Grow your own food—if not from seeds then from scraps | via nolisoliph
, as early as Mar. 30 has been giving away free seeds to interested home gardeners with a message associating calmness with gardening while also encouraging people to grow their own food. This has resonated with the public as the following day, throngs of people rushed to DA offices.
To quote one Nolisoli reader’s vehement albeit demeaning reaction to DA’s seedling giveaway, “baka akala ng iba dyan parang Farmville ’yan na mabilis tumubo [laughing emoji].” And to that person I say, have you ever grown bean sprouts from monggo beans? It is, in fact, possible to grow food in a fraction of the time it takes to grow one from seeds, and that is through food scraps. So that’s technically hitting two birds with one stone: self-sufficiency/food security and food waste.
There are specific kinds of plants that are easiest to propagate: root crops, bulbs, leafy greens, and herbs.
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