Creating a culture
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Egg cartons, plastic bread loaf packets and anything that can hold veggie seedlings rarely makes its way from the Munien home, in Asherville, to any landfill site.
The couple’s modest-sized property oozes with food plants, from paw paws to chillis. It’s also full of seedlings they will give away next Saturday (May 15) at a pop-up centre in their drive-way to encourage self-sufficiency.
“We’ll log people in, record what each family takes, monitor, evaluate and track them.
Under the watchful eye of Johnny Munien, his grand daughter Laranya Maharaj waters seedlings from a watering can with a sprout made from a recycled cooldrink bottle. Picture: Duncan Guy