Archive for February, 2013

Inner city gardening using the ground soil can be risky, as the condition and what is in the soil is often unknown. Here is a unique and surprisingly new way – straw bales.

From the site…. Click here to visit site.

This method of gardening works very well from areas inside the Arctic Circle, to the heat of the Caribbean. If you can find bales of straw, or similar bales of tightly compressed organic material, you can garden this way. Simply replacing existing soil with a “container” filled with beautiful “conditioned” compost as your growing media. From airid desert regions to the rainiest places in the world, if you have access to sunlight and water then this method of growing will work. No special tools are required, and no knowledge of gardening is really required to be successful. The elimination of many of the most common problems associated with vegetable gardening, makes this method great for beginning gardeners, organic growers, or those experienced gardeners that are just tired of all the hard work.

Some City of Toronto staff have great jobs this one includes driving on a pile of waste

Ingram waste disposal site – city if Toronto.

Junctioneer.ca

This site which was the location of a fire last year. After the fire the building had to be torn down.

When the building was demoed the blog was amiss at yet another loss if an old industrial building.

Now – with a second look – the loss of the building could be viewed as a benefit to the area, as it has greatly lowered the mass if buildings in the immediate area around the buildings lot.

The empty a greater amount of Sunlight and air flow to circulate around the government housing to the north.

The lot without the four story mass of the Dodge Pulley building – which at the time if the fire was a self storage business, also increases the distance from the housing stock and the abundant low rise industrial works on the same block.

Oh we do don’t we, … Read this great article on the great success of this London UK Venture.

An excerpt…

To start with he squeezed staff of his software business, Trampoline Systems, into half of his office space and rented out the rest. Then he rented a warehouse just for his Trampery clients. Soon there will be five Tramperys in London, and Armstrong wants to take the concept overseas.

And for developers reading this – take note – Despite charging £330 a month for a desk, occupancy at the Trampery runs at 95% WOW

Sure wish we had an old industrial site in the Junction to convert this London success.

Sure wish we had an old industrial site in the Junction to convert to something like this London success

You just have to live the wonderful small industrial businesses of the Junction triangle.

This this one has a sign to be noted.

Sat in the lane way running between Laws St and clendenan ave this half garage has the most interesting bricks.

The bricks measure approximately 4 inches by 10 inches and are striking in such a small building.

Location:Saint Johns Rd,Toronto,Canada

The refrain, has stood  its ground.

Whille doing research on the Junctions original  craft movement, came across this advertising.

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