The combination of two words obviously, Urban and Edible;

Urban – Relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area.

Edible – If you can swallow it and you don’t die, it’s edible.

Urban Edibles is about providing information for all that is edible within the urban environment, from the high rise flat to the standard house and land to all that is consumable, this covers a broad range of topics from foraged to home grown to store bought edibles such as food and drink and all in between.  It is about improving the education of people who want to create their own Urban Edibles Garden.

We consume food atleast 3 times per day and are suppose to drink 2 litres of water, what we consume moulds the lives of ourselves our families and the community. If we always head to the shop for the next fix we are potentially wasting energy and money, however if we forage all of our food we are likely to end up with a few health issues as well.

So what is the best for us and how can we obtain it? Is it worth growing carrots in the back yard? How about making my own wine? What provides me with the biggest return for my money and inturn energy input.

This is not about self sufficiency it is about self reliance; however tips on self sufficiency will appear for anyone who wants to head down this path.

 From a self reliance view point maximising the yield and return from your small urban garden is the most important thing.