Ryan's Thoughts

Food not lawns is a wonderful idea that has spread across the globe, from America to China this is a rapidly expanding concept. A couple months ago a handful of us started our own group here in Fredericton and it has been a minor success! We haven’t received the amount of attention I would have hoped for but we do have a base of people from all over the world who watch what we do! Our concept of the perfect front lawn is a fallacy! A falsehood! What’s the point of growing grass when you could grow food? A misconception that many have is that lawn care is easier than garden care, this is not true! From what I’ve learned if you grow the right things they will take care of them self! Another direction I’ve tried to take the group is city gardening, for example the pop bottle garden. I hope this project has encouraged people to grow their own, even in the city. Another thing I hope for is the continuation of this group, passing the reigns to another fist year sociology group may be a good plan. We’ve broken some ground with our group but it’s only the beginning, if this continues this could bear fruit. One semester is not long enough to get a whole community involved at the level I think its needs to be at. That being said we did a good job but I have high hopes for the future!

Hey everyone I'm Ryan. In our group I was the other blogger, that being said it was mostly Paige, I only know the basics of blogging! I researched some cool things like the pop bottle garden, Paige and I discovered egg shell seedling starters which were an awesome way to reduce and reuse. I like the use of the blog but I find it hard to navigate, Facebook is where I would have liked to see more people. I think we did well and people are a little bit more informed about things then before, so over all a win!