Gardening is something you either love or hate, its either a labour of love or a dreadful chore. Most people agree that an attractive garden is a wonderful frame for your home, and of course the garden can be a delightful extra outdoor room where you can relax and enjoy meals al fresco or barbecue or even a garden party. But it is not everyone’s favourite pursuit and of course gardening can be hard back breaking work.
However these days with the rising cost of food, and not knowing how the food is grown, with herbicide and pesticide being used excessively, makes growing your own veggies more desirable and attractive. Of course growing your own vegetables has the added benefit of flavour, taste and not forgetting the health benefits which are definitely great. More of my friends are trying their hands at growing their vegetables, albeit in a small way, depending of course on the size of the garden and how much time they can give to it. Some are growing their vegetables in containers so they don’t disturb the ambiance of the garden, and they find container grown veggies easier to manage. Some are using baskets to grow strawberries, or cherry tomatoes, are using south facing walls ( or north walls if you are in the southern hemisphere) to grow soft berry canes or grape vines.
There is another reason for growing your own veggies and that is possible food shortages. Thirty three years ago my husband foresaw just this very thing looming, because of the population explosion, and actually purchased our present house with an acre of land so he could grow our own vegetables and make sure that if famine does come we will be able to grow our own food. At the moment the problem hasn’t materialised but we have thoroughly enjoyed the garden and of course our health improves exponentially during the summer months when we are eating our own produce. I always feel that my immune system is strengthened and it helps during the winter to protect me from the awful viruses that are around at that time.
But lately with the extreme weather patterns happening world-wide, even this very year, it makes the possibility of famine coming even to the well-off countries of the west. After the Japanese earthquake this year, the supermarkets in Japan emptied with in four days, and I understand that if there is a calamity in the United Kingdom, that could also happen and the supermarkets could also empty in four days, and that is a frightening situation to be in. As a precaution we are stocking up on extras that hopefully will tide us over until the situation rights its self – but with no end to the recession in sight it also makes sense to buy extra food now because next year it will cost more.
My husband is in his seventies and finding the garden increasingly hard to manage, and because we are pensioners having a gardener to help is not an option. So I have been researching the Internet to see if an easier way of gardening can be found and read a review of a man who claims that if you grow vegetables ecologically and not the traditional way you can have enough vegetables to feed your family for a year, and you don’t need a large garden to do this. Also if you follow his directions you need only work eight hours a year in the garden. That really intrigues me, but I guess he isn’t digging garden beds, or having to weed them, probably has a form of irrigation going so they are self-watered. But harvesting takes quite some time in itself, maybe he doesn’t count harvesting as gardening, but it is still time spent in the garden. I also find planting seeds, or plants very time consuming, so definitely can’t really believe that you can grow your own vegetables for your family and it only takes eight hours a year. But I am intrigued.
The review stated that Food4Wealth is a very practical guide which teaches you all you need to know on how to grow vegetables and organic food with the minimum of fuss and effort. Jonathan White gives a fully illustrated step-by-step manual and over 60 minutes of video, as well. If this appeals to you then why don’t you try this link http://howtogrowyourownveggies.weebly.com/
I am a South African who emigrated to the United Kingdom 40 years ago to get married. Whilst I have been back to South Africa for many wonderful holidays I have completely settled in my country of adoption, and now that I am retired am enjoying the Internet and writing articles and blogs as a retirement hobby.
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