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Why everyone is now an amateur gardener during COVID-19
Whether it’s fear of an impending apocalypse, not being able to find what they want at the supermarket or simply having more time, an increasing number of Australians are turning their hands to growing their own fruits and vegetables.
Landscaping and permaculture suppliers have reported an unprecedented demand over the past month from those with a sudden urge to become more self sufficient.
“The response has been really positive. People are really starting to wake up to the fact that the stuff that we have been rabbiting on about for more than 20 years is starting to come to fruition. You need to build your own resilience,” Mark Brown who with partner Kate Beveridge run the six hectare Purple Pear Farm education centre and biodynamic farm near Maitland, NSW, said.
The huge demand for product prompted Australia’s largest online gardening club, Victorian-based Diggers Club to post a message on its website this week advising that it was not accepting new product orders.
Compounding the supply issue is the ongoing impact of drought for producers.
“We couldn’t grow any seedlings until we got water. Normally I would have a lot more food in the ground but we are struggling ourselves for seedlings,” Ms Beveridge said.
“Bushfire drought and now this means for many people it’s quite a difficult time.”
Lachlan Storrie
Newcastle-based permaculture contractor Lachlan Storrie said he was struggling to source supplies for his business.
“People have just gone nuts for everything from seeds, seedlings to fertilised eggs. Basically everything I need for my job. People are buying the stuff like their lives depend on it,” he said.
And it’s not just the raw materials, there’s also been a surge in interest from people who want to learn the basics of urban food production.
“I think for a lot of people it is something they have had an interest in, but they have been so busy they haven’t done anything about it. They are using this opportunity to take it up,” Ms Beveridge said.
But will the COVID-19-induced interest in growing food led to long-term shift in community attitudes to sustainability.
“A little bit of fear if managed correctly can be beneficial,” Mr Storrie said.
“People will have a memory of how things can go and they will try to live a bit more sustainably.”
Mr Brown shared that hope, but acknowledged he was also a realist.
I would definitely like to see a sustained interest in urban food production,” Mr Brown said.
“But the pessimist who lives within me looks back to the peak oil crisis and how Jimmy Carter and the White House were all gung-ho on sustainable fuel and then they went back to their old ways.”
119 Comments on "Why everyone is now an amateur gardener during COVID-19"
JuanP on Sun, 5th Apr 2020 6:57 pm
Mak, my wife and I were exposed to the virus 12 days ago, then 6 days ago my wife had a little bit of fever for 2 days, and 5 days ago my temperature increased 1-2 degrees for 24 hours. I hope that was it for us. I can’t wait to get tested for antibodies.
makati1 on Sun, 5th Apr 2020 7:10 pm
JuanP, you are probably immune now. Healthy people don’t need to worry about this new flu, just the ones with serious health problems, usually from extreme old age and/or abuse of their bodies when younger. Sure some young people will die. They likely had some defect or health problems, even newborns.
Davy on Sun, 5th Apr 2020 7:19 pm
“Mak, my wife and I were exposed to the virus 12 days ago,“
The starved for attention lunatic says he got the virus. Cough cough. LMFAO. This is the same fuck wack that talks muzzie shit. You are a flake juanPee. A compete fucking waste of time.
Davy on Sun, 5th Apr 2020 7:22 pm
“JuanP, you are probably immune now.”
Too bad he is not medicated for being seriously fucked up. You are too old for medication makato. Just keep drinking yourself to death.
makati1 on Sun, 5th Apr 2020 7:33 pm
Projecting again DDD? LOL
JuanP on Sun, 5th Apr 2020 7:41 pm
Delusional Davy “You are a flake juanPee. A compete fucking waste of time.”
Another stupid projection from the board’s clown! Keep them coming, fool! They just prove to everyone here how insane you are. LOL!
JuanP on Sun, 5th Apr 2020 7:43 pm
Delusional Davy “Too bad he is not medicated for being seriously fucked up.”
If you could only see yourself through other people’s eyes! ROFLMFAO!
Davy on Sun, 5th Apr 2020 7:44 pm
Makato-one like juanPee says projections when he is not capable of saying anything else. He is effectively beaten and bloodied. So he is crying uncle. It’s ok makato. Just shut up and listen you might learn something.
Davy on Sun, 5th Apr 2020 7:47 pm
JuanPee. It is so delicious you got your ass booted from the moderated side. This proves everything I have said about your pathetic participation here. Maybe they will boot you from this side too.
makati1 on Sun, 5th Apr 2020 8:18 pm
Davy, the simple one liner says it all about you. Everyone here knows that you are insane. If the site manager had any sense, you would be gone. You are destroying the site. But then, what you cannot control you destroy. You must have had a really bad childhood as you never grew up. Buy a mirror and look into it. If you are honest, you will not like what you see.
