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Growing food yourself is already forgotten, but incomparable pleasure. In conditions when fruit and vegetable products from the EU countries, as well as the USA, Australia, Canada and Norway are banned, we risk being left without our favorite vegetables, fruits, salads, herbs and other things. To prepare for the fact that the government will ban the import of anything else, we decided to figure out how to provide ourselves with food and whether it is possible to conduct subsistence farming in an apartment. The absence of a suburban area, extra time and a suitable climate does not mean at all that you cannot grow vegetables, fruits, salads, mushrooms, and even edible insects.

Grow Your Own Pizza

The Grow Your Own Pizza Kit will help you to use only the freshest ingredients in your Italian dishes during sanctions without any fuss and fuss. Simply place the three prepared pots in a sunny spot and water them. After a while, you will have the main ingredients for pizza: tomatoes, peppers and basil grown by your own hands.

Woolly Pocket is a device that can create an eternal spring in the space of your home. The area of ​​our apartments does not allow organizing a full-fledged greenhouse, but hanging modular pockets solve the problem, turning the inner walls of the house into hanging gardens. Woolly Pocket are well ventilated, but do not let water through. The miracle material from which they are made is created from recycled plastic bottles.

The Auxano hydroponic system is specially designed for city dwellers who want to grow vegetables and fruits within a limited space. Auxano is a practical solution that mounts directly on the window frame from the inside, allowing plants to have access to sunlight and turning unused space into a vertical garden. The built-in Oxygenating system keeps the water circulating without being connected to the mains.

Click and Grow is another simple system for growing cherry tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, basil, coriander and more at home. An electric smart pot eliminates the need for owners to water and feed their plants. It is enough to activate the built-in cartridge, and Click & Grow will automatically measure the necessary parameters and will accurately give the plants dosed access to the right amount of water, fertilizer and air, depending on their needs. The Palo Alto-based company raised funds on Kickstarter last year to launch its second device, the Smart Herb Garden. The new model is distinguished by the presence of LED-backlight.

The AeroGarden system will allow you to grow herbs, vegetables, lettuce thanks to aeroponic technology that directly feeds the roots of plants with water, oxygen and fertilizer. The tabletop garden is equipped with automatic lighting and a display that will prompt you when to top up water or add nutrients. It will be enough for you to install the seeded pots and observe the growth of plants. The AeroGarden comes in several sizes, and in addition to it, you can buy cartridges for growing different plants.

Open Source Bug Farm Kit

Insects are a great source of protein, and they have a chance to become part of our diet soon. UN representatives a couple of years ago came up with a report in which eating insects was called a real way to combat hunger in the world. Now everyone has a chance to taste the food of the future. , developed by Tiny Farms, allows you to create a personal farm with everything you need to start growing edible flour beetle larvae at home. The kit costs $114 and includes two main containers, a mounting frame, a breeding kit and an incubator. The company also offers free access to all the drawings so that you can assemble the same farm on your own.

The Kitchen Mushroom Garden

The Kitchen Mushroom Garden is a simple kit for growing mushrooms in your own kitchen. The $19.99 kit includes everything you need to harvest fresh oyster mushrooms in two weeks. To do this, you just need to add water to the box. Mushrooms grow in a compact container filled with coffee grounds. As Mushroom Garden producers say, after harvesting ripe mushrooms, nutritious compost remains, which is sure to come in handy as a top dressing for indoor plants.

Cucumbers, peppers, carrots and even strawberries! All this can be grown on a balcony or windowsill and there are fresh, environmentally friendly, and most importantly, free vegetables and fruits all year round. Right now we will tell you how to set up a mini-garden in a city apartment.

Growing food in urban areas is popular all over the world. So, Britta Riley lives in a tiny apartment in New York. She came up with a vertical hydroponics garden. It takes up little space and brings a good harvest. Britta spoke about her innovation at TED.

In the West, if a product is labeled eco, bio or organic, it means two things. Firstly, these products are grown, harvested and processed in accordance with environmental standards, that is, without pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, growth stimulants and other “nasty things”. They have been certified, and serious organizations have guaranteed their quality. Secondly, bioproducts are much more expensive than conventional ones.

Our market for "clean food" is just emerging. The biocertification and control systems have not yet been formed. And the difference in prices between bio-products and ordinary vegetables and fruits sometimes reaches 1,000%! Therefore, for us, the most eco, bio and organic are products grown by our own hands.

