Grow your own
June 8th, 2008 by hbourne
At a time when food prices are rising it’s never been a better time to save some money by growing your own food. On TV Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is encouraging some families to do it in Bristol through a small-holding and it’s really changing the way they think about food - for the better. According to his programme, if there is enough demand councils legally have to give people access to redundant land to grow their own food, which I think is something more people should take advantage of.
I helped at the Thrive Garden in Battersea Park today, as part of the Open Squares scheme. I was truly amazed and delighted to see how many community gardening schemes exist across London, tucked away in small pockets of land. Not only are they used to grow food, but also to aid people with learning or physical disabilities and to tackle a whole host of issues. They truly show that being enterprising is about more than making money (although they need to do that too), it’s also about the individuals who use their passions and interests to change things for the better. In this case it’s gardening and I can only hope that this current trend for ‘growing your own’ continues.
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