JuanP on Sun, 5th Apr 2020 8:53 pm
Delusional Davy “JuanPee. It is so delicious you got your ass booted from the moderated side. This proves everything I have said about your pathetic participation here. Maybe they will boot you from this side too.”
Your delusions are truly limitless, lunatic! I’ve never been booted from anywhere in my whole life. You are completely disconnected from reality.
JuanP on Sun, 5th Apr 2020 8:59 pm
The USA is #1 in total cases, active cases and daily deaths from COVID-19. It will also soon have a lot more total deaths than any other country in the world. It is doing worse than China and Russia on every single COVID-19 statistic, both on a per capita basis and in absolute numbers. The USA, Italy, Spain, and Germany are the four worst countries in the world as far as the epidemic goes at this time, with the only exception of Germany’s total deaths, which are not that bad.
makati1 aka "the lover" of muzzies on Sun, 5th Apr 2020 10:18 pm
It’s amazing the level of high english used here, not even Grammarly can be as good.
High english is mainly used for muzzie lovin
nuff said
JuanP on Sun, 5th Apr 2020 8:59 pm
The USA is #1 in total cases, active cases and daily deaths from COVID-19. It will also soon have a lot more total deaths than any other country in the world. It is doing worse than China and Russia on every single COVID-19 statistic, both on a per capita basis and in absolute numbers. The USA, Italy, Spain, and Germany are the four worst countries in the world as far as the epidemic goes at this time, with the only exception of Germany’s total deaths, which are not that bad.
makati1 on Sun, 5th Apr 2020 10:48 pm
JuanP, if the internet ever goes down to stay, Davy will only have the goats to entertain his feeble mind. But then, they are on his level or maybe above? LOL.
makati1 on Mon, 6th Apr 2020 1:59 am
Food for thought while under house arrest:
“Unprecedented Power Grab”
“There is absolutely no evidence that this virus poses such a monumental threat that it warrants the shutting down of the economy and the surrender of all our liberties.” I agree 100%!
https://www.theburningplatform.com/2020/04/05/unprecedented-power-grab/#more-215702
“How Deadly Is the Coronavirus? It’s Still Far from Clear”
“One pretty clear indicator is death. If a new infection is causing many extra people to die (as opposed to an infection present in people who would have died anyway) then it will cause an increase in the overall death rate. But we have yet to see any statistical evidence for excess deaths, in any part of the world.” Again, I agree 100%!
https://www.globalresearch.ca/how-deadly-coronavirus-far-clear/5708697https://www.globalresearch.ca/how-deadly-coronavirus-far-clear/5708697
Think for yourself, people! This is a world wide scam to take control of everything. Wait and see.
Telly Savalas on Mon, 6th Apr 2020 4:43 am
Who luvs ya baby!
Davy on Mon, 6th Apr 2020 5:27 am
“Think for yourself, people! This is a world wide scam to take control of everything. Wait and see.”
Global research is a scam and it was roundly crushed by several sites as a nutter site spreading Chinese disinformation with the CIA virus thingy. Like makato-one and juanPee here who are more concerned about agenda, this puts them in the wrong most of the time. This virus is real and the damage has been done. Makato-one was wrong again as he has been on so many other issues
Davy on Mon, 6th Apr 2020 5:28 am
“JuanP, if the internet ever goes down to stay, Davy will only have the goats to entertain his feeble mind. But then, they are on his level or maybe above? LOL.”
You dumbfucks are here more than I am and wrong most of the time. That is a double dumbass for two dumbasses.
JuanP on Mon, 6th Apr 2020 5:28 am
my mindless pink poodle routine:
Telly Savalas on Mon, 6th Apr 2020 4:43 am
Who luvs ya baby!
Davy on Mon, 6th Apr 2020 5:31 am
“The USA is #1 in total cases, active cases and daily deaths from COVID-19. It will also soon have a lot more total deaths than any other country in the world.”
China lied about its deaths and Europe’s per capita is worse. Besides fuck nut is this a competition? For idiots like you I guess it is. You really are mentally ill.
Davy on Mon, 6th Apr 2020 5:35 am
“Davy, the simple one liner says it all about you. Everyone here knows that you are insane. If the site manager had any sense, you would be gone.”
You are projecting makato-one about you and juanPee. Your best friend was booted from the moderated side but that does not matter to you. LMFAO at the senile grey hair
“You are destroying the site. But then, what you cannot control you destroy.”
I saved it from truth rapist like you and I have put you in your place rubbing your shit in your nose like they widdle puppy brain you are.
