I’m the kind of person that eats a lot of vegetables. That’s why I have my own small vegetable garden at home which I planted with string beans, squash, pepper, tomatoes, okra, lemongrass, eggplant, etc. My place is quite small but I was able to set-up my little garden using containers and a raised bed method called Square-Foot Gardening.
A vegetable garden, can be a good source of savings too. I was able to save on food and I’m assured that I’m eating organic vegetables. If you love gardening, be it vegetables of ornamental plants, just the joy of seeing your plants blossom and bear fruits is enough compensation. Besides, gardening is very therapeutic.
With the development of urban centers, agricultural lands are dwindling fast and food production is greatly affected. Through the development of new techniques, urban gardening is seen as the answer to food shortage, specially in urban areas.
Urban gardening provides supplemental food for families and helps beautify the surroundings. Urban gardening also helps address the effects of global warming through the recycling of containers and by absorbing carbon dioxide in the air.
Vegetable gardening doesn’t take a lot of land area, even if you’re an apartment dweller, you can still propagate vegetables in containers. You can also make composts out of your kitchen waste. Vegetables that are no longer good for cooking can also be planted such as sprouted onions and garlics, kangkong and camote stalks from your last cooking, among others. Your only limit is your imagination.
Don’t have a green thumb? I don’t believe in it and neither should you. As long as plants have the right climatic condition and given the right nutrients, they would grow and bear flowers and fruits.
To help you get started with your garden, here’s a Step by Step Guide to Plant Propagation for you to download. I will be featuring gardening guides and plant production guides in future articles. If you get the hang of it, who knows? Your small garden may end up into a farm.
Article by Glady
Glady has a fulltime job but always on the lookout for rakets or any money making experiments to achieve financial freedom.
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