Changing landscape for food production - is your back yard ready

The Changing Landscape of Food Production: Is Your Backyard Ready?

In recent years, the landscape of food production has undergone significant transformation. Climate change, urbanization, and a growing awareness of sustainable living have prompted a shift towards more localized and personal food production methods. One of the most accessible and impactful ways individuals can contribute to this movement is by transforming their backyards into productive gardens. But is your backyard ready to become a miniature farm? Let's explore the trends driving this change and how you can prepare your own slice of the outdoors for food production.

The Drive Towards Localized Food Production

Several factors are contributing to the push for more localized food production:

1. Climate Change and Environmental Concerns: As the global climate becomes increasingly unpredictable, traditional farming faces numerous challenges. Droughts, floods, and extreme weather events disrupt crop cycles and reduce yields. Localized food production, such as backyard gardening, offers a buffer against these disruptions, providing a more controlled environment for growing food.

2. Health and Nutrition: There's a growing awareness about the benefits of consuming fresh, organic produce. By growing your own vegetables and fruits, you can ensure that your food is free from harmful pesticides and chemicals. This not only enhances nutritional value but also promotes better health.

3. Food Security: Recent global events, including the COVID-19 pandemic, have highlighted the vulnerability of global supply chains. Local food production can increase food security by reducing dependency on distant sources and ensuring a steady supply of fresh produce.

4. Sustainability and Environmental Impact: Transporting food over long distances contributes significantly to carbon emissions. By growing food locally, you can reduce your carbon footprint and contribute to a more sustainable food system.

Preparing Your Backyard for Food Production

If you're inspired to turn your backyard into a productive garden, here are some steps to get started:

1. Assess Your Space: Evaluate the size of your backyard and the amount of sunlight it receives. Most vegetables and fruits need at least six hours of sunlight daily. Identify areas with good drainage and consider using raised beds if your soil quality is poor.

2. Plan Your Garden: Decide what you want to grow based on your climate and personal preferences. Consider starting with easy-to-grow vegetables like tomatoes, lettuce, and herbs. Companion planting, where certain plants are grown together to enhance growth and deter pests, can also be a useful strategy.

3. Soil Preparation: Good soil is the foundation of a successful garden. Test your soil to determine its pH and nutrient levels. Amend it with compost, organic matter, and other necessary nutrients to create a rich, fertile environment for your plants. Don't worry about the testing this is for profeassionals, you will get there when the time is right.

4. Water Management: Efficient water use is crucial. Install a rainwater harvesting system or use drip irrigation to conserve water. Mulching can help retain soil moisture and reduce the need for frequent watering. This can be a very expensive exercise if badly implemented.

5. Pest and Disease Control: Opt for natural pest control methods to keep your garden organic. Beneficial insects, such as ladybugs and bees, can help manage pests. Crop rotation and proper spacing can prevent the spread of diseases.

6. Seasonal Planting: Learn about the planting seasons in your region. Successive planting, where you plant crops in intervals, can ensure a continuous harvest throughout the growing season.

Embracing the Change

The shift towards backyard food production is more than just a trend; it's a response to pressing global challenges and a step towards a more sustainable future. By transforming your backyard into a productive garden, you contribute to food security, promote health, and reduce your environmental impact.

Moreover, #gardening offers numerous personal benefits. It's a rewarding hobby that provides physical exercise, mental relaxation, and the joy of watching your efforts bloom into tangible, edible results.

So, is your backyard ready? With a bit of planning and effort, anyone can turn their outdoor space into a thriving source of fresh, nutritious food. Embrace the changing landscape of food production and start your backyard garden today. Your future self, and the planet, will thank you.

Online fruits for your online activities in your backyard

We are enjoying summer in South Africa. We have lots of rain and sun which is good for our gardens. It is about time that you plant and grow your own food in order to save money. At the current moment we have the following young fruits trees:

• Pawpaw trees,
• Orange trees,
• Avocado trees,
• Mango trees,
• Apricot trees,
• Peach trees,
• Naartjie trees just to name a few.

Call and name it, we will deliver to your home,office and garden. 

NB: Global warming is reversed by planting trees.

