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Minutes a Day… To Produce Your Own Food
If you know the right tricks, gardening does not have to be time consuming. Here’s a quick and efficient way to get a robust, healthy garden.
The Cardboard Box Theory
My grandfather taught me to “feed my soil,” so that’s the first place I started. I knew it needed to be tilled, but in all honesty, the soil was so compacted I didn’t think it would have done much good. In haste, I used some disassembled moving boxes and placed them on top of the soil. I then added a few layers of manure, fresh soil and assorted organic soil amenders. Some of the amenders I used were:
Because I didn’t have to spend time watering the plants or tending to the soil, each week I was able to spend minutes (instead of hours) tending to the garden. I minimally pruned the plants and added any cuttings to my earthworm bin.
I have found this to be a very efficient type of gardening and would be a blessing if you had to get a garden together quickly. I also would recommend setting up rain catchment systems to have constant access to water for the garden.
Gardening can be time consuming, but if you know a few tricks here and there, it takes all the hard work out of it. This is the perfect garden to grow if you have a busy life. This way you can spend more time with family, tending to other chores, or just sitting and watching your garden grow.
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