Ways to Grow Vegetables in Eco-friendly Backyard Gardens
We all know how much hard work there is in growing vegetables – digging, weeding, crop rotation, watering, fertilizing, planting winter crops, resting beds, spraying pests and weeds – the list goes on and on. The term Ecological Gardening seems to be gaining popularity. Imagine a vegetable garden that didn’t need any of these things.
Eco-friendly Gardening aims to create a system where nature works for us, and not against us. Traditionally gardening was done in the soil in small rows, primarily for home consumption and with the surplus products sold in nearby markets – however, traditional vegetable gardens require large amount of hard work and care to get best results. There is also the problem of seasonality, allowing beds to rest during the cooler months producing nothing at all. It takes a lot of time, dedication and a year-round commitment to grow your own food the traditional way.
You will find that the traditional vegetable gardening techniques are focused mostly on problems. Imagine a traditional vegetable garden, planted with rows of various vegetables. There are fairly large bare patches between the vegetables. But to an ecologist, a bare ... Read more


