Students urged to grow own greens

3:00pm Friday 22nd February 2013 in News

From left, Ben Wilkins, creator of Student Vegetables Diaries, giving students the basic tools to grow their own veg, with the creators of Oxco-op Vera Wriedt and Claire Fenner. Picture: OX57388 David Fleming Buy this photo » From left, Ben Wilkins, creator of Student Vegetables Diaries, giving students the basic tools to grow their own veg, with the creators of Oxco-op Vera Wriedt and Claire Fenner. Picture: OX57388 David Fleming

BEANS on toast and ready meals could be off college menus for good.

Going under the name Student Vegetable Diaries, Ben Wilkins visited Oxford Hub in Turl Street to show how easy it is to grow nutritious greens using everyday objects and food waste.

He gave an expert lesson at the OxCo-op, which helps students afford ethical products, on creating cress heads from compost, tights, seeds and a few rubber bands.

The 25-year-old osteopathy student at Oxford Brookes University said: “Growing your own is a fantastic thing and it’s become such an important and enjoyable part of my life that I want others, who maybe never even considered it before, to grab some seeds and see what they can grow.

“Importantly, I want to use my newfound knowledge and experience to take the hassle out of growing.”

Visit http://studentvegetable diaries.co.uk for details.

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Comments (2)

4:09pm Fri 22 Feb 13

Dilligaf2010 says...

I thought a lot of students already grew their own greens, in, and on, items left around after eating and drinking ;-)
I thought a lot of students already grew their own greens, in, and on, items left around after eating and drinking ;-) Dilligaf2010

4:16pm Fri 22 Feb 13

Myron Blatz says...

And yet when they grow their own cannabis plants, they get nicked!
And yet when they grow their own cannabis plants, they get nicked! Myron Blatz

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