An organic affordable garden is completely possible for you if you grow in a high performance garden. The fifth characteristic that sets a high performance garden apart from any other gardening system is that it requires very few inputs. In many gardens you are endlessly amending the soil, fighting pests and diseases. Each of these chemical fertilizers, pesticides and tools can cost a lot of money and can discourage many a gardener. In a high performance garden many of these fixes are completely free. Your garden will also be healthier so it will not need these fixes as often. Are you ready to learn how to have an affordable garden? Come with me in one of my greenhouses to learn tips for keeping your garden affordable!

How to Have an Affordable Garden

The first thing you will do is to keep your garden organic and in harmony with nature. Working together with Mother Nature’s systems will not only save our planet, it will also make your gardening system so much more affordable. This takes an initial investment in creating a healthy soil food web. If you were to grow in the soil in your backyard you will be constantly amending the soil, battling weeds and common diseases to your area. This soil food web once it is created can last for decades. When you build your own soil for your garden it will need to be easily drainable, full of minerals and completely organic so that the natural soil food web can thrive. All this soil food web will need is feeding for the beneficial microbes. The best way to feed your microbes is to use your own compost and compost tea to feed your plants. These are both easy to make and take little time to do. It simply takes a little practice.

Another way to keep your garden affordable is to cut down on the space you are fertilizing or composting. In a traditional low performance garden you will feed your entire garden plot. This includes your rows of plants and the paths between your plants. By containing your soil in a raised bed garden system you have the opportunity to only feed the space your plants are in. Instead of feeding the weed population you can directly get to your plants with ease and keep them well fed.

By making these initial investments in your garden system you can save $1,000’s in the decades that these gardens will last. This is one garden system that can literally cost just pennies a day!

Do you want to learn more about high performance gardening and build the affordable garden of your dreams? Then read the eBook, High Performance Gardening: The Most Fun & Productive Organic Garden You Will Ever Have.

Until next time, may your garden be easy, fun, productive and always organic!

Lynn