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2012年4月14日星期六

New veggie home growing idea

AVA introduces new veggie home growing idea



Some of the vegetables which can be grown include mint, basil and Chinese cabbages.

All that is needed are some water pipes, soil and seedlings. An irrigation system can also be installed in the pipe.

AVA said the water pipes cost about S$5 to S$7, and the seedlings about four cents each.

Poh Bee Ling, assistant director of the Horticulture Technology Division at AVA, said: "We are looking at systems for growing (vegetables) in confined spaces, so if you look at it, this is stackable. So we can plant vertically and it uses a smaller space to grow your vegetables.

"Of course, you have to be consistently water your plants. Plants, especially vegetables, need to be watered everyday for good growth."

This is part of a move to encourage more Singaporeans to grow vegetables at home.

It is also part of the Minister of State for National Development and Trade and Industry Lee Yi Shyan's "Cool Ideas for Better HDB Living" initiative.

Mr Lee has also experimented with growing vegetables in his home since February.

He said: "AVA and NParks will do their part in terms of educating the RC, on how to grow certain plants in their own gardens. Apart from that, we'll also make available information online on the AVA and NParks website, so that people can find out some of the DIY tips. Later on, we will also introduce some of the other commercial solutions that are available today."

"We need some of these solutions to be tailored to our environment, because we are urban, we are tropical, and we don't have a lot of space to lay out a farm like this. So I think we need to customise and hopefully, some of these solutions will turn out to be effective."

Experts said it takes about 20 to 40 days for the vegetables to be ready for harvest.

As a pilot project, the "Veggie Pipe" system was introduced to the Urban Redevelopment Authority's roof-top community garden in February 2012.

A competition is also on till the end of April for the public to submit ideas on how they can grow vegetables at home. A guide on how to set up your own "Veggie Pipe" will also be available from Friday on AVA's website and Facebook page.

There are also other commercially available vegetable home growing kits, such as the Minigarden and the Planter-Cell Wall.

~News courtesy of Channel Newsasia~

建在车顶的流动花园

建在车顶的流动花园


废车利用来种草?非也,这只是车主为了降低车内温度而兴起的奇特想法。在吸引众人目光后,车主也想把这辆小型货车出租用来作宣传。

从小就热爱大自然的蔡旭贤(28岁)是在2010年因所开的老旧货车没有隔热层,让他在车内直冒汗,于是想可以如何降低车内的温度。

结果他突发奇想,想到在车顶种草,让草坪作为天然隔热层。蔡旭贤参照外国如日本、美国和英国等的做法,利用钢丝、沙和矿毛绝缘纤维(rockwool)的隔热材料,成功在车顶上建了面积为1.5平方米的小“花园”。

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