Floating Growers - grow food on a boat with Lewis McNeil
Vertical Veg: growing food in containers in the city
English - November 15, 2019 11:00 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MB - ★★★★ - 1 ratingHome & Garden Leisure Health & Fitness Nutrition container vegetables fruit herbs sustainability urban pot city nutrition nature Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode, we hear from Lewis, who lives on a boat on the River Lee in London. He grows grapes, chillies, squash, tomatoes, herbs and more in containers on the roof. Lewis is also founder of the Floating Growers Facebook Group and works at the excellent Orchard Project.
Listen to find out about Lewis's creative way to maintain soil fertility on the boat: a compact composting toilet! And how he is overcoming the other challenges he faces, including watering, heat, theft and, something that is probably unique to boat growers: low bridges.
We also hear how Lewis is planting a guerilla orchard along the river bank as he travels up and down. How cool is that?
Lewis finishes by sharing his vision for food growing in small spaces - and how it can help play a role in climate breakdown by connecting more people to their food, nature and providing healthier food at lower cost.
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