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I think there’s pros and coms for every system. For me personally I like the fact that the small and medium system can have wheels to male it moveable. I also like the water reservoir that will keep all plants well watered for a couple of weeks should I go on holiday. I also like the modular aspect the fat that its possible to add more units to make the growing area larger.

I did email vegepod uk with your question too to see what they say. I have copied their reply as follows.

Beaut of a question from a listener & one that has many answers that I’ll bullet point:

• Full containment; water reservoir to hold 16l water plus any nutrients from the soil/compost. Enough water to ensure plants will not dry out for a few weeks. Over flow for excess water to drain away
• Wicking bed to protect soil/compost from the water and support the watering of plants through a compillary action
• Full foot of growing depth across the full width and length
• Food safe materials that will not root & require no additional treatment ensuring longevity.
• Sustainability as materials will not degrade & any damaged parts can be replaced
• Canopy to protect against adverse weather, bugs and animals while creating a micro climate to aid plant growth.
• Irrigation system includes in canopy helping to easily maintain water levels for propagation or even when away
• One person, quick and easy assemble
• Very little maintenance due to no wood treatment, mesh required for the bed & less soil management due to containment.

Sorry I’ve gone a little bit here & accept some of these could be argued (example growing depth on a planter) but see these as the main differences. There are others.

Happy for you to contest and maybe have a little debate

Hope that answers your question. Theres plenty of items to think about but please get in touch if you want to know more.

I love chard too. Its so useful and hardy I am surprised its not grown more often for commercial purposes. Smashing harvests again Steve

Another great harvest this week Steve. Interesting that all your harvest value has dropped too. Just shows how much we rely on the seasons.

Hi Nikki.

We’re not allowed carpet on the allotment so I can’t use that but I will use cardboard and mulch which hopefully along with lots of hoeing should be enough to control the weeds.

If the pot is big enough I don’t see why it wouldn’t grow in a pot. It would need a rather large pot per plant is all I would say old say a minimum of 10 inch pot per clove. It will also need more watering. Give it a go and let me know how it works out for you.

Much love

Richard

hi Ian
I personally don’t use anything other then garden waste, chicken waste and cardboard. I don’t see any problem using garotte especially to get a heap started. Comfrey is also a very good compost activator so worth throwing that in too.
Your heap sounds exactly like my allotment compost heap so it will take about a year to decompose just like mine.
Keep me posted on how you get on
Richard

I’ve worked out the feed to be about 5p per bird per day roughly. Great harvest again Steve. great stuff

its the coop that costs the most when it comes to chickens.

Thank you Nikki. I always think its great to experiment homegrown certainly tastes better then shop bought. By the way you won the weekly seed competition so if you could email me your address ill get them sent to you. much love Richard

Just to add my email address is richard@theveggrowerpodcast.co.uk

Hi Nikki.

No I don’t net my gooseberries luckily the birds leave them alone. However the gooseberries I talk about in this podcast is cape gooseberries otherwise known as physalis. I’ve not even seen my chickens try and eat them I’m not sure if there’s a reason why but I shall look into that discovery.

Thanx for commenting

Much love

Richard x..