Category Archives: plastic bags

The danger in using plastic containers for food production in the drylands (Kris DE DECKER / Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on March 17, 2010 by

On March 14, 2010, Kris DE DECKER published a message on low-tech vertical farming in the splendid Low-tech Magazine (http://www.lowtechmagazine.com).  He expressed his appreciation for my design of a vertical kitchen garden system that could be used almost everywhere on … Continue reading →

Posted in container/bottle gardening, desert/desert gardening, Desertification, drought, drylands, family farming, food / food security, hunger / famine, malnutrition, plastic bags

Container gardening to create food security (P. H. DIMUSA – Malawi)

Posted on October 19, 2009 by

Today I received a short report from Patrick Harry DIMUSA on his first efforts to launch container gardening in his home country Malawi.  Patrick studied in Ghent (Belgium) in 2007.  Before returning to his country he visited me to get … Continue reading →

Posted in container/bottle gardening, Desertification, drought, food / food security, plastic bags, vegetables

THE FUTURE OF MALAWI (Patrick HARRY)

Posted on June 28, 2009 by

Here is an interesting message from : PATRICK HARRY <ptrckharry@yahoo.co.uk> THE FUTURE OF MALAWI ( nspo) PROJECT TITLE : CONTAINER GARDENING Piyasani village is one of the rural area villages which is located to the west of Lilongwe city. The … Continue reading →

Posted in container/bottle gardening, Desertification, drought, Ecology - environment, food / food security, Gardening / Horticulture, hunger / famine, malnutrition, plastic bags, reforestation

Using plastic bags as cheap grow bags (A. SCHRADER / Willem)

Posted on March 12, 2008 by

Last year I published a message on “Cheap grow bags“, containing some of my ideas about using plastic bags as very cheap containers : http://containergardening.wordpress.com/2007/07/02/cheap-grow-bags-willem/ “More and more advertisements on so-called grow bags are found on the internet. These are … Continue reading →

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