| High Density
Gardening
What is High Density
Gardening? Well I have always
been interested in gardening but it is not until recently
that I have decided to grow vegetables with a vengeance.
That’s me with the vengeance not the veg although I do like
fiery chillies and have grown these for
many years in a greenhouse. In fact my recent high density
veg gardening stems from the fact that I decided my
greenhouse wasn't big enough and apart from the standard
tomatoes, cucumbers and chillies, I grew very little else in
it although it has been used for years to germinate seeds
and grow new plants on in the spring. The other, and I
suppose the most important reason, is that I am becoming
more and more concerned about the food miles which has gone
into what I buy. Whilst shopping recently I could have
bought fresh peas and French beans which had travelled over
4,000 miles. Meat was available from even further away, as
was fresh fruit. Fresh?, when it has had to be picked and
transported thousands of miles and at what cost, not only in
currency but in environmental damage.
For Christmas dinner last year we had roast baby
parsnips, roast baby carrots, roast baby leeks, roast
turnips, roast beetroot, fresh spinach, fresh lettuce and
fresh
Japanese radish as well as other more traditional
Christmas foods.
How many miles had my fresh vegetables
travelled, well none really. The exact distance was 25
feet from garden to the oven and that included a detour
to the sink to wash them. As for freshness, about 15
minutes from picking to cooking, well starting to cook
them. It is not possible to get better than this unless,
like me, you grow your own vegetables and they were all
grown with the high density gardening system.
This website will give you the knowledge to
start your own vegetable garden and more importantly how
to build your High Density Gardening raised beds. Your
garden does not have to be big to produce a reasonable
quantity and quality of vegetables for you to enjoy
eating as we will be using the High Density Gardening
system. Surprisingly enough it does not have to involve a
lot of time either and although I cannot promise a big
saving in costs over what you can buy at the supermarket
I can promise freshness and the knowledge that you have
grown your own vegetables. You should also find it a lot
of fun and sometimes there will be disappointment when
things go wrong as they still do but hopefully not too
often.
The high density gardening method also relies
heavily on having a source of home made compost and
although it is possible to manage without this, it is a
great addition to any soil and is part of helping to
develop the life in the soil.
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