Winter Gardening How to do it?
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Friday, November 11, 2011
Organic veg boxs.
I have just started to buy boxs of eoc veg and its great.I don't need to lug veg around in my shopping bag.I get interesting veg I would'nt normally buy.I can give my daughters new bunnies great veg and I will bge getting my 4th box for free.It'sd really easy if you want to try getting organic veg or veg and fruit boxs delivered try the link below.
able ableandcole.co.uk
able ableandcole.co.uk
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Grow Veg.
Mother Nature – The Head Gardener!!
Author: Emma H
How many times have you found yourself toiling away in the vegetable plot, thinking there must be an easier way to do this?
Whilst reaping the rewards of your efforts and spending the day outside is a wonderful way to live your life, it doesn’t really suit the average suburbanite who also has to fit in a full time job to pay all those bills. No matter how productive it is growing your own food is still pretty damn hard work. Anyone who has time to do it seriously is usually retired or a professional
Imagine if there was a way of growing your own fresh veg that was so easy that even the busiest people could grow a significant portion of their families fresh produce. In fact there is such a way - it’s called Ecological gardening and it’s the equivalent of the ultimate modern day convenience veggie plot!!
Like most vegetable gardeners, I’ve spent hours outside, weeding, planting, watering, and digging. All you need is to make a few changes in the garden, in a sense creating an eco system and it won’t be long before there are significant changes occurring for the better in that vegetable plot.
So what are these changes, well for a start, actually squeeze far more plants into a certain area, this can help cut down on weeds for a start. Believe it of not but the second change is to never dig the soil and thirdly, upgrade your compost system. Once these three simple strategies are in place you’ll soon notice the garden taking on a life of it’s own. Weeds will virtually stop growing and plants will actually live longer, therefore increasing productivity. You’ll find the garden enduring longer periods without water and actually producing far more.
So why does this happen – basically it’s because you’re now allowing the garden to behave in it’s natural state. You’re no longer the Head Gardener – Nature has taken over and what’s even better – Mother Nature actually works for free!!!
So embrace this new ultimate employee, she works tirelessly 24/7 and follows very simple laws. By creating an ecological garden you are in fact creating a living, breathing ecosystem. Nature is actually working with you and not against you and she has great stamina!!
One of the important factors here is to fill spaces that you wouldn’t normally fill, these spaces are breeding grounds for new life so make it productive not weedy. If something else is there, the weeds won’t grow!!
Usually vegetable gardens are very regimented, everything is lined up in neat rows with a giant space between each type of vegetable, and what do we usually find growing in these spaces – yes, those lovely weeds. Therefore the solution is to fill these spaces with productive seeds so that weeds don’t have room to grow. The result should be a very densely populated area that can produce a large amount of the things you want, i.e. vegetables. This denseness also protects your plants so that they can last much longer. You find bolting occurs far less and sensitive plants are more protected. You’ll also find there’s far less to do. You’ll soon become more of an observer and note the garden continuously changing, just as it would in nature. Certainly there will be times you may have to rein the control back, to stop a too successful plant from taking over but with a little faith in Natures law you’ll soon find yourself stepping back, enjoying life as the observer, while nature does her job and you reap the benefits.
I want to know more!
Whilst reaping the rewards of your efforts and spending the day outside is a wonderful way to live your life, it doesn’t really suit the average suburbanite who also has to fit in a full time job to pay all those bills. No matter how productive it is growing your own food is still pretty damn hard work. Anyone who has time to do it seriously is usually retired or a professional
Imagine if there was a way of growing your own fresh veg that was so easy that even the busiest people could grow a significant portion of their families fresh produce. In fact there is such a way - it’s called Ecological gardening and it’s the equivalent of the ultimate modern day convenience veggie plot!!
Like most vegetable gardeners, I’ve spent hours outside, weeding, planting, watering, and digging. All you need is to make a few changes in the garden, in a sense creating an eco system and it won’t be long before there are significant changes occurring for the better in that vegetable plot.
So what are these changes, well for a start, actually squeeze far more plants into a certain area, this can help cut down on weeds for a start. Believe it of not but the second change is to never dig the soil and thirdly, upgrade your compost system. Once these three simple strategies are in place you’ll soon notice the garden taking on a life of it’s own. Weeds will virtually stop growing and plants will actually live longer, therefore increasing productivity. You’ll find the garden enduring longer periods without water and actually producing far more.
So why does this happen – basically it’s because you’re now allowing the garden to behave in it’s natural state. You’re no longer the Head Gardener – Nature has taken over and what’s even better – Mother Nature actually works for free!!!
So embrace this new ultimate employee, she works tirelessly 24/7 and follows very simple laws. By creating an ecological garden you are in fact creating a living, breathing ecosystem. Nature is actually working with you and not against you and she has great stamina!!
One of the important factors here is to fill spaces that you wouldn’t normally fill, these spaces are breeding grounds for new life so make it productive not weedy. If something else is there, the weeds won’t grow!!
Usually vegetable gardens are very regimented, everything is lined up in neat rows with a giant space between each type of vegetable, and what do we usually find growing in these spaces – yes, those lovely weeds. Therefore the solution is to fill these spaces with productive seeds so that weeds don’t have room to grow. The result should be a very densely populated area that can produce a large amount of the things you want, i.e. vegetables. This denseness also protects your plants so that they can last much longer. You find bolting occurs far less and sensitive plants are more protected. You’ll also find there’s far less to do. You’ll soon become more of an observer and note the garden continuously changing, just as it would in nature. Certainly there will be times you may have to rein the control back, to stop a too successful plant from taking over but with a little faith in Natures law you’ll soon find yourself stepping back, enjoying life as the observer, while nature does her job and you reap the benefits.
I want to know more!
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