National Trust urges city dwellers to grow vegetables on window sills
The National Trust is growing vegetables in window boxes at some of its properties, to encourage city dwellers to live The Good Life.
By Matthew Moore
Published: 12:01AM BST 10 Jul 2009
The dream of self-sufficiency popularised in the 1970s comedy is not beyond the reach of people living in Britain’s five million flats, the organisation says.
Lettuce, tomatoes, beetroot and a variety of herbs can all thrive on windox sills – allowing those without gardens and allotments to join the “grow your own” trend.
Kingston Lacy, a country mansion in Dorset, is one of the Trust properties where window boxes have been installed. At other properties, hanging baskets have been converted to grow vegetables.
The National Trust has calculated that the nation’s windowsills could provide the equivalent of 600 acres of farming land, producing tonnes of cheap, locally-sourced food a year.
The “vertical vegetable garden”campaign is part of the trust’s drive to encourage more people to get involved with the growing and preparation of food. It has already given over land on its properties across the country to be create 1,000 allotments.
“If we can share our expertise from our farms and our kitchen gardens and make that available to people who only have a couple of feet on a windowsill, that’s a really good start,” said Lucy Bendon of the National Trust.
I have some extra quarts of pressure canned green beans from last years run, and I was thinking ,
why not pickle them..
any ideas ???
The National Trust has calculated that the nation’s windowsills could provide the equivalent of 600 acres of farming land, producing tonnes of cheap, locally-sourced food a year.<<<<
This goes with my post #9573, England is on the ball with the garden plots for local folks.
Makes me smile, as I think food should be grown every place.
The milk recall is growing, I have more alerts for products that contain the bad milk, many more from many companies.