The Modern Victory Garden

Eco-pioneers living a home grown revolution on a sustainable, real-life original urban homestead in Pasadena, California.

Dan's urban veggie garden is in Ontario Canada - zone 5. He documents the trials and tribulations of a twenty something growing a vegetable garden in the city , on a sloped lot with very limited space. As well as mixing in some life happenings for interest!

Matron lives in Hillingdon, London, United Kingdom and was born 20 yards from her allotment. Her parents used to 'dig for victory' and never got out of the habit. She grew up on an allotment, so growing veggies is now a way of life. Her climate and growing conditions are very similar to the coastal areas of Washington state.

Annie's Granny is a a wife, mother and grandmother. She lives 6 months of the year in Eastern WA and the other 6 months in Western AZ. Her interests include gardening, music, computers, recipes, reading various news groups and, of course, her grandchildren and her two puppies, Annie and Otter (Otto). Her garden is productive and her blog writing is humerous and engaging.

Derek and Sandy live in the Puget Sound region with their two children, one dog, one fish (who has defied all attempts by Sandy to neglect him to death) and two goats. Derek is the handy one while Sandy is the practical planner. They live in a 2500 square foot house on an acre of land and are working hard to reduce their energy footprint.

An urban mom with two small kids going from supermarket to farm fresh food one step at a time. Keeping this blog is her way of chronicling successess, failures and struggles and giving other local families ideas, encouragement and resources to make this same journey.

Daphne is a "thinking" gardener who maximizes the small garden area on her property - so that it produces a bounty of produce. She is generous in sharing her knowledge and experience with others.

Freedom Gardens is an online social community of gardening enthusiasts who are fed up with foreign oil, frequent food miles and high food prices. Gardeners of all types of gardens are welcomed - from the acreage farmer to the apartment windowsill herb cultivator.