Comments on: Honeybees and Squash in DownTown Detroit: The Return of Mother Nature http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/09/honeybees-and-squash-in-downtown-detroit-the-return-of-mother-nature/ Firedoglake weblog Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:46:42 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: ThingsComeUndone http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/09/honeybees-and-squash-in-downtown-detroit-the-return-of-mother-nature/#comment-1535175 ThingsComeUndone Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:44:38 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/09/honeybees-and-squash-in-downtown-detroit-the-return-of-mother-nature/#comment-1535175 <p>Cheap land that you can farm without buying the land? I bet they don’t even have any regulations against putting up a windfarm either although you would have to buy the land then. I bet Detroit’s burbs need power and I bet Detroit still has power lines capable of handling heavy power loads. I bet some of these lines extent to the burbs.</p> Cheap land that you can farm without buying the land? I bet they don’t even have any regulations against putting up a windfarm either although you would have to buy the land then. I bet Detroit’s burbs need power and I bet Detroit still has power lines capable of handling heavy power loads. I bet some of these lines extent to the burbs.

]]> By: Teddy Partridge http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/09/honeybees-and-squash-in-downtown-detroit-the-return-of-mother-nature/#comment-1534655 Teddy Partridge Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:03:22 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/09/honeybees-and-squash-in-downtown-detroit-the-return-of-mother-nature/#comment-1534655 <p>Detroit. Who knew?</p> <p>Thanks, Laura, for the stories you bring to FDL.</p> Detroit. Who knew?

Thanks, Laura, for the stories you bring to FDL.

]]> By: tw3k http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/09/honeybees-and-squash-in-downtown-detroit-the-return-of-mother-nature/#comment-1534646 tw3k Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:59:30 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/09/honeybees-and-squash-in-downtown-detroit-the-return-of-mother-nature/#comment-1534646 <p>It still looks like a mini dresden.</p> It still looks like a mini dresden.

]]> By: msmolly http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/09/honeybees-and-squash-in-downtown-detroit-the-return-of-mother-nature/#comment-1534637 msmolly Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:52:09 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/09/honeybees-and-squash-in-downtown-detroit-the-return-of-mother-nature/#comment-1534637 <p>Having lived in the Detroit area (not in the city) and worked at Wayne State for many years, I can tell you that what’s under that land is basements of houses that were just plowed under, and contain who knows what kind of nasty stuff.</p> <p>I moved there in 1965, the mayor was into divisive (Detroit vs. suburbs) rhetoric, then the riots came and devastated the city and it never recovered, and it never will. So sad.</p> Having lived in the Detroit area (not in the city) and worked at Wayne State for many years, I can tell you that what’s under that land is basements of houses that were just plowed under, and contain who knows what kind of nasty stuff.

I moved there in 1965, the mayor was into divisive (Detroit vs. suburbs) rhetoric, then the riots came and devastated the city and it never recovered, and it never will. So sad.

]]> By: BooRadley http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/09/honeybees-and-squash-in-downtown-detroit-the-return-of-mother-nature/#comment-1534636 BooRadley Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:51:18 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/09/honeybees-and-squash-in-downtown-detroit-the-return-of-mother-nature/#comment-1534636 <p>Agree, especially in Detroit. </p> <p>Can bringing in compost help? </p> <p>I know it can be done, but how do they keep the rats away? </p> <p>Thanks for the post Laura.</p> Agree, especially in Detroit.

Can bringing in compost help?

I know it can be done, but how do they keep the rats away?

Thanks for the post Laura.

]]> By: bobschacht http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/09/honeybees-and-squash-in-downtown-detroit-the-return-of-mother-nature/#comment-1534612 bobschacht Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:25:57 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/09/honeybees-and-squash-in-downtown-detroit-the-return-of-mother-nature/#comment-1534612 <p>Thanks for this! I’ll let my bro’s family, who live north of Detroit, know!</p> <p>Bob in HI</p> Thanks for this! I’ll let my bro’s family, who live north of Detroit, know!

Bob in HI

]]> By: Ian Welsh http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/09/honeybees-and-squash-in-downtown-detroit-the-return-of-mother-nature/#comment-1534597 Ian Welsh Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:17:05 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/09/honeybees-and-squash-in-downtown-detroit-the-return-of-mother-nature/#comment-1534597 <p>Although I do hear that downtown farming has its own, significant, challenges. Lot of nasty stuff has often leached into the soil over the years.</p> Although I do hear that downtown farming has its own, significant, challenges. Lot of nasty stuff has often leached into the soil over the years.

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