Getting your garden beds built professionally by landscape designers Brisbane is an excellent way to start your own organic vegetable garden. The layout of the garden will fit in with the overall landscape design, and you will have a ready supply of fresh, wholesome vegetables. http://www.markperrimanlandscapes.com.au/

1. Nutritious and Healthy - Organic
Vegetables Fresh from Your Backyard
With the price of fresh fruit and vegetables taking up a hefty slice of the family food budget,
having a vegetable garden and some fruit trees in the backyard has become increasingly
popular. The new wave of gardeners is not afraid to try different vegetables or experiment with
various garden layouts or growing techniques. Top of the list for many gardeners new to
growing their own produce is organic gardening, largely due to the concerns many people have
for their health.
What Exactly is an Organic Garden?
'Organic' is one of those terms that can mean different things to different people, so a quick
check is in order to find out just what constitutes a genuine organic garden. For your produce to
be truly organic, it must be grown without the use of pesticides, herbicides, artificial fertilizers
or chemicals. Hormones, antibiotics and vaccines are not used in an organic garden, there are
no additives and the food is not irradiated.
Basically, an organic garden is one where the food is grown the way Nature planned, before
human intervention tried to make everything bigger and better. When we eat organically, we
are not ingesting these elements, and we are eating food that has a higher incidence of certain
nutrients and minerals than conventionally grown food. Higher levels of vitamin C and selenium
and lower levels of nitrate have been found in organically grown produce.
The first decision to make is whether the garden will be built on top of the ground, or created
the traditional way by digging and turning the soil. Regardless of the decision, building low
borders around the garden space is a good way to separate it from the lawn and the rest of the
yard. This is a task that landscape designers Brisbane can assist with, so the vegetable garden
fits into the overall scheme of the existing landscaping.
The garden should then be covered in a thick layer of mulch creating a protective covering over
the soil. Mulch reduces moisture loss from sun and wind, regulates the soil temperature, keeps
weeds under control, and it enriches the soil as it breaks down.
Organic Gardens are Friends of the Environment
The environment is a big winner when householders decide to create an organic garden. In the
case of mulch, it greatly reduces erosion because it softens the effect of heavy downpours, and
reduces the amount of water the garden needs to thrive. By using compost as a natural
fertilizer, household food scraps are recycled back into the earth, providing nutrients to the soil
and a natural, healthy environment for the proliferation of earthworms. These underrated
creatures do a great service by keeping the soil loose as they move about under it.

2. Installing a drip watering system is an effective and water-wise method of keeping the garden
watered. With the ground mulched and watered and a compost bin set up to provide a regular
supply of natural fertilizer, it is time to plant in-season vegetables. By continually putting in new
plants as the others mature, there will always be a ready supply of delicious, fresh vegetables.
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