Healthy Vegetable Gardening,
for Healthy Plants, Healthy Soil,
and a Healthier YOU!!!

WHAT IS HEALTHY VEGETABLE GARDENING?

It is a way of dealing with the underlying causes of disease, harmful insects and other problems by fostering plant and soil health. This is so much better than trying to combat problems with dangerous poisons. Poisons only fight the symptoms caused by unhealthy plants and soil.

By doing a few simple things to ensure the health of your plants and your soil, you can have a garden that doesn't take a lot of work, yet yields beautifully.

Your plants require certain conditions to be healthy. When plants are healthy, insect and disease problems seem to disappear.

HEALTHY SOIL IS FUNDAMENTAL TO GROWING HEALTHY PLANTS

Give the good microbes in the soil what they need to thrive, and they will reward you with a wonderful gardening experience.

The greatest advantage of healthy vegetable gardening is the health benefits YOU reap. It may surprise you to learn how significant these can be. Hippocrates said: "Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food". I believe he was onto something!

Let me share with you what I have learned through my own gardening experience, plus through many hours of research. Here it is in a nutshell.

EVERY VEGETABLE HAS ITS OWN "NEED LIST"

Some have fussy preferences, others are more forgiving and therefore easier to grow. The better you satisfy the specific needs of each vegetable, the greater your success. Every vegetable needs good soil, light, water, air, and nutrients, but how much light? how much water? what kind of nutrients? I will share with you simple steps on how to make each plant happy, and therefore healthy.

A HEALTHY GARDEN NEEDS HEALTHY SOIL

There are numerous ways to achieve healthy soil, such as compost, humic acids, organic fertilizers, crop rotation, and cover crops (also called "green manure". I will share these with you in detail, plus what you can do to help your plants to be healthy while you wait for your soil to improve.

HEALTH BENEFITS FOR YOU

Your home grown vegetables have many advantages over store bought produce.

1. Your vegetables are fresh.

2. They taste better because of your healthy vegetable gardening practices.

3. Because you have given your plants the rich buffet of micronutrients they need, they are super nutritious.

Go ahead and explore the menu buttons on the left. Be prepared to find some important keys for healthy living, both for you, your vegetable garden, and for your soil.