At a time when the origin of certain food products is sometimes unknown, it is better to turn to organic products to eat healthily and limit the harmful effects of chemical substances on the body. But eating organic is not always easy, especially for cost reasons. For vegetables and certain fruits, why not plant them at home? Let’s look today at the advantages of an organic vegetable garden that you can maintain yourself.
How can I make my vegetable garden organic?
Vegetable planting techniques are generally the same in a traditional vegetable garden and an organic vegetable garden.
- Preparing the vegetable garden
- Choosing seeds and plants
- The use of pesticides, insecticides and natural fertilizers
- Etc.
How to prepare your organic vegetable garden?
The choice of soil is important because it must be fertile to have plants that flourish and develop normally. Fertile soils are blackish-brown in color. If this is not the case with your soil, you can perfectly fertilize it with compost. Count a large shovelful of compost for 1m² of soil. Mix the soil and compost with a rake and a hoe and level. The soil will then be ready to receive the seed or plants.
Regarding compost (which therefore serves as fertilizer), you can produce it yourself, but in this case, you will have to wait until the compost is ready before preparing the soil. You can also buy it at a recycling center because compost costs almost nothing.
As for pesticides, contrary to popular belief, there are indeed natural pesticides. Nature is so well made that it has included components in edible plants that fight against parasites and other bacteria.
Why an organic vegetable garden?
Organic means respect for nature and this is one of the main motivations of individuals who create an organic vegetable garden. But in addition to respect for the environment, organic products are very beneficial for health because there are no chemicals in the products harvested. Unfortunately, many consumers are still unaware of the presence of heavy metals and other junk in “conventional” products. Click here in any case to find out more.
Organic vegetables that you pick in your own garden also taste better and this is not a myth. They take their time to flourish and no chemical fertilizers speed up the natural process. Thus, the flavors and smells develop naturally. In addition, they are picked when ripe, unlike a conventional crop where you have to take into account transport time and other parameters. In this case, the product is harvested before and this has a negative impact on its flavors.
Creating your organic vegetable garden has many benefits. This ranges from the good taste of the products you pick to health issues. Indeed, the absence of heavy metals and other harmful components in organic products is beneficial for our bodies. Of course, maintaining an organic vegetable garden takes time, but the many benefits you get from it are well worth it. In addition, gardening has many benefits for our minds. Specialists call it garden therapy.
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