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Permaculture Garden Homestead | Organic Farming in the Suburban Settings

Permaculture Homestead , is it worth it ? The reality of Organic Farming in the Suburban Settings#backyardgardening #gardening #orchard #vegetablegarden #permaculture By staying in touch with our garden throughout each month and each season of the year, we are creating a deeper connection to nature and a deeper understanding of our garden’s ecosystem… all while getting continuous harvests! Our garden is not stuck in a time warp; it is constantly evolving. Trees grow and create more shade … and also dry out the soil. Since we began mulching five years ago, the soil underneath has become richer and more water retentive. Our neighbor’s irrigation system that seems to go off every night and sprays water in all the wrong directions is making the part of our lot right next to the fence much moister than it used to be. By starting with our own observations and being open to experimenting, we can develop a garden plan that takes into consideration what we have learned in previous years. We look back at what happened in our vegetable garden last year. Did our peppers never fully ripen? Was our zucchini overcrowded? Did we feel overwhelmed by all of the tomatoes we had to can or freeze because we couldn’t let ourself abandon any of the seedlings we started? Taking notes about what went well and what we wished had gone better will give us valuable perspective about our garden and gardening habits. For example, last year, we started seeds for tomatoes from a seed pack we picked up on a whim. Our tomato crop was terrible! The tomatoes were mealy, the bottoms were cat-faced and they were unpleasant to look at and eat. The previous year, we carefully started varieties that a local farmer recommended. They were disease-resistant and tested in our local area, great advice when selecting all our garden crops. We staked and mulched them, following good integrated pest-management (IPM) practices to minimize disease and pest problems without the use of pesticides. That year we had an amazing tomato crop. While annual environmental factors, such as amount of rain, sun, and temperature fluctuations are generally out of our control, we learned from this experiment that taking time to select the variety and characteristics of our plants goes a long way toward having a better crop.