Did you know how easily you could grow your own Organic Salads and Herbs at home? Urban farming has been around for a long time, but has become extremely popular over the last few years thanks to peoples interest in clean food.
Companys such as Square Roots is spreading rapidly in bigger cities with the mission to grow vegetables without sunlight in shipping containers and basement facilities using a light spectrum similar to that of the sun. This is a actually a great idea, to reduce the industry of food being shipped by trucks and ships across country and continents. In addition this way of farming will not fail because of weather in such a way as traditional farming can sometimes be. It is environment friendly in many ways. Less pollution from transportation and less chemical preservatives needed. Plants also helps cleaning the surrounding air. With more and more people living closer in cities growing all over the world this seems to be the future of farming. And last but not least, you will be giving your body better and tastier food in comparison to most of the long traveled.
But if you are interested in food and small scale farming, why not grow it yourself? Even if you only have a couple of square-feet to use or just a window sill, you can do it. Start simple and let your ideas make your path. There is plenty of opportunities to grow what you want.
The truth is, the ingredients and food you have grown by yourself at home has the real taste that can not be compared to something that has been grown far away and sprayed to survive transportation. It is so worth it when you can see something grow and eventually use it in your cooking. You can proudly tell your friends and family how you made it.
Basic things you need to get started.
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- Location. You will need a spot with some fair amount of sun, depending on what you are planing to grow. If you are very limited you could of course get lamps for this purpose.
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- A container of some kind, to keep your soil. Or even better if you actually have ground to use. You could just use a couple of flowerpots if you want to get going right away.
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- Soil of good quality. Preferable you go out and get a good quality plant soil locally. If this is not an option, you can get organic soil online, delivered to your door.Or you could take this a step further and get your own soil from composting process. Not very difficult but it will take some time to obtain what you need for plants. For that you will need a composting bin that suits your needs, and a compost starter to get the process going. Remember if you’re going the composting route, it will take about six month’s to a year to get usable soil, depending on conditions. This is really going back to basics, and a great choice if your interested. You can learn more about this subject in Composting Basics by Eric Ebeling.
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- Seeds or plants. Go get plants locally or simply order seeds online. Getting grown plants gives you a good leap in time.
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- Tools. If your just starting in small scale indoors there is not much needed except from your hands, water and a bench to work. But if your planning to do a bit more than so, you would probably want to invest in some basic gardening tools, such as a trowel, cultivator and a pair of gardening gloves. A good watering can will be very useful.
If you have kids, you should involve them in some gardening. It’s a great experience for them to learn what real food comes from. There is some awesome little gardening tools specially made for kids.
- Tools. If your just starting in small scale indoors there is not much needed except from your hands, water and a bench to work. But if your planning to do a bit more than so, you would probably want to invest in some basic gardening tools, such as a trowel, cultivator and a pair of gardening gloves. A good watering can will be very useful.
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