But not everyone has dachas and relatives in the village. What should urban children do, who are accustomed to seeing potatoes washed and in nets, and greens in vacuum packs? Grow vegetables and fruits right on the balcony or windowsill.

6 reasons to arrange a mini-garden at home

1. You can treat yourself to fresh, vitamin-rich vegetables and herbs all year round.
2. Saving. Vegetables and fruits are expensive, especially in winter. With a home garden, you no longer have to adjust to the season (we eat plenty of tomatoes only in July, and apples in September).
3. You yourself can grow a plant from a tiny seed with your own hands, you can collect fruits. This is a creative activity that charges with positive energy.
4. You can improve your knowledge of biology, gain useful skills and acquire an exciting hobby.
5. Your children will see how tomatoes, cucumbers and other vegetables grow and will understand that they do not miraculously materialize in the refrigerator, their cultivation is serious work.
6. You can surprise your friends and acquaintances. Imagine how you will brag about the harvest, showing the window "beds". ;)

What you need to grow vegetables and herbs at home

• Place. Usually this is a window sill or balcony. It is better if they face the sunny side. If not, lamps for additional lighting will be required. If necessary, the window sill can be expanded or shelving for "beds" can be built (the minimum distance between the shelves is 50 cm).
• Capacities. Clay or plastic pots, wooden boxes can serve as beds for a home garden. The main thing is that there are holes in the bottom for draining water. Containers are recommended to be placed on pallets.
• Priming. There are many potting mixes for indoor gardens. As a rule, several layers are made: peat, compost, turf. You can prepare the soil yourself, or you can buy it in a specialized store.
• seeds. Some varieties of tomatoes or cucumbers grow well at home, while others do not even sprout. Therefore, before you start indoor gardening, you need to sit on the forums, read articles on the Internet and find out which seeds to buy.

In addition, you may need fertilizers, top dressing, a thermometer and a vessel for settling water (home plants are watered with water at room temperature, separated from chlorine).

We have the inventory, now we need to decide what to plant. Lifehacker has already written about some vegetables that grow beautifully on the windowsill.

16 FOOD YOU CAN GROW AT HOME

Today we will talk about ten more such plants.

Carrot

Variety : "Amsterdam".
Temperature : 15 to 25 ºС.
Harvest : after ≈70 days.

For growing at home, you need to take miniature varieties of carrots. You can plant in boxes, pots or just cut plastic bottles with holes in the bottom. The soil should be taken drainage.

Seeds are placed in the ground to a depth of about 7 cm. When the carrots sprout and germinate a few centimeters, they need to be thinned out, leaving the strongest shoots at a distance of about 2 cm from each other. It is not recommended to keep the beds in direct sunlight.

You need to water carrots at home often, but you need to make sure that there is not too much moisture, otherwise the root crop will rot. From time to time, you can feed with fertilizers with a low nitrogen content (if there is a lot of it, all the growth will go to the tops). It is also very useful to occasionally loosen the soil.

Pepper

Peppers grown on the balcony

Varieties : "treasure island", "dwarf", "watercolor", "swallow" and others.
Temperature : 25 to 27 ºС.
Harvest : after 100-130 days.

Seeds are first planted in small pots, which are covered with cling film and placed in a warm place. When the first shoots appear (in one to two weeks), several small punctures need to be made in the film. After a while, the pepper will get stronger, then it can be transplanted into large pots or buckets. This must be done carefully so as not to damage the spine. The plant is rooted by a third, after which it is watered with warm (30 ºС) water.

In the future, pepper can be watered every day. This plant loves light, so white spectrum lamps are recommended in addition to natural light. It is necessary to protect home-grown peppers from drafts and direct sunlight.

You can fertilize with nitrogen fertilizers, but potassium salt and potassium chloride will destroy the roots of the plant. With proper care, pepper on the windowsill can delight with fruits for up to two years.

Cherry tomatoes

Varieties : "pygmy", "bonsai", "bead" and others.
Temperature : 23 to 25 ºС.
Harvest : after 90-100 days (depending on the variety).

The soil, as in the case of pepper, is more convenient to buy ready-made. It is recommended to take a cylindrical container: it is better filled with the root system.

First, the seeds are germinated in small pots: buried to a depth of 1.5 cm, covered with cling film and left in a warm place until the first sprouts. When the tomatoes have risen, they dive into a larger and deeper dish.

It is important that the plant receives uniform lighting. To do this, you can hang fluorescent lamps above the "beds" or regularly turn the containers to the window.

