Recylced Recylcing Crates at Echo Point

These photos of a "recycled" recycling crate on a day out at Echo Point, Katoomba have been povided by Organic John the Gardener. Leafy greens are being successfully grown in the crate.

Organic John the Gardener says, "This photo was taken at the spectacular Echo Point in Katoomba, famous for the 'Three Sisters' rock formation of Aboriginal dreamtime and associated 700m cliff faces, which tourists from all over the world come to see. In posting it I realise that I risk starting a 'soft toy in the worlds famous places' type fad, only with salad planter boxes - but I will continue undaunted. Epic is the place, and epic is the task to save the world with home grown organic food! (Vive le Iron Chef!).

The scene is set with the recycled recycling crate. With the recent shift to wheelie-bins for domestic kerbside recycling, there are about 20,000 unemployed black-box recycling crates floating around the mountains, and what better way to re-purpose them than to use them to grow your own fresh vegetables? For the first time (or first time for a long time) gardener, planter boxes make it possible to shrink all the problems of the garden down to a small and maneagable unit. No need to tame the entire yard to get started saving the planet - one lettuce leaf at a time."

For more information on Organic John the Gardener and growing vegetables visit www.organicjohn.blogspot.com and for more information on Cittaslow Katoomba Blue Mountains visit www.cittaslow.org.au

This item was posted in December 2008.