“ You must have had a really bad childhood as you never grew up. Buy a mirror and look into it. If you are honest, you will not like what you see.”
One thing is clear most of your life in the US was a complete failure because all you do is think hate and resentment for the US. Luckily, I am here to moderate you and juanPee.
Davy on Mon, 6th Apr 2020 5:41 am
The virus has killed almost one sixth as many Americans this year as the flu has. It makes sense to shut are economy down in lite of that fact. Don’t listen to President Trump. He’s a stupid idiot.
Davy on Mon, 6th Apr 2020 6:01 am
“COVID-19 & China’s Colossal Cover-Up”
https://tinyurl.com/rzxed7f gatestone institute
“We have been paying dearly for China’s lies. “This is one of the worst cover-ups in human history, and now the world is facing a global pandemic…One more person has just disappeared: Ai Fen, a Chinese physician who was head of the emergency department at Wuhan Central Hospital, had worked with the late Dr. Li Wenliang. Ai, who claimed that her bosses silenced her early warnings about coronavirus, appears to have vanished…”If I had known what was to happen, I would not have cared about the reprimand, I would have fucking talked about it to whoever, where ever I could”, Ai Fen said in an interview in March. Those were her last recorded words…There is no record at all, however, about how this pandemic began. Wet market? A cave full of bats? Pangolins? Or a bio-weapons laboratory? No foreign doctors, journalists, analysts or international observers are present in Wuhan. Why, if the virus came out of a wet market or a cave, did China suppress inquiries to such an extent? Why, in December, did Beijing order Chinese scientists to destroy proof about the virus? Why did Chinese officials claim that US soldiers brought the virus to Wuhan? Why should it be scandalous that a US President calls a virus that began in China a “Chinese virus…”Experts know the new coronavirus is not a bioweapon. They disagree on whether it could have leaked from a research lab”, stated The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Professor Richard Ebright of Rutgers University’s Waksman Institute of Microbiology, and a major biosecurity expert, agreed with the Nature Medicine authors’ argument that the coronavirus was not manipulated by humans. But Ebright does think it possible that the Covid-19 started as an accidental leak from a laboratory, such as one of the two in Wuhan, which are known to have been studying bat viruses: “Virus collection or animal infection with a virus having the transmission characteristics of the outbreak virus would pose substantial risk of infection of a lab worker, and from the lab worker, the public.” Ebright has also claimed that bat coronaviruses are studied in Wuhan at Biosafety Level 2, “which provides only minimal protection” compared with the top BSL-4…That is another major problem. The potential major investigator of the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic’s origin, the World Health Organization (WHO), is now accused of being “China’s coronavirus’ accomplice”. As late as January 14, the WHO quoted Chinese health officials claiming there had been no human transmissions of the coronavirus within the country yet. China poses a biosecurity risks for the entire planet. One year before the first coronavirus case was identified in Wuhan, US Customs and Border Protection agents at Detroit Metro Airport stopped a Chinese biologist with three vials labeled “Antibodies” in his luggage…seven funeral homes in Wuhan were each handing out 500 funeral urns containing remains for 12 days, from March 23 to the traditional tomb-sweeping festival of April 5, a time that would indicate up to 42,000 urns, or ten times higher than the official figure. In February, it was reported that Wuhan crematoriums were working around the clock to cope with the massive influx of infected bodies. Wuhan’s officials are apparently pushing relatives of the victims to bury the dead “quickly and quietly”
JuanP on Mon, 6th Apr 2020 6:02 am
The virus has killed almost one sixth as many Americans this year as the flu has. It makes sense to shut are economy down in lite of that fact. Don’t listen to President Trump. He’s a stupid idiot.
Did I mention I got booted off the moderated side for being a child and not following the rules? I did.
Davy on Mon, 6th Apr 2020 6:18 am
“On The Precipice Of Martial Law”
https://tinyurl.com/txqdtn6 zero hedge
“Time is running out for America and only bold, decisive action taken courageously and swiftly can change the course of self-annihilation upon which the republic now finds itself. Presidents Xi Jinping and Putin have opened their arms to welcome America and other western nations into their new multipolar system which is built not upon a worship of money or militarism, but rather cooperation and creative mutual growth. Project Airbridge collaboration between China and the USA has begun as a part of the Health Silk Road bringing millions of medical supplies to America. Meanwhile a brilliant coalition of former Latin American heads of State called for the creation of a new just economic order and debt jubilee as a response to the failure of the neoliberal system which shines a principled light out of the current threefold danger of economic collapse, war and Martial Law.”
