Growing Organic Food

‘Growing Your Own Food’ is not only a path to better health due to benefitting from the freshness of the produce and one’s ability to control the level of organic cultivation it may become necessary to grow your food due to supply issues. That said, find many links below to help choose what to grow and how to grow it. Companion gardening is explored as is natural pest control, ideal conditions, water management, creating pollinator-friendly environments, vertical and hydroponic gardening, and more.

Green Gardening is important on so many levels, the least of which is personal health. Eating organically is a big key to good health. Find multiple links regarding articles relating to replacing chemical-based fertilizers, herbicides, or pesticides with environmentally-friendly substances and practices. Composting helps to let you know what went into the soil in which you now grow you own food.

Container gardening is an excellent path to growing fresh food in limited spaces, balconies, small plots of land, and community gardens. Whether you are growing food in wooden or plastic containers in the backyard or have set up a hydroponic system indoors, container gardening is a wonderful way to ensure nutrient-rich fresh food.

Vertical gardening is an effective way to keep producing fresh produce all year round and can be set up using various tubes, containers, shelves, stands, and racks to set up various configurations to suit any space. Grow lights allow for greater flexibility in placement. Vertical gardening can not only allow for year-round gardening, it can be easier to control the nutrients the growing produce is receiving with the use of water as the growing medium.

Water capture can be an important part of gardening and we offer links to DIY projects and ingenious ideas on the Resources for Green Living’s page:  ‘Growing Your Own Food’. Creating ‘shelves’ in one’s landscaping is an excellent way to get the most out of limited water sources as the water seeps down levels to efficiently cover a larger area.

Community Gardening is a wonderful activity in which to engage when you have no room in your own space and you wish to engage with other gardeners nurturing the community plot.