The new sharecropping has popped up on the internet. There’s a great article on Treehugger about SharedEarth.com, a website that “helps match up prospective gardeners to those with gardens, for free”.
It’s an obvious problem in urban and suburban jungles around the country: many people are eager to garden but have nowhere to indulge their green thumbs. And plenty of homeowners have gardens in need of tending.
There are more photos and lots of information here.
SharedEarth.com: A Landshare Grapevine Linking Gardeners With Gardens [Treehugger]
Photo credit: di the huntress
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Comments:
Interesting, never thought there was way to connect eager gardeners with neglected gardens.
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love the idea.grow your own or buy local is the only way to save ourselves
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