In todays Morden lifestyle people dont know how the Vegetables and fruits are grown, some of the fruits and vegetables come for far distant lands Mexico to Africa, where the climate is ideal to have good yielding in the farms, bright sunny days with lots of fresh water allows trees to grow faster and produce high quality of organic produce which we use daily in our life.
Lot of people are cultivating small Vegetable Garden to pick fresh produce grown by hand without using any Morden farm machinery and there is no use of Chemicals and Fertilizers, this type of farming is picking up in Netherlands a lot, people like to grow basic fresh herbs and vegetables which can be used in daily cooking. You can also get tuinlease to cultivate vegetables.
In contrast to colourful flower garden that exists for aesthetic purpose, a vegetable garden typically includes a compost heap of several small plots where you can grow one or two types of plant variety, this family garden concept is from world war II era, where people had small garden at back yards of each home which were called as Victory Garden which provided vegetables to families and freed up resources for the army.
With the increased interest in organic food and sustainable green living, many families are turning to organic vegetable gardening or tuinbeheer as alternative to their family diet, home grown vegetables and fruits uses up little resources compared to modern farming where the farm machinery uses lot of fuel. And the best thing is you save on shipping cost, as you just have to go and pick fresh for daily consumption.
Sustainable living is picking up in several parts of the world, people avoid foods which are shipped from far of countries as the fuel to ship these produces add lot of pollution to our atmosphere, another advantage of home gardening is you dont use any power machinery and you have to do the gardening traditional way using hand tools, this is an exercise which will help you to be fit and healthy. There are also consultants available who help you to setup your home garden and give you advice as well.