There are so many reasons to begin organic gardening with a focus on vegetable gardening today. The time really has come for people to get back to simplicity, back to the days of old where things were more healthy and pure. It is time to truly care for what the family eats and ensure that they are getting the best nutrition. Here are some of the reasons why now is the right time to begin organic gardening with a concentration on vegetable gardening.
Learning Process
It is best to begin learning organic gardening now for the simple reason that it will take a learning process. No worthy endeavor is learned overnight and there will be a learning curve with organic gardening as well. So, might as well begin now in order to master this noble endeavor. It is wise to begin with vegetable gardening unless another area of organic gardening is appealing.
Persevere with Organic Gardening
In any new undertaking, mistakes will be made. This is a natural part of the learning process and allowances must be made for it. One way to get around this is to plant twice as much so as to wind up with a good harvest at the end of the season. Those who persevere will succeed.
Fresh Produce is Costly
One of the best reasons to begin with organic gardening now is because the cost of produce is high at this time. Due in large part to rising fuel prices that make it more costly to transport produce, the cost of fresh produce has risen through the roof. That is why it makes sense to plant and eat fresh home grown food.
Environmental Toxin
Another reason to begin right away with organic gardening is simply that many people have become quite concerned with environment toxin that is contaminating the food supply. With a nice, efficient home garden, much of this problem can be abated in a family’s food source.
There is no time like the present for beginning to do organic gardening. It will be a learning process that will take some time to master. The important thing is to be accepting of that and continue to learn and persevere with the gardening. These days, the cost of produce has skyrocketed and the food is often replete with environmental toxin. Start organic gardening now and get a healthier lifestyle sooner rather than later.
Source:
Madigan, C. (2009) The Backyard Homestead: Produce All the Food You Need on Just a Quarter Acre. North Adams MA: Storey Publishing.