Organic Kitchen Gardens
Turn your smallest spaces at home into health food supply zones. #NeedOfHour
Having an organic kitchen garden can be truly called as – Need Of Hour. And if you take a close look around at today’s marketplaces, you will realize why I say this. One big reason for every family to start an organic kitchen garden at home is the quality of veggies available today. And the other big reason is their availability to the common man in difficult times like during an epidemic. So why not invest some time daily to grow some fresh fruits, vegetables or herbs in small vacant spaces of your home? As for this, you will require very basic tools and equally little space to get some amount of quality food supply.
Does this make a good reason enough to act on elevating your family’s life and transforming your daily living with an organic kitchen garden? See what basic tools you’re going to need.
Four Most Important Tools For Home Kitchen Gardens
For your kitchen garden, you will require seeds and planting tools. These are easily available in most localities or neighborhood nurseries. But there are some more specific tools that you will require for best results. I have personally researched and selected these from Amazon and sharing with you for a consideration as an affiliate.
Anti Bird Net
The first tool you will require is anti-bird netting. It is an important part of home kitchen garden for bird pest control. When in place, this anti-bird net will protect your organic kitchen garden from intrusive birds.
Coco Peat Powder
Coco peat is an ideal medium for plants in kitchen gardens. They are produced from coconut husks and can retain moisture for a long time. Thus they can retain nutrients and release them over extended period of time.
Organic Pesticides
There are many kinds of pesticides available in the market. But using organic pesticides made from natural ingredients will mean your kitchen garden supplies are free of toxic chemicals. Instead growth by mineral sources.
Garden Grow Bags
Your organic kitchen garden with have plants that do not have deep roots. And garden grow bags are ideal for growing tomatoes, sweet pepers, eggplants, potatoes, salad greens… perfect for on-ground home gardens.
Critical Importance Of Home Grown Organic Foods
Increasing toxic levels in our modern times is creating the need for new ways of living. Common people like you and me have to think of innovative solutions to address heightened lifestyle challenges… like obesity, hypertension, infertility and other chronic diseases. And one of the most common ways people are turning to is organic living. That in turn is prompting home makers to switch to organic foods. So investing in an organic garden at home becomes the next logical step. Here are top reasons why you must start making your own kitchen garden.
Family Health Advantages
- Healthy, toxin free veggies
- Tasty fresh produce everyday
- Money saved on expensive market produce
Free Organic Compost
- Turn daily organic waste to compost
- Re-cycling reduces carbon footprint
- Always healthy and sustainable way
Shared Family Game
- Each member gets one pot
- Each pot gets a special name
- Each veggie or fruit gets reward points
- Month’s winner gets royal treat from family
- Money saved can be turned to winner’s kitty
Shared Community Goals
- Signup family and friends for noble cause
- Start a “Need Of Hour” kitty to share notes
- Start “Best Kitchen Garden” competition
- Upload videos on YouTube and turn influencers
- Winner of the year family gets royal treat
Organic pesticides – How they are made…
Organic farming may not necessarily mean that organic foods are free of pesticides.
While conventional agriculture uses synthetic pesticides and water-soluble synthetically purified fertilizers, organic farmers are restricted by regulations to using natural pesticides and fertilizers. An example of a natural pesticide is pyrethrin, which is found naturally in the Chrysanthemum flower. – Source: Wikipedia
India, an Agrarian nation till today, was into agriculture long before the invention of these chemical pesticides. The farmers then used to fight off these crop pests by organic means. They used to use naturally occurring substances as pesticides to protect their crops. Natural organic pesticides are effective on insects and safe on environment. Natural pesticides will help to change our agriculture environment from highly toxic to safe sustainable environment free of chemicals
Types of plant diseases
Plant pathology is the scientific study of diseases in plants caused by pathogens and environmental conditions. Organisms that cause infectious disease include fungi, oomycetes, bacteria, viruses, viroids, virus-like organisms, phytoplasmas, protozoa, nematodes and parasitic plants. Wikipedia
Plant diseases by fungi
- Anthracnose
- Botrytis rots
- Downy mildews
- Fusarium rots
- Powdery mildews
Plant diseases by bacteria
- Bacterial wilt
- Blight
- Canker
- Crown gall
- Rot
Causes of plant diseases
- Mosaic virus
- Potted wilt virus
- Yellow leaf curl virus
- pox virus
- Potexvirus
Author’s Story
Gita is a content writer who contributes to various websites, articles, updates and new releases. She freelances with agencies as a content guide, strategist and contributor for guest posts. As a mother, she works during “school hours” and commits rest of the day to her family. Images: Freepik, Pixabay
Commonly asked questions
- Importance of organic farming
- Advantages of organic farming
- Types of organic farming
- Organic farming methods
- Plant disease by fungi
Most popular organic kitchen produce
Mint, basil, parsley, lettuces, spinach, peppers, eggplants, beans, cucumbers, radishes, coriander, cabbage , broccoli, brinjal (eggplant), chilly, lady’s finger(okra), carrot, capsicum
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