{"id":1919,"date":"2013-01-23T19:01:45","date_gmt":"2013-01-23T18:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.selfsufficientish.com\/main\/?p=1919"},"modified":"2021-05-27T12:53:49","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T11:53:49","slug":"where-to-garden-if-you-dont-have-one-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selfsufficientish.com\/main\/where-to-garden-if-you-dont-have-one-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Where to garden if you don’t have one part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

David Attenborough has described humans a \u201cplague on the earth<\/a>\u201d. This ever-increasing \u2018plague\u2019 of humans has meant less room for what was once a necessity, a small patch of land which to grow food.<\/p>\n

However, lack of land does not automatically mean no-where to grow. With a little imagination, there are plenty of places to grow your own food. If you are willing to share your growing space the possibilities are limitless.<\/p>\n

Garden Share Schemes<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many towns and cities run garden share schemes, these are (unsurprisingly) schemes where people share their gardens or seek out a garden which to share (clue is in the name).\u00a0 Often, but not always, elderly people who are finding their gardens are getting too much offer whole or part of their garden to grow food. It is not a scheme to get a free gardeners but an exchange where each party benefits from increased social contact, a growing space and a way to keep an unruly part of the garden productive and well kept.<\/p>\n

Look on local noticeboards or through local organisations such as your local Transistion towns group for more details. If you find that your town doesn\u2019t have one, then you could consider setting one up \u2013 See the Transition Town Totnes website for more details.<\/a><\/p>\n