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So this is my blog about turning my back garden from a weedy, briar infested wasteland to a veggie plot that with give me fresh and healthy vegetables to eat, give away and generally enjoy. I am going to try to do this on a shoestring and as cheaply as possible. I don't want to spend money getting my veggies - I want them to be free just as God intended (obviously if you don't believe in God - and my own choice is Lord Krishna - then I hope to be growing cheap veggies just as if they had been growing on this fine earth since the dinosaurs ruled the planet - this is a non denominational blog after all - despite the early appearance of God - ok that's the theology over and done with lets get back to the rationale)
I am going to utilize all the benefits of web 2.0 to try and achieve this free food experiment utilising websites like freecycle, twitter, facebook, google, eBay and so on to beg borrow or steal seeds equipment, person power and so on. I haven't spent a penny yet but as I spend (if I really have too I will keep a running total. I also will be trying to find stuff in skips, dumps, the side of the road and of course re cycle anything at all to use as containers and other stuff I might need.
Now I'm not a gardener at all. I work in an office all day so the only time I have is my spare time. I've never gardened apart from some flowers and stuff. I've never really grown vegetables at all but every time I switch on the TV some TV celeb is telling me how easy it is to grow my own stuff. (Although I do have a sneaking suspicion that Jamie and Hugh etc have a huge staff of gardeners toiling day in and day out perfecting their veggie gardens and producing their award winning - if appearances are anything to go by - veggies - unless of course they have just bought them from Waitrose!)
At the moment my total resources are:
A spade
A fork (I think I'm not sure got to check)
TV celebrity chef induced guilt
A back garden (photos to follow)
Enthusiasm
A few more facts. I live in Plymouth which is in the South West of England. The garden is South facing and doesn't look like its been used for anything for quite a while. Im 55 years old so the back may take a bit of a pounding and as I mentioned I don't have green fingers. Lets see what happens!
So this is my blog about turning my back garden from a weedy, briar infested wasteland to a veggie plot that with give me fresh and healthy vegetables to eat, give away and generally enjoy. I am going to try to do this on a shoestring and as cheaply as possible. I don't want to spend money getting my veggies - I want them to be free just as God intended (obviously if you don't believe in God - and my own choice is Lord Krishna - then I hope to be growing cheap veggies just as if they had been growing on this fine earth since the dinosaurs ruled the planet - this is a non denominational blog after all - despite the early appearance of God - ok that's the theology over and done with lets get back to the rationale)
I am going to utilize all the benefits of web 2.0 to try and achieve this free food experiment utilising websites like freecycle, twitter, facebook, google, eBay and so on to beg borrow or steal seeds equipment, person power and so on. I haven't spent a penny yet but as I spend (if I really have too I will keep a running total. I also will be trying to find stuff in skips, dumps, the side of the road and of course re cycle anything at all to use as containers and other stuff I might need.
Now I'm not a gardener at all. I work in an office all day so the only time I have is my spare time. I've never gardened apart from some flowers and stuff. I've never really grown vegetables at all but every time I switch on the TV some TV celeb is telling me how easy it is to grow my own stuff. (Although I do have a sneaking suspicion that Jamie and Hugh etc have a huge staff of gardeners toiling day in and day out perfecting their veggie gardens and producing their award winning - if appearances are anything to go by - veggies - unless of course they have just bought them from Waitrose!)
At the moment my total resources are:
A spade
A fork (I think I'm not sure got to check)
TV celebrity chef induced guilt
A back garden (photos to follow)
Enthusiasm
A few more facts. I live in Plymouth which is in the South West of England. The garden is South facing and doesn't look like its been used for anything for quite a while. Im 55 years old so the back may take a bit of a pounding and as I mentioned I don't have green fingers. Lets see what happens!
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