Creating your own garden is one of the first steps
of becoming self reliant. Whether you
reside in the city, a rural area, or in the country, “YOU” have the capability
to create a garden on your patio, in your back yard, or on anywhere your
property.
One doesn’t have to depend on a grocery store for
vegetables and fruits.
All it takes is “YOUR TIME” and a little bit of
money. Granted, they’re so many people
who will say, “I don’t have time”. If
you have time to shop, watch TV, or play on the internet, then you have time to
create a small garden for you and your family.
Seeds are very inexpensive, and in some cases,
free. If you have a friend who gardens,
visit them and tell them you’re interested in starting a garden. In most cases, that friend will be more than
willing to help you get started, and may even provide you with seeds she/he
saved from their own garden.
Then grab yourself a shovel and start prepping your
ground, removing the grass, and rocks.
If you’re using a bucket, or pots, to start your garden, you’ll need to
create drainage holes, and have rocks or coffee filters to place in the bottom
of the bucket or pots, for water drainage, before adding your soil.
If you need fertilizer, some of your local farmers
will be more than willing to help provide you with free material in most cases,
if you offer to clean out a few stalls in their barn.
Then you’ll need some water, because plants require
water to grow, and again this will take a little bit of your “TIME”.
Creating a garden just takes “TIME”. Trust me; your family will appreciate you for
providing them with fresh organic home grown food.
Take a look at this video. The Dervaes family created a beautiful garden
with 400 varieties of vegetables, fruit, and edible flowers. A total of 6,000
pounds of food a year are grown in the garden; this provides food for their
family, and allows them to provide food for some of the local restaurants
looking for locally grown, pesticide free food.
In the process, they make some money which is put back into their
garden.
Folks, this family lives just feet from a highway in
California in the middle of Los Angeles.
My point is: you can start a garden no matter where you live, to help
your family, and become more self reliant.
Video Source: This video was posted on Radio Free Redoubt. Also
found on You Tube, provided by Food Abundance, Film by Social Connect, Produced
by Val Savala, and Edited by Alberto Arce.
