Skudai folk reap benefits of growing vegetables, herbs in plastic barrels

Kalimah showing the brinjals she grew in a barrel in front of her house in Taman Nesa, Skudai.

FOR gardening enthusiast K. Kalimah, growing her own vegetables in a plastic barrel seemed strange at first.

The 66-year-old said since planting the edible greens such as kangkung, cili padi, Brazilian spinach, spring onion, brinjal and ladies’ fingers in a single barrel last November, her family had been eating much healthier.