Watering should be done carefully: cherry tomatoes are easy to fill. When the plant grows, it is recommended to loosen the soil from time to time and feed it with mineral fertilizers. If necessary, the tomato stem can be tied to a support (wooden skewer or pencil). It is also important to ensure that pests do not appear on the tomatoes.

By the way, not only cherry tomatoes grow well in home gardens, but also ordinary tomatoes.

cucumbers

Cucumbers grown on the window

Varieties : “room Rytov”, “miracle on the window”, “ant” and others.
Temperature : 21 to 24 ºС.
Harvest : after 35-45 days.

For cucumbers, rather large containers are needed, with a volume of at least 6 liters. The soil should be loose, with peat or compost.

At home, self-pollinating varieties of cucumbers grow well. First you need to prepare the seeds: they are poured into a weak saline solution, those that have surfaced are thrown away. Then, suitable seeds are soaked for 20 minutes in a solution of potassium permanganate, after which they are washed on wet gauze and planted in the ground (under the film). When the seedlings sprout and grow up, they can be planted in large containers.

Water homemade cucumbers with warm water every day, but with caution. Leaves can also be sprayed with a spray bottle. Potassium nitrate is recommended as top dressing.

When the lashes of cucumbers form and grow, supports should be built for them so that the plant can trail.

Radish

homegrown radish

Varieties : "carmen", "white fang", "celeste F1" and others.
Temperature : 18 to 20 ºС.
Harvest : after ≈40 days.

It is recommended to plant radishes in wooden or clay containers, but ordinary plastic cups can also be used. Loose, well-drained soil is needed. Seeds can be checked for germination before planting, like cucumbers. After that, they need to be buried to a depth of 1-3 cm.

After planting, the soil must be watered and covered with a film. When shoots appear, the "greenhouse" is removed. Radishes, as a rule, do not dive. But sometimes they put it for two or three days in a lower temperature regime - about 15 ° C. This hardens the plant and contributes to a better harvest.

Five days after the appearance of the first shoots, organic top dressing is carried out, and two weeks later - mineral. Water the radish abundantly as it dries. It is also important that the air in the room where it grows is not dry.

Spinach

homemade spinach

Varieties : "virofle", "gaudry", "gigantic" and others.
Temperature : 15 ºС.
Harvest : after ≈40 days.

Spinach belongs to vegetable greens and is considered very useful. To grow it at home, you need containers 15-20 cm high. Ready-made soil mixtures can be used. The main thing is that peat is included in their composition.

It is recommended to soak the seeds in water for a day before planting. Sowing is carried out to a depth of 1–2 cm. To accelerate germination, containers can be covered with a film. Spinach germinates about a week after planting, then it can be dived.

In winter, when the heating is on in the apartment and when the daylight hours are short, it is recommended to illuminate the plant with lamps and spray it with a spray bottle (in addition to watering).

The crop can be harvested when the spinach reaches 7–10 cm in height.

Basil

Varieties : "Marquis", "lemon", "Baku" and others.
Temperature : from 22 to 24 °C.
Harvest : after 50-55 days.

Basil is one of the most fragrant and favorite spices. At the same time, it is quite unpretentious and grows well on the windowsill.

Basil is planted immediately in large containers (with a volume of at least 1.5 liters). First you need to prepare the soil for planting: pour twice with mineral fertilizers with an interval of five days. The seeds are deepened by 1–1.5 cm. Until the plant sprouts, it must be watered every two days. Further watering is carried out daily, preferably in the morning.

green garlic

Varieties : "Kharkiv", "anniversary" and others.
Temperature : from 18 to 25 °C.
Harvest : after 15-20 days.

As a rule, garlic bulbs are used in cooking. But the green shoots (arrows) are also suitable for gastronomy: they are suitable for making marinades and sauces.

Varieties of garlic are divided into two groups: winter and spring. The latter usually do not give arrows, therefore they are not suitable for growing at home.

For those who have ever grown onions on a windowsill, garlic will not be difficult to deal with. You need to take winter-grade garlic cloves, preferably with sprouted sprouts. Any soil mixture can be taken. Each clove is planted to a depth of 2-3 cm and at a distance of 1-2 cm from each other. Once planted, be sure to water.

The container with garlic should be kept on the most lit window in the house. Water as the soil dries out. From time to time, you can feed with nitrogen-containing fertilizers.

Mint

Temperature : 20 to 25 °C.
Harvest : after ≈60 days.

Mint has a fairly branched root system, so for planting it, you should take a deep and wide container. The soil is recommended to use peat, varieties - any.

