"The best fertilizer is the feet of the gardener."
I was thinking of this old saying last week, while taking my daily walk through the garden.
It may seem unimportant, but a daily walk through the garden is today's frugal tip. Here are my reasons to regularly walk your garden. Can you think of more?
A daily walk in the garden, though only taking a few minutes of time, has helped me remember what is coming next and what tasks need done. Right now, our tomato plants are growing so fast, that every day, I walk through and tuck the erring shoots back in the tomato cage.
This time of year, just missing a few days in the garden, mean some food may have missed getting picked. It is not just the zucchini (that will grow monster size over night) but I'm picking green beans and the side shoots of broccoli every couple days. I'm constantly surprised, when walking through the garden, to find something that needs picking, and always glad to run back for a bucket to pick a little produce for supper.
Those of us who avoid chemicals, find that preventive maintenance is the key to bug control. I'm not totally organic but spray only as the last resort. It isn't real hard to pick off a few potato bugs, and I've found, when a few minutes are spent daily, I've completely eliminated the need for dusting the potatoes.(And now that I said that in a public forum, watch us have a potato bug epidemic this year!)
Maybe this is the most important reason to walk through your garden. Most of us garden because we enjoy it. Of course, the food tastes better, and the price is right, but, unlike our pioneer grandmothers, we would have something to eat this winter even if we had no garden. So take some time to enjoy it!
The blistering hot weather these last weeks, has encouraged Ed and I to get out to the garden early. More then once I've caught Ed out next to the chicken tractor, just gazing out at the beautiful morning. I never want to be too busy to just to slow down and appreciate the world God has created.
In a recent email, a friend mentioned that she was taking her morning coffee outside. Summer flies by too fast and she wanted to savor a few minutes.
How are you enjoying your garden this summer?
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