The high price of veg
As we live in London we have to make use of every available cm of the space we rent. We don’t have a garden but we do have seven window boxes and are currently deciding how get the most out of them by growing a little bit of food. I wonder how much rent we are paying per window box? I wonder if we will be growing the most expensive fruit and veg we have ever had…although no…Borough Market exists for that.
So to compliment Tom Smith (who had a birthday yesterday - happy birthday!) and Gemma and their ambitious plans for their new allotment I would like to present our plans on a smaller scale. Tom and Gemma have acquired a greenhouse…we have two Tupperware bottoms, one on top of the other. Tom and Gemma have a shed…we don’t have a shed. That’s where is ends actually. But I bet they haven’t got their bed directly next to their strawberry patch.
Warning: don’t sneeze near your plans or your plants fly away.
May 6th, 2007 at 11:12 am
I am very impressed with the little drawings and it is a very good plan. Can’t you get a little bit of rocket in there somewhere
May 6th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
At least you shouln’t get any slug problems, like we have with the Spinach in our yard. And if you do, you should probably have a word with your landlord about why you have slugs in your flat.
May 8th, 2007 at 8:38 am
I have heard that London slugs are very clever!
May 8th, 2007 at 9:28 am
Well we don’t have slug problems yet although we seem to have mice problems. They are upset that we moved the stock cubes which they liked to have a bit of a nibble on. They must be hungry as they decided to have a little nibble on the tomato plants.
We do have rocket. It’s in a pot so doesn’t appear on the drawings.
May 8th, 2007 at 9:47 am
no, that’s the mice.