Gardening

Contributed Post Gardening is one of those activities that can give you pleasure and pain! Aching backs and sore wrists are among the most common complaints. But gardening can also go beyond the hard graft and start paying you back for your effort. You can grow far more than a lawn and couple of shrubs. Flowers for your home and food for your table are not beyond even a beginner gardener. How To Start The first thing you need to do is figure out how much of your garden you can allocate to your vegetable patch. You can grow in containers if you prefer not to work into your ground. And if you add weather-proof casters, you can take that container to the sunniest patches…
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Contributed Post Urban gardening is fast becoming a popular trend across the globe. It has given birth to all sorts of fantastic spaces and opportunities, both from an entrepreneurial point of view and a community one. It’s not that well understood, however, so we’ve picked out some great examples that might just fill you with inspiration. If these suggestions don’t get your creative juices flowing, I don’t know what will. #1 Sky Greens, Singapore We’ll start in Singapore, with a success story that is very encouraging to see. Locally grown vegetables in Singapore only make up a very small portion of consumption. Normally, food supplies are imported from a variety of different countries. With Sky Greens, vertical farming has reduced the amount and energy needed…
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