{"id":115560,"date":"2020-04-12T14:15:36","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T07:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-were-all-growing-vegetables-james-wong\/"},"modified":"2020-04-12T15:04:42","modified_gmt":"2020-04-12T08:04:42","slug":"why-were-all-growing-vegetables-james-wong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-were-all-growing-vegetables-james-wong\/","title":{"rendered":"Why we\u2019re all growing vegetables | James Wong"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIt won\u2019t feed your family, but there\u2019s much joy to be had from tending your own harvestWith so many of us cooped up at home, there\u2019s been a flowering of interest in all things horticultural. Over recent weeks, news outlets have reported a 250% surge in seed and compost sales, with some online suppliers having unprecedented backlogs of orders of fruit and veg crops. This has been accompanied by a flurry of social media advice that growing your own is a cheap and easy way to access food in these uncertain times.I was recently sent a picture via Twitter of a single raised bed that could not have been more than 3 sq m, accompanied by the text \u201cMy family will not go hungry!\u201d Another wrote that absolutely everyone should start to supplement their diets, even those in flats, with \u201cmicro greens on a windowsill\u201d. Over on Facebook, some companies are supplying fancy veg kits with the discount code \u201cCovid-19\u201d, while activist groups claim domestic food growing should replace \u201ccommercial\u201d farming altogether. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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