Urban Roots Gets Watered Down
While visiting Gelato Ji's this past weekend, I stopped over to Urban Roots Garden Cooperative to see what was new. As usual, everything was new - in particular the size of the outdoor garden had more than doubled in size since the organization acquired the adjoining lot. The expansion is really something to behold because the selection of available plants, flowers, mulch, etc. is enormous. Plus, the layout and the arrangement of the growing goods is very clever eye-catching. Not only is there added green goods, the cooperative recently dug its own well to take care of the land.
I spoke to Peter Scheck at Urban Roots who sounded enthused about the expansion and the recent additions. "We now have our own well... now we're just waiting to get the pump. What we were getting [water] from The City was not enough pressure. It cost a lot less to dig a well compared to what it would have cost to get another water line from The City. We dug a big hole to access a large amount of graywater needed to water the grounds. Fortunately, we have an extra lot and plenty of space to do that type of thing - this happens to work out really well for us. You'll be happy to know that we got a couple bike racks out front too."
The idea for the well apparently came from Blair Woods who was familiar with biker kids in Portland who hooked up their bicycles to a water pump. By riding their bikes they were able to tap into the underground water source. That way they could water their veggies - the same concept is being applied at Urban Roots (sans bikes).
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sbrof
That's cool, I always find it stupid to use municipal water (which is treated with chemical, cleaned and pick up lots of minerals from pipes etc) to wash cars and water lawns when rain or wells could serve that purpose just fine and free of charge.
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galaxyjay
wait...hold on...rain is free????? What have I been doing this whole time? :-)
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RhodeIslandBoy
I actually got the idea while watching WNED one night and someone had drilled a well for the local village and they hooked old bikes up to pump the water.
I never thought it would be legal, but it was. It saved us close to $30,000 in initial costs and we'll never have to pay a water bill, either!
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RhodeIslandBoy
I shoulda mentioned that the bike well was in Africa, not Portland...
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