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Bringing food production home

Hey guys!

I know it it a stretch from garden to indoor Garden Patch, anyway...

Since I am still in university and there are not too many possibilities to garden here (except you buy a plot in town or use an allotment, but they have crazy regulations, like no more than 5% veggies, why for heavens sake?) so I got my hands dirty a got a indoor grow area which I build myself.







I know it is no much, but I am building a bigger one.

Just some data on the glasshouse:

60 cm x 40 cm x 65 cm

The grow area is 58 cm by 38 cm It is 19 cm deep.

I painted it white as it can reflect sunlight better.

I use a layer of Hydroton at the bottom and normal garden center soil. I do use earthworms (there reproduce like hell!) in it and effective microbes.

There are 6 date palms var. Fardh inside and a little basil (in a pot from a supermarket, sorry).

I will use it as a spice lot.

So I seeded 15 cm of rosemary, 10 cm basil, 15 cm of parsley, 10 cm of mint and a blob of lavender. There will be some salad seeded in a day or two.

And I got a University owned raised bed of one(!) square meter.

nice

how crazy not to allow more than 5% veggies

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very nice build

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Why did the chicken cross the road? ... To have her motives questioned.

Yea looks great and I agree what is the go with the 5% veggies thing, I don't understand

Thanks guys, glad you like it.

I like to integrate aquaponics in it as well :-) But I am working on that.


Well I just found out why they have this 5% restriction on the allotments.

It seems there (users) are not allowed to use it as a kind of cottage garden (a working veggie patch) since there are only for recreational use. As if gardening is not recreational.

If I would just change the federal state, going back home :-) I would be even allowed to have chicken or ducks. I thing it is more a community restriction.

As those rules are not made by the government there mus be a way to change them.

@Charlie; I presume you are the same Charlie as in die AP forum, so I hope you like the way I resized the pictures :-)

Hey lads!

I have been upgrading my indoor garden patch a lot!

Here are some picture for you to look at, but some figures first:

It is 123.6 by 60 cm and 30 cm high

I have put some Hydroton in it so it is a little lighter and I just had it around.

And here is a list of my plants:

Date palms
Banana tree
Avocado tree
Tomatoes, a lot!
Garlic
Cucumber
Strawberries
Chilies and Paprika
Pelagonium called Lemon
Box
some sweet peas


So this is before:

And here Are some of the rest: