I wish people with backyard aroundthe world will plant their own food

We were told we could plant a garden, but the ground needs to be prepared. So far my SIL has never prepared a piece of ground. I don’t know anything about planting, but I remember my dad doing it when I was young… he always had a big garden. If my SIL would prepare the ground I would work the garden and harvest the food.

The market is filled with unsafe food indeed so it is always wise to plant in your own backyard in order to get real organic food. But the problem is either people are too lazy to do that or they are too busy (so that their land are rendered empty and useless), or they don't have the yard to do it and do not have the patience to plant on containers. Actually if there is a will there is a way but many people just don't have the will so they just take the risk. As for me I also do plant ornamental plants. I have roses and lilies around my home but I also do have trees that bear fruits for me and some easy to grow veggies like tomatoes, peppers and the like. I can't remove my ornamental plants because they beautify my surrounding and their flowers relaxes my soul.

I have a small vegetable garden in my house. I also love flowers so part of it has flowers. I don´t feel that objects of beauty are useless. But last Winter I had raw lettce salad every day and this Summer I am looking forward for my tomatoes to ripen.

We have a backyard, but unfortunately we can't just plant anything on it. It is managed by the strata in our complex, and if they see something out of the ordinary in your backyard, then they wouldn't clean it. Maintenance people come once a week to make sure it's clean and well groomed. But I think small vegetable pot/garden could be manageable. Something to think about in the new year.

I would love to do that, because i love plants unfortunatly i don't have a garden :/ but if someday i'll have for sure i'll plant some vegetables like my grandfather always did :)

We used to have vegetable garden it was a big one i even sell some of it during harvest time on a nearest flea market. but my husband decided to plant rice instead of vegetable after we been hit by a typhoon most my veggies that time was washed away by the flood.now we are planting rice. but we do have some few green veggies at the side.

Yup. My mother likes to plant a lot of vegetables in our garden. But sadly the grasshoppers and other insects come and eat some of the vegetables before we get to.

I agree with you Capt. I am trying to start a backyard garden too. Just need a few fences since I have dogs and cats. I don't want my pets to plow my garden :p

Our back garden is quite shady and not really suitable for a lot of vegetables but I have planted some fruit trees this year and we keep a few hens for eggs. We do have an allotment (a plot on a community garden) and grow more things there including more fruit as well as herbs and vegetables. If space is tight, as it is for a lot of people, then the best things to grow are herbs, fruit and salad ingredients like leaf salad, tomatoes. Also things that climb like beans. These things are often the most expensive to buy so it makes sense to grow them yourself (organically) and then buy the cheaper vegetables from a farmers market or organic store if you can. Also, there is often more chemical spray on fruit than vegetables so growing your own organically makes the best use of your time and money.

hello, Thanks for the warning. I am not aware about that I thought all the veggies in the market are real organic. We have a backyard which is full of fruits not veggies because my mom just bought it in the market. We also have Bermuda grass in front of our home. alright? I will try to convince my mom about it.

Oh yes!I've been planning to plant in our backyard. We do have a vacant space in our compound, but it seems that the soil is not good for planting vegetables. It is also a wise idea because I don't need to go to the market just to buy vegetables.