The fact that garden centres in the UK have started installing a raised vegetable gardens in their stores is a sign of the overwhelming boom of growing your own veggies.
In 2009, sales of seeds for home-grown vegetables were triple that for any other year. The garden centres say that the surge has been caused by the credit crunch, as people look to save money wherever possible. Yet, this trend has seen a marked increase of the last few years as people are starting to become reality keen to live more green lifesyles.
The raised vegetable garden has become a focal point of most gardening superstores to try and cater for all the questions that gardeners ask. It also gives a good idea as to what you can expect from a packet of seeds.
As the raised bed needs little maintenance, it is ideal for a busy shop. Not on to mention it can be located anywhere irrespective of the type of ground.
Vegetable seeds are permanently out of stock for every variety. People are not just growing the usual, but trying everything from tomatoes, to melons and peppers.
Waiting lists for allotments is so long that people are having to use any space they can get their hands on – even if it belongs to someone else!
As if this weren’t enough, another type of gardening has been getting a ton of news coverage recently. In Glasgow so called “Guerrilla Gardeners” are planting in small patches of ground around the city. Just a few yards from the M8 motorway a secret garden has onions, garlic, potatoes, and rosemary growing. This is not a one off though; around the city small vegetable gardens have popped up mysteriously.
Could this be yet another indicator that there just isn’t enough space for gardeners at the moment? Maybe its a clever way to entice people to grow veggies in their own gardens?
A website has been made to orchestrate meet ups a. On their about page they say, “Many have been inspired by Richard Reynolds ‘On Guerrilla Gardening’… It has now arrived in Glasgow”.
Guerrillagardening.org seems to be the initiator (if one exists) of this fascinating movement. There are some cool photos on the site – my favourite is of sunflowers planted in a concrete clad estate in South East London. Well worth a look.
Tim Brennan is a raised vegetable garden enthusiast as well and enjoys eco-living in general. He enjoys cycling adventures and fixing broken things for friends & family.
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This post was written by admin on July 24, 2010
