Grow organic food without spending $

Step 9 HARVEST

As you start eating what your garden produces you will feel so good that you turned trash into food! Spread the word and show your friends and neighbors how you did it. Don't forget to save the seeds from the best veggies.

For more pics of my garden http://www.flickr.com/photos/gowithflo/sets/72157601005411730/

In the future I want to add:
a greywater pond, making a solar cooker, and a dehydrator, covering the round garden to turn it into a green house, starting my fall crops . . . and next year a duck tractor, and maybe even get a couple of goats. So stay tuned, and keep the constructive advice coming. Let me know if you would like to be added as a collaborator, and many thanks to the others whose instructables I used.

Comments

[frogmama]

I like your use of the bedspring as a trellis!  I bet it's sturdy enough for cucumbers or something.  Last year, when I was picking pea and pickle vine tendrils off my fixed fence, I was thinking how smart it would be to let the vines dry out all winter and detach the trellis and smoulder it in a brush fire pile.  easy way to clean it off :) (hopefully that wouldn't break the welds)

I was concerned about your kitchen sink trap suggestion - though its a great suggestion, I hope you coverered the empty end of the trap so sewer gasses don't come up (that's part of the purpose of a trap in the first place)

Good luck on your sustainable living - I admire your dedication to it!!

[rgmarti]

Smart gardener, earth friendly and Cute. What catch U will make...

[guy90]

Liking the setup there, thanks for sharing this!

[hydraver]

Add Bees!

[bigwilljay]

fantastic instructable. An inspiration to the budding "greeny" in all of us!

[bajecat]

Marigolds are very pretty and great bug deterents. Can you grow aloes or is it too cold? Aloes will stop leaf rust if you plant them in a full cirlce around an affected plant. Aloes also make great skin care and a fantastic drink.

[cooltogo]

WOW, VERY nice instructable, and hats off to you for doing it all and sharing it, too! I have one (hopefully constructive) comment: companion planting for automatic pest control. I'm no expert on the subject, but I've seen a friend plant tomatoes and basil together, and it did keep most of the tomato bugs away. From what I've heard, there are several plant combinations that 'watch each other's back" as far as pests are concerned. Might be a good idea to research that further. Another pest control approach is UV filtering greenhouse covers. These are expensive and can't be gotten by dumpster diving :(, but they have shown great efficacy in keeping fruits & veggies bug-free and healthy, and unburnt, especially in high-sun climates. Plus they keep a moisture content steady. But, I guess they are not originally 'green', since the cover film has to be purchased. Perhaps there's a way to recycle old single-pane windows from buildings and incorporate them into a greenhouse frame. They won't give the UV protection (unless they're covered with a film), but they'll still save on watering, plus extend the growing season. Anyway, I am in awe at what you have done, and how very well you have illustrated it. Thanks!

[Speeddemonec]

Nice, effective plant combination is a plus with nitrogen fixers and insect repellant (I never thought very much about that, but you've inspired me). You spent very little it seems, (maybe a little too thrifty, a little money here and there may increase the harvest exponentially, which means less money spent on food in the home). I feel enlightened :).