Comments on: Temporary permaculture for renters – 11 ideas for growing abundant food without owning land

By: Suze Dunmow

Suze Dunmow — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 21:51:24 +0000

I live in UK in a small suburban area of bungalows for the over 60's. I have been composting even in London on my large patio balcony, and am continuing here, now that I have a garden. (always a dream/hope of mine). I am now starting to grow my own veg, building my raised beds to a height so that I can sit in my chair and garden. I have a general compost bin, and have just put together a two section, wooden slatted bin for the green waste. The soil here is pretty poor, so am having to do a lot of improving. Reading your article, I have now bought two Bokashi bins and am looking forward to using them. I am also grateful to your link to community composting, as I might try and see if any of my neighbours might be interested. They are not a very eco minded lot, but I will think on it, and maybe give it a try. I would love it to work. After going to workshops, and my local City Farm in London, I fell in love with composting. 🙂 Thanks for your site, all the info. I have lots more reading to do on your site. Thanks again…

By: John Mcnicol

John Mcnicol — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 12:40:33 +0000

Hi you must have a challeging time with those little critters as i was farming in Qld for 10 years and found that growing in tube shade house was great and having the good insects like praymantis and ladybirds for control of pests,besides that their are ma y other ways of controlling.Im now in Western Australia growing in South Hedland at a rental property with very little insect problems .Ive invested into worm farming and being very contious about what to throw into bin and what to feed my worms.Their main food is coffee residue and they love it ,but also shredded paper and all decomposed vegs horse poo and anything that will break down in a short time.They are very good breeders also a d any time i turn over new soil i introduce my worms to it.I do miss the cooler climates but have settled here and will ha e a challenge on my hand when the heat comes.

By: africanaussie

africanaussie — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 21:11:05 +0000

What a comprehensive post – so much of what you talk about I am doing in my small permanent garden. I am presently venturing more into microgreens as up here in the tropics you need to grow and harvest fast beofre the bugs find them!

By: Endah Murniyati

Endah Murniyati — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 21:11:05 +0000

Interesting idea. Thank you for sharing.