I want to talk about dirt, it’s often the most overlooked and underappreciated part of gardening. People like to just walk all over it like it doesn’t even exist. Its dirt, yeah trying to make that sound exciting is harder than I thought.
We need good soil to grow good plants, and if you can get it
balanced and enriched just right, the use of chemical fertilizers isn’t
necessary!
One of the biggest things I have against “lawns” and “yards” is that
they are a status symbol from back in the day when the wealthy families would
show off their wealth by having huge plots of land they didn’t need to use.
They could have acres of land that they didn’t need to till or toil
over because they could buy everything they need. Yes the space is wonderful!
Me on the other hand, I would much rather use the space for medicine and food
then have it just look pretty. Now don’t get me wrong, pretty can be useful,
like the rose. It’s medicinal and beautiful!
Instead of spending our time getting use out of our land we are
always raking, blowing, spraying, and cutting our yards and lawns to make them
look pretty. The best thing we could do for our ground is to stop touching it!
Don’t rake up the leaves, those are actually homes to lots of little
creatures! Letting them compost and fertilize the soil underneath will give you
a rich black soil for planting. The same goes for grass clippings! I know some
people have to cut their grass but the cut grass will decompose and give you
better grass next year. So don’t rake it up.
Stop spraying poison on your plants, bees drink from the flowers of
most “weeds” and the poison will kill them! We can’t afford to lose our bees!
If we take care of our dirt we get soil for planting, and if we can plant we
can grow food and medicine! Also growing food for bees, they really need as
much help as we can give them right now. Lots of people are now going this
route and making their yards useful, and they don’t regret it. They now have
huge beautiful gardens that save them money, and who doesn’t like that? (More
money can be saved if you are interested in a permaculture garden).
I say we all start doing this and it will cut down on our grocery
bill, and even our trips to the doctor. Which everyone will love! What do you
say? Want to make some great dirt with me?
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