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Kitchen Garden in Every Yard

Jan 11, 2026 Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists

(Kaieteur News) – Dem boys seh, we used to have Burnham wid he Grow More Food campaign. Everybody was supposed to get full belly and strong body, but instead some people end up wid “white mouth.” Yuh know what dat mean? That yuh tek de campaign too literal, eat de food but not de nutrients!

But now, leh we face reality—back then it was white mouth, now it is empty pockets. De price of food get so high, even de mosquito seh, “Ah cyah afford no more blood, man!”

Now Pee Pee Pee bring back de Grow More Food ting during de global food crisis, and people still did manage to find ways to complain. But here we are again, 2026, and Guyana have a crisis—Cost of Living Crisis 2.0.

Dem boys decide it time for a new plan, a real plan. Not just talk, not just handout. We need Kitchen Garden in Every Yard campaign. Yes, every yard, even if yuh yard only small enough to hold a plant pot.

Grow yuh own lettuce, tomatoes, pumpkin, maybe even yuh own pepper. No more paying five hundred dollars for a bunch of thyme that yuh coulda plant yuhself. De neighbours would stop asking, “Eh, how much for dat tomato?” and start asking, “Eh, yuh cyah spare a few seeds?” Everybody start getting creative. Maybe yuh grow watermelon in de bathtub. Maybe yuh train yuh cat to water de plants. Who know?

And leh we be real, a yard wid plants is better than a yard wid idle mosquitoes. At least yuh can blame de plant for missing water, not de landlord. Plus, children could learn early that food don’t come from shop shelves alone. Dem could get skills, dem could get pride, and who knows, maybe dem could even sell some extra greens and pay fuh minibus fare.

So, dem boys seh, mek we start dis Kitchen Garden in Every Yard campaign. Not only it go help cushion de high cost of living, but it might even bring back de taste of real food—yuh know, de kind dat don’t leave yuh wid white mouth.

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