Do you enjoy Organic Gardening and companion planting ?
September 3, 2010 by The Gardener
Filed under Organic
Do you have any plans to become Self Sufficient ?
Are you Vegetarians or meat Eaters ?
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we do,and we raise our own chickens and pigs as well
No…
Thinking about ir more and more each day.
Some aspects of organic gardening are enjoyable while others are not. I’m not certain it is possible in the climate and zone I live in that it is totally possible to be completely self-sufficient. However, I do live in an area where there are other gardeners with whom I can trade with and who live on larger parcels of land on which they can grow what I cannot. And, now since there is a law where I live that requires all produce to have origin stickers, I can purchase produce that has been “locally” grown (in the state) and not from other countries. I am a big companion planter and immensely enjoy it.
Well, far from self sufficient now. But organic gardening is fun. We started that idea from 40 over years ago. In those days, My dad would collect all the garbage and incinerate them and use the ashes as fertilizers. Our garbage bin is always empty. After harvesting all the beans, he would chop up the vines and bury them under the ground to keep it fertile for the next crop. We used to plant corn, long beans, kale, peanuts and sweet potatoes and cucumbers. Of course we have the problem of snails and catepillars. Organic was unheard of then. He just could not spend money on fertilizers. We had a big land area surrounding our house. All used water from the house flows into a pool and we use them to water the plants. Come to think about it, it is what people have been trying to advocate these days. Going green and organic and all that. Alas, Dad passed away at 1994 at age 85. Also, would be great to be still staying at that place. Keep it up, you are fortunate to have land like that.
Yes, we compost and don’t use fertilizers or sprays. Becoming self-sufficient would be really hard, but we’re looking at a time when we can design our home to use gray water for the lawn and ornamentals, and rain water for our vegetables. Also looking at enough solar panels to have the power company pay us for adding power to the grid …