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Could Planting a Sustainable Garden Help You Flip Your San Diego Foreclosures and REO'S?

The answer is yes. Buyers are looking to create a new lifestyle. Sustainable gardening is gardening with environmental sensitivity, and with the "Green Movement" is all the rage right now. Even if you don't have a green thumb, sustainable gardening is something that you can achieve at your San Diego foreclosures and REO's. Sustainable gardening enables the garden to thrive naturally for years to come.  And the steps are easy and fun to implement into the daily routine of fixing and maintaining your San Diego foreclosures and REO'S. Sustainable gardening practices include:

• Composting

• Mulching

• Use effective watering practices

• Use natural pest control materials

Most sustainable gardens are organic - organic gardens grow food without using petrochemical pesticides, herbicides and inorganic fertilizers.   

It Starts with the Soil

To begin creating your sustainable garden, look first at the soil. Soil is where plants take root and gather important minerals and other nutrients.  Composting is a simple way to enrich your garden's soil.

How to Get Started with Composting

Did you know that you can create your own compost at home? The simplest and most popular method to build a compost pile is to create a pile in your back yard consisting of garden and lawn trimmings, fruit and vegetable scraps, coffee grounds, and other garbage-bound items. As time passes, these items decompose into rich organic matter.

Another form of composting is called vermicomposting, or composting with worms. Worm composting can be done all year round, both indoors and outside.  To make the compost, redworms are put in a container with a moist bedding material. Food scraps are then placed into the container.  Over time, the worm excrement creates a rich fertilizer.  Read more about how to vermicompost to save the environment.

Digging Deep

You can increase the production of your small vegetable garden by deep digging the soil. Deep digging is loosening the soil two feet deep and incorporating organic matter like compost in order to prepare the soil for gardening. 

Mulch It

Mulching your garden will help retain moisture, reduce weeds, and protect the roots of the plant from temperature variations.  Bio-Degradable mulch can also enrich the soil.

Some good mulching materials are woodchips, straw, leaves, pebbles, and many recycled plastic mulch products.

Water

An important step in your sustainable garden is conservative watering. The easiest way to conserve water is to group your plants according to how much water they need.  Group "thirsty" plants with other thirsty plants, and low-water plants with other plants that require less water.  Once this is complete, choose a watering system.

Rain Barrels

The most sustainable method of watering plants is rain. You can create a rain barrel system to put under your roof's downspouts and capture all of the rain that would normally run down the roof to the lawn, and then onto streets and into sewer grates. Once the water is captured, you can water your garden by hand or set up a drip system to irrigate.

Drip Irrigation

Drip irrigation is a controlled application of water where a system of hoses with tiny holes constantly seep small amounts of water into gardens and lawns. The soil never dries out, and your plants receive the proper amount of water.

Pest Control

A sustainable garden is a garden free from harsh pesticides and herbicides. Some methods include:

• Growing plants that will attract "good" insects that prey on pests
• Using plants that are naturally pest resistant like the ones mentioned here
• Use non-toxic supplies such as borax, vinegar, hot pepper and ammonia to control bugs and weeds

By implementing environmentally-friendly gardening practices, your garden can become a sustainable ecosystem that thrives for generations to come.

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