Edenbee: Grow my own food

Grow my own food

From a window box of herbs in a city apartment to a sprawling allotment of prize winning marrows, everyone can grow something edible. By doing so you'll cut out food miles, reduce pollution, you'll know exactly what you're feeding your family, how it has been treated and save money. Nothing tastes sweeter than the fruit of your own labours. Or the vegetables of your own labours. Or even the window box herbs of your own labours.

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by sean23uk 2 months ago

We're lucky enough to have lots of room for a few raised beds. It's taken about 3 years from not knowing anything about grow-your-own and just trying a few things out to now where we pretty much have our own grown veg for most of the year and rarely have to top up from the local shop.
There are some good books out there and out of the many i've read my faves are: Grow Your Own Veg by Carol Klein, The New Self-Sufficient Gardener by JOhn Seymour and Grow Your Own Vegetables by Joy Larkcom
by Tigerlight 2 months ago

I've a small suburban garden where I keep chickens, compost as much as I can and grow salads, veg, fruit trees (recently) and hope to really make a dent in next year's food cost with a raised bed or two. It isn't hard and a few pots can provide most of your salad, a few eggs will taste divine with homegrown herbs....
Finally, my kids understand that 'chicken' and chickens aren't two distinct things...one comes from the other, who knew???!
by stitchlily 2 months ago

Start small. Its very easy to get overwhelmed by all the varieties and possibilities to do with gardening.
Start with a herbs in pots
Everytime you visit someone, get a cutting from their garden.
Build up your range of flowers to attract bees.
Leave a bit of your garden wild, to encourage biodiversity

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We live on a very wooded lot with about 95% of trees onour lot being Pines. What kinds of things can we grow in that environment? 2 answers

Asked by Wannabee 2 months ago
1. Tigerlight
  Hi Wannabee, I don't know what you can grow around or under pines, but have you considered keeping chickens. They love scratching about in forest floors. They could provide you with eggs and meat. Not traditional growing of plants, but they produce lots of food.
2. Wannabee
  I don't think that's allowed within the city limits but I will check.