Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Sustainable Gardening Practices To Embrace

By Anna Hill


Beauty and good healthy are said to lie in natural elements. These natural elements also save people from spending fortunes in sustaining the beauty. For your garden, sustainable gardening practices will help you maintain a healthy patch that is also economical to maintain. It saves you time and resources you would require to keep it neat and productive. Consider the following tips.

Capture water on your compound, use it there and save the remainder for future use. Plants on your garden require period watering. Fortunately, the water is available naturally from rain. Trap this water using tanks and conserve it for the dry season. It means that you do not need to pump water from long distances. This saves on energy and ensures that the water is chemically compatible with plants and animals on your garden.

Use waste from your house to generate compost. This compost will be used as fertilizer for the garden. The kitchen is a generous source of waste. The waste comes from leafy leftovers and other plant remains. Do not allow them to fill the waste bag and end up in landfills. Lay the remains at the root of your plants for mulching and eventual decomposition. Your soil ends up being extremely rich.

Create mulch for flowers on the garden. Mulch is primarily used for conserving water by stopping evaporation. However, it serves as a weed suppressor and will turn into humus upon decomposition. It saves you resources that would be required for irrigation. You also do not need to garden often and are left with rich soil once the mulch decomposes.

Native plants are the best for any garden. Nature takes care of itself in search for balance. This balance is achieved as different plant species compete for space and nutrients. Some form undergrowth that acts like mulch. Others harbor insects or animals that help to eliminate pests. With local plants being adapted to the environment, they will not require much tilling and their nutrients will be readily available in the soil. You save on tilling, fertilizer application and irrigation, among other activities.

Fruits and vegetables can be used as ornaments. Other than care for plants that only cost you money to sustain, opt for trees and shrubs that will reduce your kitchen budget. Mix the plants such that they harbor beneficial insects and therefore save you the trouble of using insecticides. Consult your agronomist to recommend the best plants that can be mixed with beauty plants.

Chicken will help you in tilling and fertilizer application. You need a few chickens to be released on the garden for a few minutes every day. Their search for food causes them to scratch the ground. This is an effective tilling exercise. They mix humus and leave you with very rich soil. Their droppings also add to the fertility of your soil. They end up laying very healthy and nutritious eggs. Their meat is also very healthy because it is natural.

Natural methods are what sustainable gardening is all about. They keep your garden in perfect shape and also healthy. You do not spend a lot of money on herbicides, pesticides and tilling, or any other maintenance practice. With the guidance of an agronomist and by making the right choices, your compound remains healthy, beautiful and productive all year round.




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