There are two ways to plant mint: seeds and cuttings. The latter is shown in the video below.

To grow mint from seeds, you need to plant them in the ground to a depth of about 5 mm and water. To create a greenhouse effect, you can use a film. Before germination (about two weeks later), the ground should be sprinkled with water every day. After germination, mint must be planted.

Mint is unpretentious. In summer, it must be protected from direct sunlight, and in winter from lack of light and excessive watering. From time to time, the plant can be fed with organic mixtures.

Mature plants can reach a meter in height. As a rule, they have a lot of leaves - there will almost always be mint for tea or homemade mojito.

Strawberry

Varieties : "autumn fun", "home delicacy", "garland" and others.
Temperature : from 18 to 20 °C.
Harvest : after ≈30 days.

Ampel remontant varieties of strawberries are suitable for a home garden. They bear fruit all year round and are not too picky about light. Strawberries can be planted in any soil mix. But first, drainage (expanded clay, small pebbles) should be poured to the bottom to protect strawberries from stagnant water.

Strawberries can be grown from seedlings or seeds. Both are sold in gardening stores.

Seeds are planted in small containers (for example, plastic glasses), watered abundantly and covered with cling film. After the appearance of the first shoots, the film is removed and the seedlings are placed in a well-lit place. When three or four leaves are formed, strawberries dive into larger containers.

This plant loves light. When days are shorter than nights, artificial lighting should be used. Watering and spraying are carried out as the soil dries. Strawberries are easy to fill.

Solutions with a significant iron content are used as top dressing. During active growth, strawberries become overgrown with mustaches, they need to be tied to supports.

As you can see, growing vegetables, herbs and even berries in a city apartment is not difficult and even exciting.

Estonian startup offers its own automatic mini-farms for growing greens

Estonian startup Click & Grow is working on a technology for growing greens in urban areas. An automatic, refrigerator-sized, vertical smart farm keeps track of the amount of water, nutrients, and lighting that plants need. Minimal maintenance and a drastically reduced amount of water required for growth are interesting features of the farm that can make it popular.

Click & Grow are no strangers to growing plants in cities. A few years ago they had a super-successful crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, and now they offer "smart pots" and "smart gardens" to everyone. These devices are also designed for growing plants at home. One plant grows in a pot, three in a garden. This is not much, but they also take up space, like a regular flower pot. But, unlike the pot, everything is done automatically.

Smart garden from C&G

Vertical Mini Farm

The unique Smart Soil technology, in the development of which Russian scientists also took part, allows the use of sponge material instead of ordinary earth. It does not compact over time, nutrients are not washed out of it, and it is well permeable to oxygen, which is necessary for plant growth. The smart gardens are equipped with LED lighting, ideal for plant growth, and supply them with just the right amount of water, which only needs to be topped up once a month.

instead of a refrigerator. Vegetarian joy.

While vertical farms are not yet available for general sale, prototypes are already being assembled on order. If it is as simple and cost-effective to operate as the startup's previous products, then the potential for its use is very wide. After all, agriculture is the largest consumer of fresh water, for example, in the United States, farmers use up to 80% of all water consumed by residents. In parts of the world where water is scarce, or in large crowded cities where fresh greens have to be delivered from afar, the idea of ​​\u200b\u200bconserving water, coupled with growing greens "in place" will certainly receive support. After all, even if it is useless to drink yogurt, then no one will argue about the benefits of consuming greens.

Vertical farms in urban areas have long been planned to be built. And they can indeed use 70-80% less water than conventional farms. But their cost, due to the high complexity of the hydroponic system, is tens of thousands of dollars. Smart Farm, on the other hand, the creators promise to deliver at a price of only $1,500. And if not everyone can put themselves such a farm next to the refrigerator, surely large supermarkets will be interested in the opportunity to sell super-fresh greens grown right in the warehouse.

To grow these indispensable culinary plants at home, you can use either the bottom with roots (the lower white part, which we usually cut and throw away), or the whole bulb. To do this, you need to place them in a glass jar with a little water and put on the windowsill, where the onion will receive the sunlight it needs. After a while, the first feathers will appear, which, as they grow, can be cut off and added to food. Thus, you will always have fresh herbs at hand - most importantly, do not forget to add water to the jar once a week.

