ᐅ Are vegetable gardens no longer desired?

Nowadays, with relatively small plots of land, I think trees are only good if they are small. Most houses are built very close to each other anyway, so there is no good view, and if you add trees on top of that, there is no view and no sunlight...

ypg schrieb:
Are you sure?
The trend is organic, sustainability, health.

Biohacking, clean eating... Men sit in the office for over 8 hours a day and then have their first stroke between the ages of 50 and 60 because as soon as they get home, they just sit down again instead of finally starting to live.

Are you sure about that? Yes, okay, if "organic" means products from the supermarket shelf, "sustainability" is something to pay for (solar panels, eco-friendly bricks, green rail passes and parcel shipping with CO2 labels...), and "health" comes from the gym.

On top of that, land prices are outrageously high.

Of course, this is a stereotype and simplified... BUT! There is some truth to it. Just look at how many allotment gardens are available around here and how many allotment regulations have increased the proportion of ornamental gardening significantly over the last 30 years...

Sure, there are some green gardening rebels on traffic islands and "zero waste" movements, but honestly... that is not mainstream.

And I bet that out of the last 100 homeowners here in our town, at most 10, rather 5, actually grow potatoes in their garden or are planning to do so.

daniels87 schrieb:
Hello everyone!

Yesterday, I marked out the area for our vegetable garden in the backyard. About 30 square meters (320 square feet) in total. Plus a greenhouse of around 16 square meters (170 square feet). A small "vegetable patch," as I would call it.
I received some curious looks from the neighbor, wondering if I’m going to become self-sufficient now.

When I look around new housing developments, all I see are gravel landscapes, boxwoods, and solar spheres, while the robotic lawnmower navigates the sterile golf-course-like lawns.

Are there still any passionate gardeners left who quickly check the garden before work, picking up slugs and weeding?

I’m a bit sad that I have no like-minded people nearby. Even my wife is totally against gardening. Too bad!

Best regards,
Daniel

Hello,

Many people commute, have children, and want to go on vacation. A vegetable garden always requires work, even during holidays. I see this with my father-in-law.

We only have an herb garden.

toxicmolotow schrieb:


But it’s not educational for children.

Alternatively, there are farms for children where all kinds of crops are grown. But there will be no lawn in our garden either; we just don’t have the right plot of land for tomatoes and potatoes.

We now have two rows of potatoes as well, but honestly, that’s a bit pointless... You can buy them cheaply in high quality all year round, so growing your own hardly pays off here. What I find really worthwhile to grow in the garden are berries, tomatoes, stone fruits, herbs, and also flowers.

Then there’s the topic of preservation and storage... Having a cellar was no longer an option for us (financially).

We had, and will set up again once the garden is finished, the greenhouse where we grow tomatoes, cucumbers, and bell peppers. Outside, we have zucchini and rotating crops of lettuce, carrots, and onions, sometimes also cabbage.

In addition, we have raspberries, blackberries, and gooseberries, and this year we are adding blueberries.

As for trees, we have cherry and apple, and we still need to plant one more for balance – it will be either a pear or a plum tree, possibly both.

However, gardens like these are becoming less common here, as most new plots are very small and often covered with gravel beds.

Unfortunately, it will still take some time before everything outside is finished again.