Are home gardens no longer desired?

that is all well and good but please don’t forget that nowadays you don’t just have 1500 sqm of land and partially not even 500 sqm.
And this argument:

And exactly for this reason it doesn’t always have to be the organic product from the supermarket, but can also be the homegrown tomato from the pot in the garden, the vegetables from one’s own patch. For children it is also a delight and an additional piece of knowledge how such a fruit develops. Instead, many play devices are put in the garden for the child.
The man signs up at the fitness center instead of mowing the lawn himself etc.

that is not true! There are so many educational farms for children, books etc. If a child doesn’t know that, it is the parents’ fault and not the lack of tomatoes in the garden.

And fitness studio and lawn mower? Why not? Nowadays people also use things like washing machines and don’t wash by hand to get a better “connection” to the laundry. That is simply the development. I also don’t believe that you are looked at strangely when planting potatoes or other things in the garden, it is somewhat “exaggerated” here. Live and let live

that's not true! There are so many educational farms for children, books, etc. If a child doesn't know that, it's the parents' fault and not because of missing tomatoes in the garden.

That's partly true. Knowledge and handling of crops needs a) the plants and b) routine (!), observing and touching over time. Books don't work for that at all, educational farms only poorly.

Sure, a child who visits an educational farm once a month probably knows what a zucchini is. Is that valuable knowledge? The knowledge that gives things value is the one that such things only grow with work, with water, with fertilizer, and need constant care to become something. So behind products, organic in particular, there's human labor, often physical and yet a lot of theoretical experience.

From educational farms you can learn that vegetables don't grow in supermarkets. That's better than nothing.

By the way: Why not visit a conventional livestock farm and then a slaughterhouse once in a while? Educational farms are always so nice. So child-friendly. So... completely detached from reality.
After a visit like that, you suddenly get another perspective on your own garden and the types of food production that exist.

I really think a lot of books are valuable, but there are things you have to experience sensually and cannot just read about.

Yes, people always have to drive somewhere to pretend that they are doing something or to offer something to the child [emoji6]


Live and let live. Yes, sure, of course.

But still, such a thread is really nice, to discuss, to see how others do and handle things, and simply to expand one's own horizon a bit.

I am not saying that I am eco-friendly, live eco-friendly or want to be a role model in any way.
But nature and learning simply do not start at the neighboring village "Lehrhof," where you then certainly get into the car, so that for the child another world is entered anyway; it starts exactly at your doorstep.
And I also find 's comment very good, because it shows: most of us have the biggest excuses ready when it comes to leaving the comfort zone [emoji6]

Edit: and with learning: it’s also quite good for us adults to engage with cultivation and vegetables (see heading).

I’m not saying it’s bad, and I’m not talking about visiting a farm once a month; especially in summer, people go there at least once or twice a week still it’s of course nice to see something grow in your own garden as well. But many gardens simply don’t allow for planting tomatoes, potatoes, apple trees, beans, etc. I don’t think these are excuses; some people genuinely just don’t have the desire, and that can’t be called an excuse. The main thing is to feel comfortable in the garden. Then after 9 hours of work, you just prefer to lie on the couch instead of quickly gathering up the snails :-) We’re still in the shell construction phase, let’s see how it will be for me, maybe by then I’ll also belong to the leisure gardeners

By the way: Why not visit a conventional livestock farm and then a slaughterhouse? The educational farms are always so nice. So child-friendly. So... completely detached from reality. After such a visit, you suddenly get a different perspective on your own garden and the types of food production that exist.

Very good suggestion, you could plan that for next weekend with a toddler...oh, better on a holiday Thursday right away :)

Arifas, the vine grows well at my parents' place. It stands sunny and very windy. There is no wind protection.

In the garden, there will probably be a few radishes, some arugula, lettuce, cucumbers, and a few tomatoes, no classic berries.

The apple tree is blooming busily and hopefully will bear well as every year. I also want cherry, plum, and pear.

Does anyone have experience with how peach, apricot, and co grow here?

Arifa, at my parents' place the vine is growing well. It stands sunny and very windy. There is no wind protection.

In the garden, there will probably be a few radishes, some arugula, lettuce, cucumbers, and a few tomatoes, no classic berries.

The apple tree is blooming busily and hopefully bears fruit well like every year. I also want cherry, plum, and pear.

Does anyone have experience with how peach, apricot, and the like grow here?

My grandparents had apricot trees. They grew excellently in northern Germany. I think they also had peach, but I don’t really remember anymore.