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and pests, promote higher yields of cropsand remove the solids, oil and grease fromstorm water runoff that can taint your plants.Composting is not only easy to learn aboutand easy to do, but is also another way to keepyour lifestyle as self-sufficient as possible.Using compost helps keep your gardenorganic. By keeping it organic, you knowwhat you put into your plants and areprotected from the many food recalls(remember the recent recall of spinach dueto e. coli contamination?) that just createsmore waste to hurt our planet. Just think,when a recall occurs the trucks that deliveredthe produce in the first place must nowreturn to the stores (burning more fuel) toreload their trucks with inedible food (morewaste) and dispose of them (more waste).You are less likely to waste food thatyou have grown yourself. Psychologicallyspeaking, it is much easier to let an appleyou purchased at your local grocery store gobad on your kitchen counter than it is to noteat that yellow pepper you’ve been watchingcome to age in your urban garden. This isbecause gardening can elicit a sense of pridelike none other. Even if you are just growinga batch of tomatoes from your apartmentpatio, it is impossible to ignore the sense ofglory you feel with the first successful crop.You made this happen. You took the timeto care for something outside of yourself.You produced a beautiful red tomato, or afull, juicy cantaloupe, or a tiny hot pepper.Whatever it is, you planted and producedit. These fresh fruits and vegetables are notonly good for the Earth, they are good foryour ego. And once you have had a freshcucumber picked right off the vine, thethought of returning to the grocery store topurchase your next one will seem impossible.And that’s not just because planting yourown garden has proved to be so rewardingfrom both an ecological and personal level—it’s just because it tastes so good.For more information about how youcan start your own urban garden, visitwww.urbangarden.com. tvhow to grow your own tomatoesPurchase your tomato plants.Place the plants outside for the entireday and night.select the planting location.Tomatoes need lots of sun. Prepare thesoil by adding compost. Space plantsabout 12 to 18 inches from each other.Dig a hole for the plant outside. Thehole should be about the size of a fullsoccer ball.Once the tomato plants youpurchased begin to bear flowers,they are ready to be plantedoutside. Place the tomato plant in thehole and gently fill the remaining areawith a mixture of soil and compost. Firmthe soil around the base of the plant. It isokay to cover the branches of your plantas long as you allow the top four branchesto remain above the surface ground.place a paper collar at thebase of each tomato plant todeter cutworms. As the tomato plantgrows, secure it loosely with soft twineinto a stake. If the tie becomes toorestrictive, loosen it.water your plants on a regularbasis. Pick the tomatoes as they ripen.16 teen vision magazine
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