Hello everyone today I will be talking about urban gardening. I know not everyone understands what urban gardening means but in my own understanding, urban gardening is all about growing plants in cities and urban areas like balconies, or small outdoor spaces. Urban gardening is a way for people living in the city to connect to nature and enjoy gardening even when living in a more urban environment. This can bring a sense of calmness, peace and greenery to busy city settings. It is a very sustainable way to cultivate plants in limited spaces within the cities.
Urban gardening is just like having a small grocery store at home. This is very useful because it helps us in being confident about what we put in our stomach, it helps us take charge of our food choices which leads to a healthier and sustainable life. Through urban gardening we can even grow herbs and helps us to be our own doctor. Urban gardening also helps us save money when it comes to groceries.
When we grow our fruits and veggies we can always cut down expenses. Imagine plucking fresh veggies from your garden instead of buying them in the market this reduces grocery bills. Urban gardening also helps bring money when you consider selling to local neighbors or markets. You can also set up a small stand outside your home which will attract passerby’s and neighbors. Urban gardening doesn’t have to be big you can actually start small with easy to grow plants like herbs and so on. If You have a space in your backyard yard, you can start an urban garden you earn from it and also feed your family with it. You can also share surplus produce with local home for homeless people or local community shelters.
This will also be a good way to give back to the community and spread joy. When gardening we should also be consider the method to start like using soil or any other thing that grow plants well. In the garden, it is important to consider water as too much of water can harm plants. Some easy plants to grow are herbs, mint, scent leaves and so on. to start urban gardening you need, plant pots, watering cans and sacks for people who want to improvise, grow lights, are to be considered. mind you, some plants pick the energy which they want from natural light and too much of sunlight can be bad for some vegetables.
Food prices in Nigeria
Recently, the food prices in Nigeria have been going to the roof and the price is just out of this world but with the help of urban gardens or
Planting some vegetables at our backyard we can reduce costs and this is the easiest solution. Nigeria have a lot of land that is good for farming but we not using it and that is why we are poor. We don't have to plant large scale but we can do garden planting to reduce costs.
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