Green&Sustainable CT
S
ustainable gardening is tainable gardening are to
part of a global move- plant native trees and plants.
ment to help grow a By doing this, you are work-
better and healthier food sys- ing with, and not against,
tem. It is derived from sus- nature. Match the tree or
tainable agriculture, which plant species to your partic-
integrates three main goals: ular area and you will have
environmental stewardship, plants and trees that grow
farm profitability and farming healthier and will take less
communities. It refers to the
SUSTAINABLE
money and energy to care
ability of a farm to produce for.
abundant and vast amounts
Gardening 101
Worm composting is an
of food without causing se- easy way to have organic
vere or irreversible damage
healthy living organisms and trace min-
food available at all times.
to ecosystem health. Sustainable gar-
erals.
To begin this process, you will need a
dening does the same thing, however on
To practice sustainable gardening,
shallow bin. This bin is used to allow
a smaller spectrum.
it is important to first, know and under-
air circulation, bedding and worms. The
Sustainable gardening is often con-
stand the soil in your garden. A plant gets
worm’s castings are a great all-natural
fused with organic gardening. Although
its strength and nutrition from the soil,
fertilizer. Backyard composting will also
they are similar and both aim for the
which feeds it. Years and years of gar-
return organic waste back to soil making
greater good of the ecosystem, they are
dening with the use of toxic pesticides
it nutrient rich. Compost improves plant
not quite identical in definition. Sustain-
and fertilizers robs the soil of minerals
health by supplying nutrients to the soil.
able gardening simply put, means that
and nutrients, thereby robbing our plants
Composting can be done in three
you do not use up nature’s resources
and vegetables of nutrients. Simply put,
ways: hot, cold or trenching. The hot
faster than they can be replaced. Organ-
when your plants don’t have nutritious
compost method depends on heat-lov-
ic gardening is growing without using
food, you don’t have nutritious food.
ing and heat-generating bacteria. The
chemical fertilizers. It relies on the use
Some ways to begin practicing sus-
pile should have the proper temperature
of beneficial insects, diversity of plants,
and the use of compost to supply the soil
with nutrients.
Sustainable and organic gardening
can be combined to grow nutrient rich
foods and help save natural resources.
Often organic gardening is even referred
to as a sub category of sustainable gar-
dening.
With sustainable and organic gar-
dening, organic foods are grown, which
are higher in vitamins and minerals
than conventional farm produced foods,
because the soil has more diverse and
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