Metropolitan Gardening

O wen E. Dell is the affable wisecracking television host that you want for your landscaper. Fun and friendly and knowledgeable Owen gets the greening done with wit and righteousness. When he reached out for me to review his new book Sustainable Landscaping for Dummies from Wiley Publishing - I was pretty psyched - I figured this should be an easy read - I'll knock that out in an after noon...It's for Dummies right?? Well...the reading is straight forward but an afternoon... not so much, and here's why.

Been hunkered down  to study up on how things might go in the future of urban gardening. Three articles in Green Tech Media over the past year have been formative. The New American Farmer takes a look at the attrition aging will have on the agricultural industry and suggests that the young urban farmer may be a serious contender to fill the work boots of rural grand dad. Green Agriculture - the next hot investment sector? Explores the notion that California VC's have been looking at agriculture to put money into. Most notably for us they mention Organic Girl  who had 150 million in sales in only the second year in business. However recently when handing out investment advice, urban farming isn't mentioned. Take a look at GreenTechMedia's Top Ten IPO Candidates   The company reviews are dense and arguments are beyond this writer's scope but somewhat puzzling.With the growth of Farmer's Markets  one might think that a hot new startup c...