Fledgling Urban Farmer

It’s taken close to 6 months but my next setup is finally up and just about running. Building this system has been a case of one step forward and two steps back. I’ve had problems at every stage of the build but they definitely don’t justify taking 6 months to finish. So without delving further […]

One and a half months for a meal that barely serves three. Puts things into perspective. I wish I could say the spinach tasted so much better than it’s store-bought equivalent but a blocked nose made sure I couldn’t taste much. My parents weren’t very helpful either, they said, “It tasted like spinach!”. But for […]

It’s almost harvest time! and I say that with some forced enthusiasm. It’s almost sad to see the end of the road with these plants. I did not expect to genuinely care for the spinach and it’s pretty embarrasing how much, evidenced by the fact that I still didn’t remove the plant that went down […]

I had my first casualty this week. I took the plants out of the container and began cleaning the tank out because I was worried about the worms swimming around the roots when two of the plants started drooping, and they went down quick. I hastily put them back in the tank and hoped for […]

I went on a holiday over Christmas, hence the missing “Week #2” post. Quite a bit has happened since the first week with what looks like the first set of spinach leaves sprouting. All the 7 plants in the 4 net cups look in good shape (Yes, I’ve still not cut the excess plants). Their […]

Initially, I wanted to be quite ambitious and try growing root vegetables because I hadn’t seen too many people growing anything apart from leafy greens, herbs, and tomatoes online. I decided against it because I knew this setup was quite clumsy and turnover times for root vegetables are pretty high. So I planted something more […]