Cymbopogon

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The fragrant citrus spice cymbopogon or lemongrass is essentially a perennial herb, so it should be grown like any other herb. After using the stem, do not throw away the root - place it in a jar of water and expose to light. In a week, the cymbopogon will sprout and it will need to be transplanted into the ground. When the sorghum stalk grows to about 30 cm in length, it can be cut and dried.

Celery, bok choy, romaine lettuce and cabbage

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These vegetables can be grown at home from the remains of their hard, thickened stems. To do this, you need to pour water into a shallow cup and place the stump in it with the roots down. Celery, bok choy, romaine lettuce and are very moisture-loving, so do not forget to add water to them. After a few days, you will notice that roots and new leaves will appear, and after another week, the plants can be planted in the ground.

Ginger

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To grow at home, you need a piece of fresh and smooth ginger root with a couple of live buds. If the root is too dry, it can be kept in warm water for a while. It is necessary to plant ginger in a pot or box with earth with the kidneys up. The ideal conditions for this plant are a warm, humid, bright place, but without direct sunlight. In addition to the fact that ginger is tasty and healthy, it is also beautiful (somewhat reminiscent of reeds), so it can be grown even for decorative purposes.

Potato

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Many townspeople simply twitch at the phrase “plant potatoes” - it’s easier to buy than to “hump” in the country all summer. And in vain, because this vegetable can be grown right at home. To do this, you will need one small potato with "eyes". It must be cut into several pieces and left at room temperature for a couple of days so that it dries and does not rot in the ground after planting. It is recommended to plant in well-fertilized soil. At the same time, it must be buried to a depth of at least 20 cm, so make sure that the planting dishes are large and deep enough.

Garlic

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Growing garlic is very simple: take one or two cloves with roots and stick them into the ground in a warm, bright place. When the root system is strengthened, garlic will give the first shoots. They need to be cut in a timely manner so that they do not take away "energy" and do not interfere with the formation of the bulb.

Onion

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Oddly enough, at home it is quite easy to get a crop of a “tear” vegetable: take an onion, cut off the bottom with roots and plant it in moist soil. loves the sun, so choose a warm place for him.

Sweet potato

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The rules for planting and growing sweet potatoes are almost the same as for regular ones. We take a tuber and send it to moist soil. After a week, the sweet potato will sprout, and when the leaves reach 10 cm, they can be cut, and next, at a distance of 25–30 cm, plant another plant. Just make sure that slugs do not get on the whips - they are very fond of sweet potatoes. And then in 4 months you will have juicy sweet potatoes.

Mushrooms

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It is difficult to grow at home, as they need special conditions - high humidity, special temperature, ventilation and lighting. For their planting, the so-called mycelium is needed, that is, germinated spores of fungi. The mushroom picker is placed in a substrate (a mixture of oats, millet, rye, barley and other cereals), where it takes the form of thin white threads, from which mushrooms then grow. Attention: for successful growth, mushrooms need 95% humidity and a temperature of no more than 20 ºС. In addition, during ripening, mushrooms emit a strong allergen into the air, so experts do not recommend growing mushrooms in an apartment. The ideal option is a plot near the house or, in extreme cases, a balcony.

A pineapple

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But turning your home into a tropical "island", on the contrary, is quite simple. It is enough to cut off the top with leaves (do not forget to clean out the pulp, otherwise the plant will rot) and place it in a glass of water. Soon roots will appear on the outlet, which means that the pineapple is ready for planting. Remove a few lower leaves and stick the socket into the ground about 2-3 centimeters. This fruit is quite unpretentious, it easily tolerates direct sunlight and high temperatures. The main thing is not to forget about regular watering. After 1-2 months, young sprouts will appear on the pineapple - this means that the cutting has taken root, and in a couple of years you can harvest the first crop.

Your success in home gardening depends on many factors - weather, soil, the quality of "seedlings" and, of course, on how carefully and carefully you will treat your green "pets". You may get bored very quickly with all these pots on the windowsill, but it's still worth a try - let your children see with their own eyes how onions, cabbage and potatoes grow.

The Urban Farming movement is gaining more and more popularity around the world. Residents of big cities take the process of creating food into their own hands. In this review, we have collected 10 real examples of how you can grow food in a metropolis.

Niwa is a device that allows you to grow fresh vegetables all year round without leaving your home. This is a small box with glass walls, inside which you can equip a small garden.

At the same time, most of the functions of this box can be controlled remotely using a mobile phone. Using a smartphone, a Niwa farm owner can water his garden, adjust temperature and humidity readings, turn lights on and off, and even fertilize plants.

But Niwa users still have to collect the fruits manually.

