Whoever says you need a big plot of land to be a farmer has never met Ms Kit Yong, 56. Like 80 per cent of the population, she lives in an HDB flat. But tell her that you have a craving for the sweet and sour passion fruit and she might tell you to pick one right off a vine outside her flat if the fruit is in season. The real estate agent grows more than 20 types of vegetables, herbs and fruits – from chye sim and kale to rosemary and passion fruit – along the 20m stretch of corridor outside her Tampines home. Ms Yong, who estimates she has 80 pots of plants, is a member of a growing community of individuals passionate about farming within an urban setting. Being able to eat the vegetables that you have grown yourself is one of the perks that another HDB farmer, Ms Wendy Toh, 44, likes the most about farming. She regularly grows red spinach, kale and lettuce by hydroponics, mostly against the window in her living room which gets the most sunlight at her Tanjong Pagar flat.... Continue Reading