Where can you plant your vegetables?
The best way to plant your vegetables, if you don't have a garden, is to grow it in a pot on your balcony. There are some great solutions if you don't have that much space on your balcony. You can buy railing pots, which you can easelly hang on your railing. There your plants always have fresh air and are in the sun. There are also some growing-tables especially created to grow your vegetables on an if you want to grow your plants in winter you can buy a little greenhouse. In a greenhouse your plants will safely survive winter without getting cold. (pictures below)
(https://diybook.ch/garten/gartenarbeiten/garten-gruenanlagen/urban-gardening-stadtmensch-trifft-natur)
(https://www.landi.ch/laden/aktuell/themen/garten/hochbeet)
You can also grow your plants indoors in a pot if you have enough space in your flat. For example you can grow some herbs in small pods in your kitchen or in a herb pot. A herb pot is great for indoor farming because it's an easy handling. It generates artificial sunlight and you just have to plug in the connector for the electricity, fill up the water tank an throw in the capsules filled with seeds so they can grow. (picture 2 below)
Which vegetables and herbes can you plant in which season?
Eventough you can grow many vegetables with the options mentionned above, there are also vegetables and fruits that don't grow in switzerland because of the clima. Another reason could be that you have to less space for some plants. (For example a pumpkin)
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A list of all the local, economical stores and restaurants:
Restaurants to eat local & vegan:
- Tibits, Hiltl
- Restaurant Café Zähringer
- Motini Ayurveda
- Markthalle Les Halles
- Restaurant Tüfi
- Beetnut
Stores to buy local food:
- Reformhaus, https://reformhaus.ch/content/home/index_ger.html
- Alnatura, https://www.alnatura.ch/de.html
- Egli Bio Reform, https://eglibio.ch/content/home/index_ger.html
- Eva's Apples, https://www.evas-apples.ch/
- Hofladen Müller, https://www.mueller-steinmaur.ch/
- Hofladen im Seefeld, https://www.hofladen-seefeld.ch/