Davy on Mon, 6th Apr 2020 6:21 am
“COVID-19 Is Being Used To Scare You Away From Using Cash”
https://tinyurl.com/yx3skcdh zero hedge
“Cash has been the target of the banking and financial elites for years. Now, the coronavirus pandemic is being used to frighten the masses into accepting a cashless society. That would mean the death of what’s left of our free society”
Davy on Mon, 6th Apr 2020 6:25 am
“A New World Order & “The End Of Capital Markets As We Have Known Them””
https://tinyurl.com/ub6z7vn zero hedge
“Capital deployment strategies will likely have to change from what has been the norm in the post WW2 environment. We are in a New World Order.”
Davy on Mon, 6th Apr 2020 6:28 am
I need to get pumped.
supremacist muzzies jerk on Mon, 6th Apr 2020 6:32 am
SupremeSuperTard REAL Green Goat SAW SAWS pbuh swt REAL Green Goat you losing cool lately. please play with goats and auto keltecs or receive muzzie pumps
Davy on Mon, 6th Apr 2020 6:42 am
“Has The US Cold War Shifted From Russia To China?”
https://tinyurl.com/wylhw2l zero hedge
“Starting in the Obama administration the U.S. increased its full spectrum dominance campaign against Russia as an extension of its goals to destabilize the entire Middle East. Russia’s intervention into the war in Syria after the so-called Arab Spring across North Africa emerged over an eighteen month period as the demarcation line between the unipolar moment of U.S. hegemony and the beginning of the multi-polar world now well underway. From the moment President Putin brokered an agreement to halt the U.S. invasion of Syria over the chemical weapons attack blamed on Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad Putin has been the main focus of U.S. foreign policy. Becuase, there’s something not adding up about this Coronapocaplypse. I’m becoming more and more convinced this is a naked power grab during a crisis by The Davos Crowd to retain control while the financial and political systems fail. The sheer speed we’ve gone from it’s just China’s problem to cries of the need for global government, gun control, nationalization of industry and financial repression has given even the most paranoid of us whiplash.”
Davy on Mon, 6th Apr 2020 6:51 am
“A Plan To End This Madness”
https://tinyurl.com/vvv9mld zero hedge
“The world has 99 problems but coronavirus is only one of them – and arguably not the most important…”
“The world’s biggest problem right now seems to be a type of irrationality called groupthink. It occurs when there is a lot of information of dubious quality about and a lot of uncertainty on a topic widely recognized as important.”
JuanP on Mon, 6th Apr 2020 6:58 am
Pink poodle here, did I tell everyone I got booted off the moderated side for being mindless and childish? I did
“Has The US Cold War Shifted From Russia To China?”
https://tinyurl.com/wylhw2l zero hedge
“Starting in the Obama administration the U.S. increased its full spectrum dominance campaign against Russia as an extension of its goals to destabilize the entire Middle East. Russia’s intervention into the war in Syria after the so-called Arab Spring across North Africa emerged over an eighteen month period as the demarcation line between the unipolar moment of U.S. hegemony and the beginning of the multi-polar world now well underway. From the moment President Putin brokered an agreement to halt the U.S. invasion of Syria over the chemical weapons attack blamed on Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad Putin has been the main focus of U.S. foreign policy. Becuase, there’s something not adding up about this Coronapocaplypse. I’m becoming more and more convinced this is a naked power grab during a crisis by The Davos Crowd to retain control while the financial and political systems fail. The sheer speed we’ve gone from it’s just China’s problem to cries of the need for global government, gun control, nationalization of industry and financial repression has given even the most paranoid of us whiplash.”
JuanP on Mon, 6th Apr 2020 6:59 am
I did get booted because I am child like which is often the case with mental illness.
“A Plan To End This Madness”
https://tinyurl.com/vvv9mld zero hedge
“The world has 99 problems but coronavirus is only one of them – and arguably not the most important…”
“The world’s biggest problem right now seems to be a type of irrationality called groupthink. It occurs when there is a lot of information of dubious quality about and a lot of uncertainty on a topic widely recognized as important.”
JuanP on Mon, 6th Apr 2020 7:00 am
This is the kind of mindless shit that got me booted from the moderated side:
Davy on Mon, 6th Apr 2020 6:21 am
“COVID-19 Is Being Used To Scare You Away From Using Cash”
https://tinyurl.com/yx3skcdh zero hedge
“Cash has been the target of the banking and financial elites for years. Now, the coronavirus pandemic is being used to frighten the masses into accepting a cashless society. That would mean the death of what’s left of our free society”
Davy on Mon, 6th Apr 2020 6:25 am
“A New World Order & “The End Of Capital Markets As We Have Known Them””
https://tinyurl.com/ub6z7vn zero hedge
“Capital deployment strategies will likely have to change from what has been the norm in the post WW2 environment. We are in a New World Order.”
