GARDENING adds quality to the way you live,
and might even add quantity to your life.
Tierra Maria Estates, a 33-hectare
residential farm subdivision in Lipa City, Batangas shares the
benefits of organic gardening. Tierra Maria Estates has recently
harvested organically-produced vegetables from its garden and
encourages organic gardening as this has more benefits for the
health and the environment.
Organic gardening is growing vegetables and
fruits using whatever nature provides. The benefits of organic
gardening are:
1. Puts garbage to good use. One can easily
make compost from garden and kitchen waste. Though this is a bit
more time-consuming than buying prepared chemical pesticides and
fertilizers, it certainly helps put garbage to good use and so
what saves the environment. Decaying plants, wastes such as
grass clippings, fallen leaves and vegetables scraps from the
kitchen are the building blocks of compost, the ideal organic
matter for your garden soil.
2. Chemical-free. Organic farming does not
use chemicals that may have an adverse affect on your health.
This is especially important when growing vegetables. Chemical
companies tell us that the chemicals we use safe if used
according to direction, but research links pesticide use to
health problems ranging from mental impairment, cancer, hormonal
imbalances and lowered sperm counts.
3. Presents erosion. Organic farming
practices help prevent the loss of topsoil erosion. Organic
fertilizer - compost - improves soil structure, texture, and
aeration and increases the soil's water-holding capacity.
4. Cost saving. One does not need to buy
costly chemical fertilizers and pesticides with organic
gardening. Many organic recipes for the control of pest and
disease come straight from the kitchen cupboard.
5. Grows healthier plants. A simple mulch of
pine needles will help to suppress the growth of weeds and keeps
moisture in, thus growing more robust vegetable and fruit
bearing plants. In addition, organic vegetables have been proven
to contain a higher concentration of nutrients.
Another great benefit of organic gardening is
that the foods you produce will have a longer shelf life and
taste a whole lot better. Research has shown that without
additives and other such elements, organic foods can be stored
better and longer than foods with chemicals and processes.
6. Saves the environment. Poisons are often
washed into our waterways, causing death to the native fish and
polluting their habitat. Organic gardening practices help to
keep the environment safe for future generations.
7. Healthier for the body. Most importantly,
when you produce organic foods, you are producing all natural,
safe, and much healthier foods. These foods will have a greater
amount of nutrients and minerals within them than those grown
with the help of commercial precuts. You are reducing your
family's risk of ingesting harmful additives and pesticides, and
increasing their nutrition at the same time.
For more information about Tierra Maria Estates, please visit
the website,
www.tierramaria.com or call 8439015, 09053423999 and
8445572.
