by Michael Smith (Veshengro)
Many people everywhere in the developed world, with the economic crisis still biting, are looking at gardening to save money.
We are talking here about a gardening that will not be concentrating on the growoing of pretty flowers but on food for the table.
In the USA made of the County Extension Offices seem to be looking at teaching people the proper skills for this through a number of courses, some even leading to a certificate, and the Muscogee County Cooperative Extension Office is one of them.
Those classes are all about the green, both plants and money and the Extension Office says the economy could energize this program.
In, as in the case of the Muscogee County Cooperative Extension Office, a 50 hour class that focuses on everything from plants and vegetables, to insects and diseases that could invade your garden, people are given the skills to grow their own.
Today with many people being more interested in knowing where their food has been and what is been on that food, grow your own vegetables is becoming more and more popular, and why not.
If your able to grow your own food, you know what has been applied to it, and if you would like to eat organically it is a very inexpensive option for you to do that.
You do not need a huge plot of garden either to produce vegetables (all year round even). The RHS at Wisley demonstrated, but they are professionals, that a small ploy of but a few square foot will be good enough.
In Britain in 2010 – for the first time – a specific gardening exhibition is being held with the food growing theme. It is aimed specifically at those gardeners that want to grow food in order to reduced the bills.
Unlike the USA where there are rather cost-effective classes being held Britain does not have this offer so those that are this side of the Pond have to with a lot of trial and error and learning from books and magazines, unless they can and want to take up courses at agricultural colleges like Merrist Wood or Hadlow in market gardening and such.
The trial and error method is not cheap, I know, but to some degree still cheaper than those courses in the UK and also you would have to have the time to attend them.
Joining a local horticultural association would be a good option though as most of those gardeners that are members of those associations are more than happy to share their knowledge and skills with newbies.
So, go and dig for victory!
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