Posted to Waverley Leader (29/9/2012) on 4/10/2012 at 7:07 pm
Commenting on "Melbourne's suburban farmers"
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For people living in suburbs like Glen Waverley, Springvale or Dandenong, prices for vegies and other food items are not as expensive as the inner city.
Hopping into a car to the shop for vegies is far more troublesome than going to own backyard or rooftop garden to harvest them.
Growing your own vegies and can be a pain if you are frequent interstate or overseas traveller. Who is going to water them while you are away? When you return, the soil will be hard like rock, even the soil is sandy loam or heavily mulched. Plants grown in the ground can seek out water from larger surround, but not in planter boxes or crates.
Growing on the concrete roof top can present a problem long term, because certain part may become water-logged due to water slippage from the planters and damage the concrete. Wooden crates can rot easily, and cost of replacement should be taken into consideration.
When you get a bumper harvest, it is also time for bumper harvest for the commercial vegies gardeners, which means the price will be at rock bottom.
What is the next move - cooking at home and not going out to the restaurants or food outlets, or making our own clothing?
Commenting on "Melbourne's suburban farmers"
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http://waverley-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/monash-ratepayers-association-confident-of-taking-seats/
For people living in suburbs like Glen Waverley, Springvale or Dandenong, prices for vegies and other food items are not as expensive as the inner city.
Hopping into a car to the shop for vegies is far more troublesome than going to own backyard or rooftop garden to harvest them.
Growing your own vegies and can be a pain if you are frequent interstate or overseas traveller. Who is going to water them while you are away? When you return, the soil will be hard like rock, even the soil is sandy loam or heavily mulched. Plants grown in the ground can seek out water from larger surround, but not in planter boxes or crates.
Growing on the concrete roof top can present a problem long term, because certain part may become water-logged due to water slippage from the planters and damage the concrete. Wooden crates can rot easily, and cost of replacement should be taken into consideration.
When you get a bumper harvest, it is also time for bumper harvest for the commercial vegies gardeners, which means the price will be at rock bottom.
What is the next move - cooking at home and not going out to the restaurants or food outlets, or making our own clothing?
