Something interesting or just another fad?

[topum]

What do you think about this, guys? Interesting or just another fad?

Comments

[meowmensteen]

I garden because I like gardening. I could buy vegetables down the street at the grocery store. The whole novelty of growing your own vegetables is the actual act of doing it. I mean, why don't I go out and get a robot to ride my bike for me?

[topum.livejournal.com]

Here the focus is on food production not on gardening as a recreational activity. To use the bike, it would be if you had to ride it to produce your electricity.

[meowmensteen]

Seems cheaper and less waiting to just go to the farmers market or grocery store.

The funny thing is that the part I have the hardest time with is harvesting. Like today I wanted to make a stew, but I didn't get home from work until after dark, so I had to go out there with a flash light to pick my carrots. I remember laughing to myself that it would be funny if I got stopped by the cops seeing how I was basically sneaking around my house with a flashlight.

"What are you doing out here ma'am?"
"Picking carrots and kale."
"In the dark?"
"Well, I have to make a stew."

If the robot could harvest and clean the vegetables, then I might be interested.

[sleepybadger.livejournal.com]

I suppose it would be good for people who wanted to grow food but hated the gardening part of it?

[topum.livejournal.com]

Or don't have the time for it or are really bad at it. I am not sure about this though ).

[darkoshi]

Looks interesting. Whether it would really save one much time, I'm not sure. Considering installation and ongoing maintenance of the machine-thingy.

[http://users.livejournal.com/luckyboi-/]

I wonder what the energy consumption is like. Whether it is more energy efficient than traditional large scale farming, or does the system consume more energy than it produces?

[topum.livejournal.com]

Haha, this is an incredibly Singaporean way to think about it. I like it. Straight to the point and to the important and practical stuff, screw the emotions and whining about "listening to the birds singing while pruning the fennel?"