Fruit and vegetables from the garden or from the balcony – district of Munich

If you are thinking about trying to grow vegetables or fruit, you are not alone. Tomato cultivation on the balcony, chives in the flower box or even potatoes from your own bed are becoming increasingly popular. According to a survey by Rabobank last autumn, almost half (47.1 percent) of those surveyed grow their own fruit or vegetables in the garden or on the balcony. Another 10.5 percent stated that they were planning to do so. The times when allotment gardens were considered stuffy are over. The municipality of Unterhaching, for example, is observing a run on the two allotment gardens, which, according to city hall employee Thomas Portenlänger, has intensified during the pandemic. “The waiting list is long,” he says. Only residents of Unterhaching who do not have a garden at the house or at the ground floor apartment have the chance of a plot. 110 interested parties are currently hoping to soon be able to grow radishes, lettuce and the like in the allotment garden themselves. Demand is also high for Evi Diepold, who offers plots in her “family garden” on the field on Finsinger Weg in Unterhaching. “30 families are now growing with us, we have just expanded the area by six beds,” she says.