For all you urban gardeners out there. Article is Sydney based cos abc, but still valid. Good balance of ALL the factors involved including the downsides.

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    1 year ago

    Right, what a piss take. Certainly not written from the perspective of a person working 40 to 60 hours a week

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      If it’s cheaper for anyone to grow their own produce by hand, than it is to buy the same produce from industrialised, mechanised agriculture, everyone is being exploited and price gouged en mass — the entire system is invalid, and deserves to be torn down.

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        These little helpful guides are only useful if you don’t particularly value your time, or you have an excess of it. The net result over a year for a vege patch is a few dollars a week at most, unless you truly get into it and you have the materials and space and climate to do so.

        They might as well post articles saying, “skip that takeaway coffee and make one at home instead, or better yet, make one at work with their resources”.

        They’re journalistic filler and that’s all they are.