Chapter 1 - Inspiration

It all began two Saturdays ago, when I went to a fund-raising event in Berkeley for an organization called City Slicker Farms. I went with a few friends from San Francisco, not really knowing what to expect. What I found was a room full of people talking about urban farming, and a table full of freshly fermented foods - mainly various sauerkrauts and ginger beer concoctions. Three people made short presentations, and though it sounds a bit cheesy, I was very inspired.

After looking at slides of urban farms close by (West Oakland) and abroad (Mali, Vietnam), and hearing about programs in the Bay Area that support urban gardening and farming, I decided I should finally make good use of our big roof and build a garden. I don't really have any idea what I'm doing, but I figure that it's worth a try.

I set up this blog to document my progress - as can be seen, the roof of my house is empty right now, but I hope that within the next few months I'll begin to have some vegetables, fruits and herbs.



We live in San Francisco, between the Mission and Potrero Hill, and our flat roof gets lots of sunlight. So hopefully my veggie roof will be a big success. I'll do my best to document the entire process, which has already begun! Here it goes....






Be sure to check out my links for City Slicker Farms, as well as the blog of one of the speakers - Novella Carpenter.