Great Green Idea: Green Gardening: Help Save Mother Earth from Destruction: Grow your own Vegetable Garden

Help Save Mother Earth from Destruction: Grow your own Vegetable Garden

Stop and help Mother Earth from destruction. Invest in your health. Start growing your own vegetable garden and contribute to a bigger cause. You do not need a big backyard. This project can be interesting and fun. Get the kids involved. Vegetable gardens are cost effective because they reduce the buying of food and travelling to the store.

Steps to get started

If you do not know about growing vegetables visit the local nursery. Speak to a professional to get sound advice and what type of vegetables will grow in the area. Do research by using the Internet. Work out your budget. Allocate a designated area for the garden. Get the experts to view the area and let them tell you what to plant where. Plan the outlay of the garden.

Get started

After you made your decision what vegetables to plant, fertilize the ground with a natural fertilizer for example coco soil. Coco soil prevents fungi infection and harmful bacteria without damaging the environment. Buy the seeds of vegetables you want to use and follow the instructions on the back of the packet carefully. Work according to the prepared plan. Plant a couple of herbs because they will act as a natural insect repellent.

Maintenance

Maintaining a vegetable garden can be difficult. The garden attracts many types of pests that can ruin the vegetables. Mix non-toxic pesticides. A good multi spray that you can use is 15 garlic cloves that you dice up and mix with a cup of mineral oil. Strain the oil the next morning. Pour it into a spray bottle and spray on to the infestation directly. Wipe the leaves with water regularly. If you find mildew or fungi on the plants take a cup of full cream milk. Pour it into a clean spray bottle and spray the fungal/ mildew areas. To prevent the fungi spreading remove the worst infected leaves.

Reap the rewards

To grow your own vegetables can be rewarding. You will get a warm satisfaction when you use your first organic tomato or carrot in a salad. The nice thing about an organic vegetable garden is that the vegetables are tasty and healthy. Adding the herbs will compliment the vegetables and other food. Do not give up. It is not easy to grow your own food. The process to become successful is trial and error.

Putting back into the environment will help heal the damage caused by civilization. A vegetable garden might seem as a small contribution but the seed is planted. The more you read up on the subject and what can destroy Mother Earth; the more you will get involved to contribute to the cause.