Today we are exposed to a great deal of toxins and harmful chemicals, and beacuse of that growing organic food is becoming more and more important by the day.
Fungi, bugs and micro organisms cause diverse kinds of plant deseases. To protect the crop from these, food grown in a non organic manner is regularly sprayed with various toxins.
The bad news are that the toxins used are not only harmful to the pests they are intended to combat, but to many other living organisms, and among these humans.
The toxins reach our bodies in various ways. To some extent they remain in the plants that are sprayed, which means you actually eat them when you eat the food (yummy!). Unfortunately, the chemicals also trickle down into the ground water. And we use water to drink, when we cook and maybe we water our own crops with it. If the farmers spray their crops when it is even slightly windy, the chemicals will also spread through the air.
The health is effected in many ways, for example making you feel depressed or enervated, and there are serious suspicions they might cause cancer. Harm is also being done to the wildlife, in some cases making species extinct. All this makes it really important to avoid the chemicals whenever you are able to.
Pretty nifty, this growing organic food idea, don’t you think?
Then how do you go about doing this? Do you have to be a professional gardener, knowing all the nitty-gritties? Absolutely not. You need to have an interest, you need to enjoy working in the garden, and you need to be willing to learn some basic steps.
Engage your children! Most children like gardening, at least some part of it. My own daughter loves sowing and watering the seeds, as well as harvesting the veggies or the flowers. The weeding and the watering during the growing period she gladly leaves to me, although she takes interest in how the growing proceeds.
It is well worth it to put some effort into your gardening, as you will be able to present your family with the freshest and healthiest food ever, all coming from your own garden, tiny, small or large.
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