Vegetables should be part of
everyone’s diet. If you don’t want to spend a little bit more for those
organically grown and sold in the supermarket, perhaps you should consider
planting your own in the garden. It is very easy to do that even your kids can
join in the fun.
Organic vegetable gardening is the
“in thing” these days as people have realized that the use of fertilizers and
pesticides do more harm than good. Yes it will make the vegetables bigger or
enable the farmer to harvest them faster but the chemicals used in making this
happen could be detrimental to the health of those who eat it.
But since the early farmers never
did that and relied only on sunlight and irrigation, this concept is making a
comeback. These will also enable you to this at home since you have access to
the three most basic things namely soil, water and sunlight.
What kind of organic vegetables can
you plant? Well, just about everything. Some examples of these include
broccoli, cabbage, carrots, onions, potatoes and a lot more. You just have to
know which of them can be planted during the different seasons of the year.
Proper drainage is important for
your vegetables. If there isn’t, you can check if it is feasible to grow these
using a raise bed.
When you have done your research,
you can now buy the seeds from the store. These are usually sold in packets so
don’t forget to read the instructions before using them.
Planting the seeds for your organic
vegetable gardening is the second phase of this operation. The challenging part
is making sure nothing happens to it until the time comes that this will be
harvested.
Your vegetables may be under attack
by pests, weeds and other animals. To prevent this from happening, you need to
get a bird, a toad and even other insects to eat them. For weeds, the only
thing you can do is pull these one by one from the ground. As for other
animals, putting up fences and using animal hair, baby powder or deodorant
soaps seems to be a good deterrent.
Mulch is another solution. This can
be made from chipped barks, garden compost, leaf moulds and manure. It must be
applied at 3 to 4 inches or 8 to 10 cm from the ground in order for it to be
effective.
Some organically grown vegetables
can also be done indoors. Take for example that tomato that can be grown using
an organic container made out of clay, plastic or wood. Just don’t forget to
give it some water daily and sunlight so it can grow.
You can place the containers outside
during the day and if the weather is too cold, bring them indoors and put them
somewhere else like in the western or southern windows of your home.
One more thing you have to remember
about growing organic vegetables in such containers is not to use soil but
rather a mixture of peat, perlite and vermiculite.
Organic vegetable gardening is
challenging but it pays off when you are able to reap what you sow. This means
additional savings and maybe even a small business if you want to sell whatever
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