{"id":99721,"date":"2022-06-17T13:00:33","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T17:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hobbyfarms.com\/?p=99721"},"modified":"2022-06-15T15:13:35","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T19:13:35","slug":"food-security-concerns-start-a-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hobbyfarms.com\/food-security-concerns-start-a-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Security Concerns? Start A Garden!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The world is currently in a state of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/06\/11\/business\/economy\/inflation-us-prices.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">increasing fuel prices, food prices and job insecurity<\/a>. So perhaps it is time to plant a garden?\u00a0 <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A properly planted garden can yield a bounty of food for you, your family and the community. If you are considering venturing into home gardening or starting a small market garden, now is the time.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Here are some keys to growing success.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A Few Good Crops<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Don\u2019t start by growing everything. Pick some crops that you know you will enjoy eating every week. Plan to grow succession plantings of these throughout the summer. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If a selection of popular crops compliment themselves well for you, these are also crops that work well for sale. Barter extras locally or sell some commercially from the farm or home gate.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Grow 10 bed feet of salad every week. You can compliment this with a small patch of rainbow cherry tomatoes, a sensible start-up garden business for someone with three to six 50-foot garden beds. If you have three 10-foot gardens beds, then plant 1 bed foot of salad each week in one bed. Grow your tomatoes and some peppers in the others.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">By focusing on what you grow, you will succeed. Aim to grow complimentary crops to needs of a sustaining meal.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Read more: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hobbyfarms.com\/what-type-of-gardening-cart-do-you-need\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What kind of gardening cart do you need?<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Good First Beds &amp; Crops\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If you are building a new garden from scratch this year in order to improve your food security, then you want to stick with bed-building techniques and crops that can grow well in new ground.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Consider rolling out craft-type paper (4-foot rolls from a building supply) or layering cardboard, then applying 6 to 12 inches of soil mix over top. Use a local clay or loam soil, and mix this with potting soil and compost (1\/3 of each).\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This will give you a fairly (though not completely!) weed-free garden.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You shouldn&#8217;t have any perennial grasses or thistles if you purchase clean soil and mixes. But you may have annual weeds.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Try Zipper Beds<\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To be sure you are weed-free in year one\u2014and especially if you are forming new ground and not using a sheet mulching technique\u2014you may consider using zipper beds. Here, two pieces of weed barrier meet at the center of the bed. You can plant along this line.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Crops like squash or melons will thrive in the extra heat of the weed barrier underneath. This will maximize bed space without needing all that exposed \u201cnew and potentially weedy\u201d soil.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Tomatoes, peppers, eggplant and other larger crops work well with zippers. You can also plant early maturing crops like lettuces and green onions between these to harvest first while the others grow to maturity.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Read more: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hobbyfarms.com\/grow-cover-crops-in-situ-mulch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grow cover crops for in-situ garden mulch!<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">Invest in Irrigation\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Beside making a good garden bed, a simple irrigation system is probably the best investment a beginning grower can make.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> A 1\u201d poly line along the front of your garden beds can serve as a \u201cheader.\u201d Connect a small shut-off to drip tape along the zipper bed rows of crops, tying their ends in a knot.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Providing adequate water will help nutrients from moderate fertility additions (fish fertilizers, blood and bone meals, compost teas, etc) absorb better, making a world of difference to your fledgling crop yields.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A raised bed will prevent too much water by allowing free drainage from over-irrigation. And if it happens to be a drought year, an irrigation system will prevent huge losses of crops or time hand watering.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">So it is time to increase food security by building practical first-year beds. You can use sheet mulching and\/or the zipper bed method, and you&#8217;ll select a few good crops that complement each other in the ground and on the plate. And you plan to pick up some few labor- and crop-improving tech, namely irrigation, to get started right!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Grow On!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Zach<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With inflation and income concerns affecting everyone, it&#8217;s a great time to start a vegetable garden to increase food security. 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