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- Peter Bockenthien
Overview
I started colorado-yardening.com to help provide my neighbors with a simple way to eat healthy. You'll be amazed by how much of your own food you can grow in the time it takes you to drive, shop, and drive home again. Not that it grows that fast, but that it doesn't take that much time to maintain a garden.
Growing your own food, let alone cooking, is an anathema for a lot of people. Most people I know are addicted to convenience, which actually is an addiction to fast foods.
Fast food addiction is addiction to sugar. Fast foods are loaded with various sugars that you never tire of. According to a new research study, refined sugar is far more addictive than cocaine!
So it makes sense that a lot of people are addicted to fast foods, junk food and sodas and while they know it's not good for them they just don't want to give it up. That's the classic sign of addiction.
What you might not realize is that it only takes a few weeks for your body to rediscover that veggies taste great, and start a healthy craving for what your body needs. Don't expect store bought veggies to lead the way out. They're at least a week old and have lost a lot of their nutritional value.
Why colorado-yardening.com
Against this backdrop of eating habits I find myself launching colorado-yardening.com. Maybe it will help you understand what is involved and some of the expectations I have:
My goal is to help you grow organic veggies and help you eat them. And if you want some landscaping, I'll help you with that, too.
If you want healthy convenience, then a small garden of veggies is for you. I love nothing better than going out and eating my veggies fresh from the plant or vine. It tastes so good that it's even better than farmers market.
Start small or as big as you like. I suggest starting with 3 veggies to see how you like them, and then expand from there, just a little bit at a time.
Not Just Veggies
Flowers, herbs, hardy succulents and xeriscapes: a garden needs these incorporated to create a living, sustainable eco-system that feeds off of each other.
Did you know that a few dandelions in the garden can help some tomatoes grow? Just a few mind you, and I never let them go to seed. How about growing Yarrow? It's been known to improve the health of the plant growing near it and attracting beneficial insects. That's but two examples of many in creating a garden that thrives. Each yarden, as I like to call them, has different needs based on its history, age, amount of sunshine it receives and other factors.
Don't hesistate to contact me for a free consultation. Let me help you a little or a lot.
- Peter
