Live from Maker Faire

What does Maker Faire have to do with gardening? Do it yourself fans often make their own garden innovations for new ways string up pea plants to irrigation techniques. Actually I met Ronald Elliott from Elliott Energy Services (www.elliottenergy.ca) that created collapsible rain barrels. We talked about ways to create rain catchment on vacant lots.  Also at the Faire was Local Dirt  who had great stickers that said ‘I’m locally grown!’ that were seen everywhere all weekend. Local Dirt is a database of farms and producers and is a way for restaurants to order products directly from the farm.   Also vending in the Detroit Handmade tent was Amanda Edmonds from Growing Hope in Ypsilanti who has an etsy store at Amepix.etsy.com which is where I got my great friend of urban chicken pin!

Obviously the do it yourself community has a little bit of everything!