Sustainable vegetable gardening
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Growing a sustainable vegetable garden
A sustainable vegetable garden means one that can be sustained over time, and would necessarily involve
I) growing food you want to eat, so you are motivated to continue growing,
II) growing economically, so that it is worthwhile doing, as well as taking care of environmental issues, so that the ground will continue to support growing.
I use the Food for Everyone Foundations (Mittleider method) of sustainable gardening.; Called The poor mans hydroponics; the Mittleider method puts the 13 trace nutrients into the soil; all plants need these same nutrients.
The beauty of the method is
1. 5-10 times the yields of a traditional garden,
2 Uses approx.seventy percent of the water,
3 You only use Sixty percent of the space of a traditional garden
4 No animal waste is used to put nutrients into the soil ,
5 No pesticides are used to control insects
I like my veggies clean and disease free.;
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Grow vegetables you will eat
Make your family happy and healthy
I) The plants to be grown should be chosen primarily on what your family will eat, and what will grow in your locale. After that, Consider using heirloom seed rather than hybrid, if you are very concerned about losing the ability to replace seed each year from commercial sources. However, growing and saving your own seed is difficult and time consuming. An excellent answer to this dilemma is the Garden In A Can heirloom seed provided by Mountain Valley Seed Company (www.mvseeds.com). Other seed companies may have something similar. I recommend you buy a can of this triple-sealed seed, store it against the possible disaster, and then buy and use the best seed you can get and don't worry about trying to grow for and save your own seeds. Saving seeds can be a hassle at times but once you get used to harvesting seeds the process goes fast. Self sufficent gardening
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II) Using the best growing practices, such as those taught by the world-renowned Dr. J. R. Mittleider, (see www.growfood.com)assure you the greatest yield of healthy vegetables from the least space, and with the least amount of labor and financial inputs per unit of production. A family can be self sufficient in their food requirements from proper gardening of just a small fraction of an acre, and this is the greatest evidence of success in achieving a sustainable garden. Do you practice sustainable gardening?
The Mittleider method is an excellent example of sustainable gardening
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Work with the land not against it
No pesticides in our gardens
III) Gardening should always be done without injuring the land, but rather should improve the land, so that it will continue to support healthy plants indefinitely. Therefore, pesticides and herbicides should be used very judiciously, and wherever possible these issues should be handled by cultural practices as taught by Dr. Mittleider such as 1) eliminating all weeds from the garden area, 2) watering only the plants' root zone, 3) beginning plants in a protected environment for a fast, healthy and strong start, 4) feeding plants proper amounts of balanced natural mineral nutrients to assure fast and healthy growth, 5) harvesting all plants at maturity to avoid allowing pests and diseases to multiply, and 6) discarding any bug or disease infested plant parts away from the garden, and incorporating healthy plant parts into the soil to improve soil structure.Source Food for Everyone Foundation
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Provides simple straight-forward instruction and illustrations on the Mittleider Method. Teaches all the basic topics covered in this Web site, plus 15 advanced topics such as cold-weather gardening, pruning for maximum yields, growing plants vertically, solutions to common gardening problems, understanding fertilizers, home seedling production, building an inexpensive greenhouse and more.
Also available in Russian and Spanish. Please contact us if you are interested in obtaining a copy in these languages.
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WayneDave
Nov 16, 2011 @ 11:45 am | delete
- Great stuff here. Its something that I try but struggle with so some ideas here are useful. Thanks for sharing.
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Organic-Squidster
Nov 7, 2011 @ 5:43 pm | delete
- Excellent lens - I'll be checking out some of that reading material.
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Conservatories_TV
Oct 4, 2011 @ 2:35 am | delete
- really liked reading this especially about the pesticides and working with the land. Problems can occur when you try to grow all your crops at once. Growing your own veg makes it more enjoyable for the kids to get involved in healthy eating
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sallemange
Sep 18, 2011 @ 2:05 am | delete
- This is such a helpful and important topic. I have recently discovered the concept of Forest Gardening which is an approach to creating a self sustaining edible resource. This has to be the way for people and local communities to go.
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ajgodinho Sep 16, 2011 @ 10:22 am | delete
- No, I'm not a sustainable gardener, but the topic interests me and fits very well with my philosophy of natural living. I'm always encouraged by people like you who have chosen this lifestyle...blessings! :)
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lsliza
Mar 31, 2011 @ 7:22 pm | delete
- can't wait for spring, your lenses definately make me realize spring is slow this year.
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tailortoo
Feb 21, 2011 @ 6:55 pm | delete
- We have enjoyed working at making our garden sustainable or many years. Recent years have seen deer enjoying it as well! Now we have a smaller vegetable garden, fenced in, so we can enjoy the fresh food.
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happynutritionist
Jan 15, 2011 @ 10:15 pm | delete
- I am thinking about spring when the snow is gone and I can consider turning a new area of the yard into a garden...love the information and links, and the fact that this lens supports Food for Everyone, one of my favorite charities. Blessed by an Angel, soon to be on http://www.squidoo.com/nutrition-angel
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sallemange
Jan 15, 2011 @ 12:30 pm | delete
- Some super gardening tips here. I only have a small plot but these ideas will make a difference.
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GonnaFly
Nov 20, 2010 @ 12:47 am | delete
- For this past year I have been doing a course called sustainable home and garden. Very interesting!
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