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What’s great about growing produce is that we can start off really small, so small in fact that even a lowly windowsill is a great place to begin. For those that live in apartment blocks, a windowsill or a verandah provides enough space to save you both dollars and helps us feel better about doing our bit for the environment.

I meet a lot of people who live in high rise apartments who want to do something for the environment, but struggle to feel either motivated on a day to day basis or feel that any efforts are not rewarding enough and so give up. Through simply growing a few herbs in pots and even a few basic garden salad ingrediants on a verandah, that frustration level is reduced and will of course ensure a greater satisfaction when we eat what we have grown. Read the rest of this entry »