Farming together: A farmer in Phetchaburi offers a farm-sharing experience to casual gardeners

[webfact]

 

Love growing plants, but don’t have enough time or sufficient space?

 

Fret not. Today, you can rent a piece of land, an 8-square-meter garden plot to be precise, and grow what you want to eat at home. The farmers will look after your garden – including watering and adding 2-4 inches of organic manure or organic fertilizer around your plants.

 

“You can visit your vegetable plot and harvest the vegetables by yourself. If you don’t have time, we will do it for you then send the package to your front door,” Buarawong De Groot, co-owner of U-Farm in Phetchaburi province, 168 kilometers south of Bangkok, tells Thai PBS World.

 

Buarawong, or Bua, rents out plots to casual and hobby gardeners. Her customers include doctors, male and female cooks, and food stylists, all of them health conscious.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/farming-together-a-farmer-in-phetchaburi-offers-a-farm-sharing-experience-to-casual-gardeners/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2021-08-26

 

- Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you

- Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates

[Scrotobike]

Brilliant idea

 

 

[MrJ2U]

Innovative.

 

I'm offering anyone to pull weeds at my house in Issan.

 

Water and rice gruell included.

Edited August 26, 2021 by MrJ2U

[PremiumLane]

Used to a big thing in the UK, with allotments. rented out cheaply by the local councils. It was in decline due to greedy property developers taking over a lot of the land, but there are plans to make more land available. 

 

Great if they can do more of it here. 

[djayz]

I've read in a few different articles over the last year and a half that more and more people around the world have been turning to gardening during the various lock downs.  This is a great idea. At ฿ 3,900/plot (2*4m) for 3 months strikes me as being a tad expensive for the average person here. 

That nets the owners over 900k/annum, assuming all 60 plots are leased every 3 months. Not bad. 

Edited August 26, 2021 by djayz

[PETERTHEEATER]

Does this include rides on a sick buffalo?

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Buarawong, or Bua, rents out plots to casual and hobby gardeners. Her customers include doctors, male and female cooks, and food stylists, all of them health conscious.

I gues they have control over how their vegetables are treated from planting to the table... 

I buy veg from the local market, but god knows what's been sprayed on it.

[ifmu]

i thought that if thai farmers wanted to continue farming effectively that they would have to change a lot and learn a lot of new techniques   the drought here is increasing

ie

hydroponics   aquaponics  aeroponics  both have minimal need for water 

grow pot  i know that will not happen

other possible fixs ??

[djayz]

5 hours ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

Does this include rides on a sick buffalo?

It's a shame that there is always one who sh*ts on everything...