The design with the name Urban Farm Unit combines two modern trends in the development of megacities. First, it is a compact building built from two shipping containers. Secondly, this is a store selling fresh vegetables that are grown right there.

The Urban Farm Unit consists of two levels. On the first one there is a retail outlet where city residents can buy fresh vegetables, only plucked from the garden. And on the second floor there is, in fact, a garden - compact, but effective.

Some people from the countryside who have moved to large cities sometimes do not have enough of their own garden to work on it with their hands, growing guaranteed fresh and environmentally friendly products. The ideal solution for such people is a residential building, similar to the building called Stacking Green, built in the city of Saigon.

Stacking Green is a four-story mansion where each window is a small garden. The owner of this building can pick fresh vegetables right in the kitchen and take care of his own garden, while being in the bedroom.

However, not every fan of digging with his own hands in the garden has the opportunity to build a house with garden windows. But such a design can be made even in the most ordinary city apartment, if you install technological agricultural structures in it with the name.

The Plant Window is a replacement for the traditional window. Instead of the usual frame and glass, this design provides for the creation of several small beds, located one above the other.

Sunlight, automatic watering of plants with water, and the ability to set the desired temperature allow you to grow fresh vegetables and herbs in the Plant Window for the needs of the kitchen.

Architectural studio SPARK has created a project for a multi-apartment high-rise building for the city-state of Singapore. This building, despite its huge size and location within the metropolis, will also be a farm for growing organic food.

Gardens in Home Farm will be located not only in the courtyard of the house, but also directly on the walls of the building, along which there are common balconies-gallery. The creators of this complex hope that its inhabitants will be people who really love working in the garden and miss this occupation in the conditions of a huge metropolis.

Italian designer Antonio Scarponi has developed a project of modular greenhouses called Farm-X, which are designed to be installed inside big cities. Their place is the roofs of apartment buildings, whose residents want to get fresh vegetables and herbs all year round.

Farm-X can be deployed on any size rooftop. The maximum possible area of ​​the greenhouse is 400 square meters.

The first urban Farm-X farm is located on the roof of an apartment building in Basel, Switzerland.

In the city of Chicago, there is an unusual youth center called the Gary Comer Youth Center. In addition to the standard activities for such institutions (learning, reading, sports and entertainment), young visitors to this place can also try their hand at agriculture.

The rooftop of the state-of-the-art Gary Comer Youth Center has a large vegetable garden that grows a variety of fruit crops. Children who take care of the beds can share the harvest among themselves. Sometimes this becomes a good addition to the modest food basket of low-income families whose offspring are engaged in this youth center.

CapsulePot is a personal home garden for even the poorest or most constrained families. The set includes sixteen small pots, each of which will allow you to grow some kind of vegetable plant or edible grass.

The pot can be placed on a desktop, window sill, cabinet shelf or just on the floor. The set includes seeds of garlic, basil, thyme, mint, marjoram and cilantro. But if desired, tomatoes or other vegetables can also be grown in these containers.

At the same time, CapsulePot pots have special caps that allow you to protect plants from dry air, temperature changes and other harmful external conditions.

The kit called Nourishmat was created for urban dwellers who have never been involved in agriculture, but at the same time are not averse to trying their hand at growing fresh vegetables and herbs in their free time from their main work.

Nourishmat is a small technological rug that needs to be laid out on a free piece of land measuring a meter and a half. The area of ​​this "tablecloth-self-collection" is divided into several squares, each of which is signed and is responsible for a plant.

The Nourishmat automatically fertilizes the seeds and also waters them so that the user gets fresh vegetables and herbs at the end. The kit also comes with detailed instructions for beginners in agriculture.

One fruitful Nourishmat is designed for five to seven years of operation.

In Chinese cities, there are a large number of abandoned industrial facilities. Local urbanists suggest using these old plants and factories as urban farms.

The first such farm, , appeared recently in the multi-million dollar metropolis of Shenzhen. In it, on an area of ​​2100 square meters, there is an experimental farm, the task of which is to develop technologies for growing natural products in an urban environment.

Value Farm has become not only an agricultural enterprise, but also a new landmark of the city of Shenzhen, where they go for walks and photo shoots.

The Urban Farming movement and the solutions it offers will make the existence of such a phenomenon of our life as a dacha meaningless in the future. After all, the need for it will disappear - products can be grown even on the balcony or right in the living rooms of the apartment. And in New York, it even exists, which implies the creation of vegetable gardens right in the center of this metropolis.