SOME youths in Bulawayo have embarked on a project to promote a unique form of gardening which has helped them earn money while also improving their nutrition at a minimal cost.
Dubbed “Low Input Gardening”, the project encourages people to use sacks, old dishes, plates and even cups for growing vegetables and other nutritious and health-enhancing plants.
“Realising that it is not everyone who has enough space to establish a garden, we decided to encourage people to use sacks and other old household utensils to grow vegetables,” 25-year-old Bongani Mabika said.
“These are movable gardens so even those lodgers whose landlords do not allow them to start a garden in their yard can still grow vegetables and move with their gardens when they have to change accommodation.”
—Jennifer Dube
