Monthly Archives: March 2017
Farmers, despite having laborious jobs, have a longer lifespan than most people. In fact, the average 50-year old farmer is sometimes stronger and healthier than the average person. They don’t take magic pills or workout. All of them have this great advantage — they grow their own food.
If you grow your own food, for instance a vegetable garden, you will save a heap of money. It may not be perceptibly obvious at first, but later on you’ll see buying in the market is more expensive.
Did you know that studies have found that gardening is actually one of the best forms of exercise? It is not just limited to helping you stay fit, gardening also has stress relieving effects. It seemingly reduces anxiety and depression.
Health and lower costs are not the only main reasons for growing your own food. Albeit, they are the most common. If you are still not convinced, here are 4 more reasons why having food in your backyard is better than buying from markets. Continue reading
There are many ways to grow your own food, from growing fruit plants inside your home near a window, to having a container garden or a large plot of land with herbs and vegetables. Another popular option is to grow what is called a square foot garden. This involves using square sections for the growing area. Here is more information about square foot gardens and how to use them.
The Purpose of a Square Foot Garden
The main reason people will do square foot gardens is convenience and lack of space. If you are trying to grow a lot of different vegetables, fruits, and herbs, it typically requires spacing everything out properly. It can become a little disorganized and hard to keep track of, plus the spacing means you need a good amount of land in your backyard. Continue reading
There are many benefits to using raised vegetable garden beds in your garden. For starters, one of the best things about raised beds are that you can interplant many types of herbs, vegetables, and flowers into them. It is then easy access to prune and nurture then so to have the healthiest and most productive plants to harvest their “fruits”, so to speak.
Another perk of planting your garden in elevated garden beds is that it is easier on your back and knees because they require less bending, kneeling and crawling than regular beds.
In addition, raised garden beds offer better drainage, which means your plants aren’t stuck sitting in excess water every time it rains. Plus, it is much easier to build your soil UP than it is to work amendments into the ground.
Fortunately, building raised vegetable beds is a super easy do-it-yourself project. All you need are some readily available tools and materials, and an extra pair of hands. Continue reading