Davy on Mon, 6th Apr 2020 6:28 am
I need to get pumped.
supremacist muzzies jerk on Mon, 6th Apr 2020 6:32 am
SupremeSuperTard REAL Green Goat SAW SAWS pbuh swt REAL Green Goat you losing cool lately. please play with goats and auto keltecs or receive muzzie pumps
JuanP on Mon, 6th Apr 2020 7:03 am
I talk like I am a permaculture gardener but that is a lie. Can you imagine me actually working when I have here 20/7 stalking Davy and doing mindless socks. Do intelligent people do a muzzie routine? I am really sick and need a doctor.
supremacist muzzies jerk on Mon, 6th Apr 2020 7:05 am
SupremeSuperTard juanPee propane torch weeding SAW SAWS pbuh swt REALLY mentally ill you losing cool lately. please play with your propane torch and auto keltecs or receive muzzie pumps
Abraham van Helsing on Mon, 6th Apr 2020 7:11 am
“Has The US Cold War Shifted From Russia To China?”
But corona was home grown.
Right.
Davy on Mon, 6th Apr 2020 7:17 am
We loves pink poodles. There so cute an cuddly.
JuanP on Mon, 6th Apr 2020 7:18 am
I loves pink poodles. There so cute an cuddly.
Di I tell you I got booted off the moderated side for being childish? I did!
Davy on Mon, 6th Apr 2020 7:20 am
“But corona was home grown. Right.”
Right, China is a criminal nation engaged in lies and cover ups and Russia knows this. I suspect Russia will distance itself from China a bit.
JuanP on Mon, 6th Apr 2020 7:35 am
I see the board’s clown has been at it since he woke up, just like every other day for over five years. What a pathetic, sad fuck you are, Davy!
Abraham van Helsing on Mon, 6th Apr 2020 7:40 am
“Right, China is a criminal nation engaged in lies and cover ups”
Yeah and they blew up the Maine, gassed 6 million jews, killed JFK, were behind 9/11, killed children in incubators, gassed Syrians, meddled with US elections.
We know the demonization routine by now.
JuanP on Mon, 6th Apr 2020 7:40 am
The USA is a criminal nation engaged in terrorism, lies, coups, assassinations, illegal sanctions and wars, and cover ups, and the whole world knows this. There, fixed it for you, Exceptionalist! Your projections and delusions keep growing in their grandiosity on a daily basis and now are on a global scale, lunatic. If you loved anyone you would seek professional help for their sake, selfish prick!
JuanP on Mon, 6th Apr 2020 7:41 am
I see the board’s clown has been at it since he woke up, just like every other day for over five years. What a pathetic, sad fuck you are, I am talking about ME!
Davy on Mon, 6th Apr 2020 7:42 am
The China is a criminal nation engaged in terrorism, lies, coups, assassinations, illegal sanctions and wars, and cover ups, and the whole world knows this. There, fixed it for you, JuanPee! Your projections and delusions keep growing in their grandiosity on a daily basis and now are on a global scale, lunatic. If you loved anyone you would seek professional help for their sake, selfish prick! juanPee, Douglas Gardens is just down the street. Check in you need it
Davy on Mon, 6th Apr 2020 7:45 am
My Nazi friends gassed 6 million jews, Who killed children in incubators, Who gassed Syrians, Everyone meddled with US elections.
There fixed it for you, liar.
JuanP on Mon, 6th Apr 2020 7:46 am
Delusional Davy “I suspect Russia will distance itself from China a bit.”
In your dreams and delusions only, Exceptionalist! LOL! In the real world, Russia and China have the strongest strategic partnership of any two countries in the world, and are extremely likely to keep getting closer and closer long after you’ve died. You will spend your whole life waiting in vain for Russia and China to split, fool. You remind me of all the hateful and resentful Cuban exiles who have died and continue to die in Miami waiting for decades for the Cuban Revolution to fail.
The Board on Mon, 6th Apr 2020 8:05 am
We suspect delusional davy will distance himself from reality a bit. A lot really.
Oppps, that happened long ago.
Davy on Mon, 6th Apr 2020 8:06 am
Poor juanPee his whole world of lies is coming apart like his mental health. juanPee, I have crushed you intellectually. You are a Joke and on the wrong side of every issue. We can see this by how emotional you get with your fragile world view.
JuanP on Mon, 6th Apr 2020 8:07 am
I suspect juanPee will distance himself from reality a bit. A lot really.
Oppps, that happened long ago.