Faith Farm

A couple of thoughts on gardening/food

{ 08:48, Sunday, June 1, 2008 } { Posted in Homestead info } { 0 comments } { Link }

Good Morning! I was looking through some different articles this morning and it got me to thinking about the food prices and gardening. Which is what I have been doing all month it seems-working in the garden-lol. I tried some different methods this planting season to increase our product and make our time more effecient. (I'll let you know how it turns out.) We have a large garden in the back-traditional style. We continued that garden but this year we have added raised beds in the yard and a haybale garden. We are also making all our "flower beds and pots" edible landscape. This seems to be the easiest of all our garden work. We have replaced flowers with peppers, strawberies, berry bushes. Tomatoes, onions, and garlic are stuck here and there. I used the house to support sunflowers. This simple transition will add so much to our end pantry and will make the trips to the grocery store so much cheaper. The raised beds are producing faster and are easier to work. I guess what I am trying to say is every little bit makes a difference. An 8X8 raised bed can produce alot more than you would think. As far as fruit production goes-strawberries are by far the fasted to produce. Its not to late to add little things that will offset the cost of food. If you rotate your crops--you can have two harvests out of ever bed. With things looking the way they are our gardens could really make a difference. Blessings>faithfarm
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