban agriculture. Part of the Egyptian Food Sovereignty Project. Tuesday, July 24, 2012. Thinking Outside the Walls. Posted by Baham Abu Sarj. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Water-Bottle Upside-Down Planters: The Limitations. We finally started potting our new herbs into the upside-down planters we constructed a few days ago. The planters are extremely sleek . Now for the Red Wrigglers! Upside-Down Planters: A Work in Progress. So were finally starting ...
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Cairo's Urban Agrarians: Thinking about Planters, Space-efficiency and Aesthetics
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A journey of exploration in space-limited urban agriculture. Part of the Egyptian Food Sovereignty Project. Saturday, July 7, 2012. Thinking about Planters, Space-efficiency and Aesthetics. For the kitchen which gets about 2-3 hours of sunlight right before noon, we will place the basil, marjoram, mint, thyme, rosemary and parsley. The kitchen is 2 x 5 m with a lot of shelves and cupboards that are full, leaving very little room for planters. I came across t hese fantastic sky upside down planters. Accor...
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Cairo's Urban Agrarians: Upside-Down Planters: A Work in Progress
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A journey of exploration in space-limited urban agriculture. Part of the Egyptian Food Sovereignty Project. Monday, July 9, 2012. Upside-Down Planters: A Work in Progress. Wrapping the Bottle with Canson Paper. Applying the Glue (Can you spot Sumaya's little helper #2? Cutting the Decorative Paper. Posted by Baham Abu Sarj. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Water-Bottle Upside-Down Planters: The Limitations. Now for the Red Wrigglers! Upside-Down Planters: A Work in Progress. We didnt have much spa...
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Mariam's Food Garden: Unfinished Tips/ Take Two
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Journal of my attempts to grow food in Cairo, with the help of my green-. Thumbed dad. This blog is part of the Egypt Food Sovereignty Project. Tuesday, December 6, 2011. Unfinished Tips/ Take Two. Here is some of the wisdom gathered by my dad and me (but mainly him) through experimenting in the garden in King Mariout. Sunshine, and how much of it a plant gets, is about 90% of it. Duh. Basil attracts bees. A beeless garden is a sad one indeed. There's manure on the soil now, and I'm going to look into th...
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Mariam's Food Garden: Welcome
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Journal of my attempts to grow food in Cairo, with the help of my green-. Thumbed dad. This blog is part of the Egypt Food Sovereignty Project. Sunday, April 10, 2011. The point of this blog is to share my experiences trying to grow my own food, both of which I'm doing for several reasons. The blog part is partly to keep track for myself, and partly in gratitude to all the blogs which helped me in my efforts, and partly in contribution to the Egypt Food Sovereignty Project. Labels: intro food garden.
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Mariam's Food Garden: December 2011
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Journal of my attempts to grow food in Cairo, with the help of my green-. Thumbed dad. This blog is part of the Egypt Food Sovereignty Project. Tuesday, December 6, 2011. Unfinished Tips/ Take Two. Here is some of the wisdom gathered by my dad and me (but mainly him) through experimenting in the garden in King Mariout. Sunshine, and how much of it a plant gets, is about 90% of it. Duh. Basil attracts bees. A beeless garden is a sad one indeed. There's manure on the soil now, and I'm going to look into th...
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Mariam's Food Garden: Substitute Materials for Plantwall...Help!
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Journal of my attempts to grow food in Cairo, with the help of my green-. Thumbed dad. This blog is part of the Egypt Food Sovereignty Project. Friday, April 15, 2011. Substitute Materials for Plantwall.Help! Ok I need some help. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what are green and locally available substitutes for the following, given that they need to not rust and not rot? Aluminum (like, square tubes ya3ni). What about the rust? Are their other, better materials I'm unaware of? Aluminum foil tray...
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Cairo's Urban Agrarians: Modified Upside-Down Planters
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A journey of exploration in space-limited urban agriculture. Part of the Egyptian Food Sovereignty Project. Monday, July 23, 2012. Latex putty containers, washed and dried thoroughly. Cut a circular opening in the base. Glue circular piece mesh while watching Hell's Kitchen. Using candle heat nail and puncture holes in lid, make sure the holes are punctured from the top of the lid to the bottom and not the other way round. Put something heavy on mesh till glue sets. Three planters in one room! Thinking a...