Money grows on trees -read further

The truth about money is out there. The is no secret in making money. If you want paper money,plant more trees and if you want money coins dig more. You don't have to be a certified professional to make more money. Your hobbies will certify themself, you can write more books and articles about your hobbies and by so doing money will flow into your account. The bottom line is for you to understand the numbers.
Follow this five tips and grow exponentially:

• Coin money is like seeds. And we all know what seeds are for.
• Plant trees. Trees bring forth raw materials to be used across the board. You can use them for papers,(papers make money),medicines,foods,herbs,shelter,lotions and the list goes on and on. Pick one or more and focus.
• Become a gardener: Gardening is a skill. It is like been an engineer,scientist,professional somebody and so on.Gardening is work done for perfection.
• Refer business: Everyone buy something somewhere from somebody. We buy products and services. We introduce the best of the best to the people we know. You can start at real estate.
• Sell. Everyone is a born seller. You sell ideas,products and services in turn you are not paid enough for your services.You have lots of goods in your house which are not used - people out there want them. Start by selling your 2 years old shoes.

We live by sharing. come back more often to see which trees are for sale. Your yard has more money than you think. You can also save yourself millions if you can start planting trees in your yard.

This young avocado tree will start yielding fruits in 2 years time if taken good care. From it you can have fresh fruits, sell them for money,sell them to big companies to make lotion from avocado fruits, they are also used in salads. 5 trees will make a fortune. We are selling them for R50,00 per tree.We are in Pretoria north,Gauteng,Heatherdale.

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Do you have enough trees in your garden

With whom can you share your garden? From what we know there will always be uninvited guys who will invade your garden. Some of those invaders are good some are bad. If you can maintain a good balance of both world your garden will look good. Our best advice: we need to share what we have and what we know. We can share our knowledge in the control of the following aspects in the garden:

• Weed control.
• Pest control.
• Parasite control.
• Watering/Moisture.
• Good insects and bad insects balancing.
• Pollination control.
• Tree knowledge.
• Planting and pruning times.
• Photos
• Information
• Sales

We are please to introduce a method in which you can share your knowledge and make money on the side from your garden. You need to open a blog and start blogging about your garden. One fruit tree in your garden is a good start. Before you know it you will be having a variety trees in your garden. Keep following our blog by subscribing via an e-mail to follow. For now lets share a sale on:

Trees are very important in our lives

There is a need to plant trees almost everyday. Trees are very important in our lives. Do you know that paper is from trees? How will life be without papers? Where will our books come from if there are no #trees.

Some important facts about trees:

• Trees increases #property values.
• Trees heals.
• Trees provide food.
• Trees provide shelter for natural habitat.
• Trees prevent soil erosion.
• Trees reduce water pollution.
• Trees clean the air.
• Trees provide oxygen
• Trees create economical opportunities.
• Trees reduce violence.

Above facts taken from https://www.treepeople.org/resources/tree-benefits

By planting one tree you make a huge impact in the universe and I know the universe will respond favorable. Go out and plant trees.

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Since this is the month of #love,we know that you will be planting strawberries. Or do you have a tree by the name of #valentine? We would be happy to see your picture or comments about your trees. Good luck and be blessed.

In 2 years time we will be eating from this trees. Hang around to share with us. 2020 harvesting time in our orchards.

Arbor hour,arbor day then week,month and year

Just take one hour in a day towards your success and see how blessed are you. I hope we all know that paper is from trees. Once we know and understand this everyone will be successful. We will all know that by planting trees we are actually planting money,who doesn't want money? Even though most of us used plastic money(cards) the truth is, MONEY is made from PAPER and PAPER is made from trees.
Arbor plant your tree every week and after a year you will be amazed. you won't have any challenge when coming to money matters. Remember: trees are your money.  Plant more trees and reap the benefit.
In a year we have 52 weeks which means you can have 52 trees which will yield fruits on the second set of 52s and by then you will be having 52 kinds of rewards/fruits. Just work your understanding and start planting trees.

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Are you depending on money

The value of money depend on the value we attached to it. This is the way I see it, you might have your own way but this is the way it is. I might want to sell a certain products at a certain price then the buyer find no value in it, it won't sell. Some goods don't worth the price tags associated with them just because everyone want them they turn to be high in prices.

Are you depending on money? Does money determine how far you will go?

Money indeed grows on trees. Never mind those who are educated in putting unwanted issues in your mind. They want you to spent your money with them. Start growing money and exchange for the value you want.

It goes like this.

Start today by planting  #fruttrees, Two years later they will start growing fruits then you exchange them for money. That is what we call money from trees.

Money = fruits.

Very good investment. Look after it. Enjoy reading and share across the board.