Tavascarow
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How they do it in Russia.In 2011 the dacha gardens of Russia produced 40% of the nation's food.
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Mistress Rose
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Gardening used to be taught in schools in the UK. I know some schools are teaching it again or have garden clubs, which is a good thing, but would be better as part of the general teaching. Sadly, with smaller gardens and the idea of the garden as leisure space, not too many people do garden any more.
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dpack
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from about 4m2 including vertical we manage to eat something home grown most days this summer,not staples but tasty stuff to add interest to dinner
i recon i could feed 4 from a standard allotment,it would be mostly veg based but with some fishing ,roadkill etc it would give a sustainable all year diet.
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Gai
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I stayed on one of these several times in the 90's on the outskirts of a small town in the former East Germany. There was a tiny, basic cottage on about an acre of land. Every inch of the land was used for crops and chickens, all the family from great grandparents to toddlers worked on it at the weekend and they would have a family meal and some drinks there afterwards. We didn't know the proper name for them and called them allotments as there were several rows of them belonging to families in the town. Great memories.
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Mistress Rose
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Sounds interesting Gai. I think we used to have something like that in this country. Just down the road from us there are some plots that were given to NCOs after WWI for them to have small holdings. Each is about 1/2 acre I think. They have all had bigger houses put on them, but I remember them with railway carriages and similar structures to give a basic house.
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Tavascarow
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There used to be a lot of Council owned farms that where used as a means for young landless farmers to get into the industry.
But like council allotments the vast majority have/are been/being sold for development.
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Mistress Rose
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All very short sighted. The allotments in our village have been built on, but more are planned in a new development I think, so that is one good thing about it. Gardens are also smaller, and most people don't do anything with them except sit in them.
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Jam Lady
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Russians celebrating Cucumber Day.
All hail the cuke.
By Reuters Publish Date July 20, 2015.
http://www.nbcnews.com/video/cucumber-day-celebrated-in-russia-485336643696
12. Russian vegetable farmers know a thing or two about having fun. These are scenes from their annual Cucumber Day. Did we mention that pickles are seen as an excellent accompaniment to vodka?
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Falstaff
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All very short sighted. The allotments in our village have been built on, but more are planned in a new development I think, so that is one good thing about it. ................... |