Gallery of urban ultra-micro-farms
Please post photos of your veggies and fruit growing in unusual places, in small spaces, in cityscapes. Let's inspire urbanites across the globe to get involved.
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Please post photos of your veggies and fruit growing in unusual places, in small spaces, in cityscapes. Let's inspire urbanites across the globe to get involved.
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I wonder if fruit or nut trees would be a better option there? But I believe compost and the wonderful microorganisms in soil can do a lot to combat pollution (apparently bokashi is being used to reclaim old paint factory sites) and possibly all you need to do is wash the vegies when you harvest them! Don't forget pollutants are everywhere in urban areas, they can't be avoided. I'd go ahead and grow but I'd probably be less likely to grow herbs in that spot - and favour things that could be peeled or scrubbed. That's my very unscientific contribution.
hello, anyone still here?
I have a lovely veg patch in the back garden and a load of wasted grass in the front. The only thing keeping me from sowing more fruit and veg is the fact that we live on a main road, opposite a bus terminus. Most of the buses are good at turning off their engines between shifts, but there're still plenty of pollutants in the air.
Should this put me off so much? I know airbourne junk will get to my backyard veg too, but the front yard has literally nothing between it and the cars but "fresh" air.
ta, Sophie
I have also used a straw mulch and think that may be what happens this year.