Vegetable Gardening the Why and the How

Make Vegetable Gardening your path to the freshest, most healthy and greatest tasting food. An extravagant claim you may say but just think about it for a minute. When you buy vegetables from a supermarket they will first have been harvested and packed by the grower. Then they are transported to the store, sometimes over a great distance. If you are lucky you may find that the produce is fresh in the day that you shop, but it could well be nearing the end of its shelflife by the time that you visit. With home grown crops you cut your lettuce or dig your carrots just before you prepare your meal so the freshness is guaranteed.

 

The health claim is based on two factors,
firstly the longer the period
between harvesting the crop and eating the produce, the greater the loss of the essential vitamins and minerals in the food. Secondly the question of chemical sprays used on the crop. Although you can buy organic produce for a premium price, most vegetables will have been treated with various chemical sprays and insecticides and you will have no way of knowing what has been used. When you grow your own food, you will know exactly what sprays have or have not been used.

 

Although taste is subjective and a matter of personal opinion, it is generally agreed that home grown vegetables are superior. The vegetables you buy in the supermarket, pre-packed, graded and scrubbed though they may be, have inevitably lost the subtle flavour of fresh vegetables in the long journey from field to store.