Bill Tall takes a break with his dog, Abby. His nursery offers everything from roosters and koi fish to a cackling green parrot and a garden deli. And plants, of course. Photo by Mary Knox Merrill (Christian Science Monitor)

The self-sufficient foodie – How to harvest an omnivore’s meal straight from your urban home.

By Erin Glass,
San Diego News Network
March 16, 2009

Excerpt:

It might be hard for the average grower, but Bill Tall, founder of City Farmer’s Nursery in City Heights, produces about 80 percent of his food. And still, he isn’t satisfied.  Tall is planning for an entire year without groceries.  To walk across his nursery, which connects to the land surrounding his home, is to stumble into a wonderland of gardening ideas.  Though his business allows him three acres of land to produce food on, most of his projects can be geared to a small, backyard environment.  Or even an indoor one.

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