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Compiled by Sors Pretorius
Normal is boring. Turn the world upside-down and take a break from reality.
H
ome grown vegetables
are a wonderful addition to any table. Adding them to your diet
when you live in a place with limited space or where you have poor
soil conditions, can, however, be
difficult. Ever considered the option of adding a hanging vegetable
garden? Yes, it may seem to be
unusual but a large number of vegetables lend themselves perfectly
towards growing upside down. As
a matter of fact, not having to fight
gravity, they tend to do much better than veggies planted the conventional way. By the way, we are
not talking about planting the
plants upside down in the backyard
garden with their leaves in the soil
and roots in the air!
5 reasons to grow your own vegetables:
Freshness: Vegetables taste better
and are much healthier if picked
and eaten fresh. The produce you
find in supermarkets is often picked
half ripe to extend the shelf life
with negative impacts on the flavour. Try a tomato that has turned
ripe on the vine and compare the
taste to those from the supermarket
and see which one tastes better.
Quality: Supermarket produce is
never going to taste as good as
those fresh veggies you grow yourself. Judge for yourself and taste
the healthy freshness of a freshly
picked tomato, cucumber, spinach,
squash and the like and taste the
sun and goodness only your own
garden can provide.
Price: In many cases, supermarket
produce is so overpriced, it’s ridiculous. Growing your own crops from
seed is inexpensive, great fun, and
good exercise. Even if you buy already started vegetable seedlings, it
will still beat the price of any store
bought produce.
Provenance: If you are one of
those people like myself, worrying