Is there a patch of land in your backyard that’s been left useless all this time? If you’re still undecided to what to make out of it, maybe it’s high time you consider planting vegetables in it. Read on to learn some of the advantages of planting vegetable gardens.
Yummier Veggie Treats
Many people attest that vegetables grown in their own backyard tastes much better than those bought at grocery stores. They remark how much flavorful their harvests are, whether used as ingredients in a fresh veggie salad or cooked dishes. Be it because of the extra amount of love and care these home-grown vegetables got or the person taking pride in growing crops in his or her backyard, it doesn’t rally matter. What matters is what you serve on the table is fresh right off your vegetable garden and more scrumptious for every member of the family to enjoy. You are also assured that what you put on the table is fresh and free from harmful chemicals like preservatives.
Guaranteed No Harmful Chemicals
Chances are you might not fully know whether the vegetables you buy at the supermarket are free of pesticides. Some vendors claim that their vegetables are free from harmful chemicals. What about if the soil where those crops grew was exposed to pesticides before or they were planted next to crops sprayed with pesticides? Prolonged dietary exposure to pesticides is linked to various adverse reproductive and developmental effects, although there is little data to support this. Your children are at higher risk to the dangers of such chemicals on the vegetables they consume. Their bodies are not yet fully developed to properly metabolize or excrete such substances.
A Great Way To Workout
If you got little or no time to go to the gym or health spa to workout, then let gardening provide your daily dose of exercise. Tending your vegetable garden for at least 30 minutes a day is a great way to burn those excess calories and lose weight. You are able to work several major muscle groups in the body, like the legs, arms, back, buttocks and many others. Gardening is also improves your flexibility each time you stretch to reach for weeds or bend to plant a seedling.
By the time your crops are ready for harvest, you will notice a change in your body, especially if you look after your garden on a regular basis. Picking the car key that fell on the floor or reaching for a book at the top of a tall shelf will be a lot easier for you to do. Unlike jogging, playing basketball and others, gardening has less impact on your joints. Gardening is best were vigorous exercises is not applicable, such as for people with high blood pressure, heart diseases, bone joint disorders and many others.
Help Save The Environment
If commercially grown vegetables receive little demand from consumers, then commercial farmers will find no reason to expand their plantations. So there’s no need to cut down rain forests and devastate habitats of wild animals. Also, if demand is lowered farmers will use less pesticide and other harmful chemicals that pollute our rivers and the rest of the environment. You might feel that you as a concerned citizen cannot contribute that much positive impact on the environment by planting vegetable gardens. But imagine the difference made if a lot of people started to plant their vegetables in their own backyard.
Using Plastic Garden Edging
Looking for an economical material for garden edging? Plastic garden edging might be for you. Plastic garden edging are flexible edgings that usually comes in rolls or fence styles. This type of garden edging is not only budget-friendly but also easy to install. Plastic edging are also lightweight, easy to handle, and great to use on curves along plant beds.
Some garden owners avoid this type of garden edging because they obviously look unnatural. If you don’t like the look of plastic garden edging because you want to maintain the natural look of your garden, you still have another choice. How? By making the plastic edging less obvious. One good option is by hiding the edging with groundcovers. Groundcover is a type of plant which grows on ground and being used as protection against erosion and drought. It is also used to add beauty to garden by concealing bare soil and garden edging. Examples of groundcovers include periwinkle, spider plant, low-growing types of junipers, and ice plant. Another way of making plastic garden edging less obvious is complimenting the color of your mulch with it. Plastic edging are usually colored black, to compliment these you can add black mulch for your plant or flower bed. You can also use a spray paint that can be applied to plastics to change the top color of your edging and compliment it with your mulch.
Plastic garden edging perfectly fits informal theme of landscaping. Informal landscaping usually has plant beds with curves and since plastic are flexible it can easily form shapes. Before you install your plastic edging, you first need to cut a clean edge between your lawn and plant bed to define a border. To create a sweeping curve, you need to use a garden hose to map out the borders of your plant bed. If there are weeds or grass that sucks in the borders, pull them and spray with weed killers to prevent them from growing. Do not just pound the plastic edging with a rubber mallet because this will just cause the edging to eventually pop out. Make a dugout on the border that you have a created, and then install your plastic garden edging. After installing, gently tap the top edges of the plastic edging with a rubber mallet. Use pins to hold the edging in place and add small stones around the edging to create a supporting foundation.
Plastic edgings come in variety of thicknesses. Heavier plastic edgings are more durable than the lighter ones. Black and emerald are popular choices among garden owners. When shopping for plastic garden edging, you should look for a brand that uses thicker and durable materials. A plastic edging that is 2mm thick will lasts about 3 – 4 years in any climate coupled with careful maintenance. One popular brand of plastic edging is Royal Diamond Lawn Edging. It has a metal stake where you can attach to the ground for better hold. Some customers guarantee the product can lasts up to four years even in snowy weather.
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