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Nowadays most of the population lives in cities, in an urban environment, loaded with asphalt, noise and stress. Particularly, in Venezuela in this time of economic crisis that is being presented is a good time to rescue self-sustaining agriculture, which requires a little effort, is viable and gives great results at the family level.
More and more people are demanding the greening of the cities, the recovery of urban and peri-urban agriculture and the concern to access fresh and ecological food.
In this context, creating a small garden at home, on a balcony, terrace or patio, becomes an activity that can be very satisfying and enriching. In fact, the more urban the landscape that surrounds us, the more successful this experience will be.
it will allow us to better understand Nature and value the contribution of traditional and ecological agriculture to sustainable development.
We put the limit ourselves, today we share an example of union and efforts of some women volunteers from Honduras.-A group of 18 mothers trained by FAO found in their home gardens the best tool for their children to overcome chronic problems of bad nutrition. These women from the Flor de Campo Community discovered that by working together and sharing their food, they have been able to organize children's dining rooms where, every 15 days, the children, in addition to receiving their nutritious meals, are controlled by health volunteers who check their growth. That way they have managed to leave hard moments behind. This is great!
The garden is an extraordinary tool for the environmental education of our children. Children will be able to experiment in the garden, touch the ground, recognize the plants and eat the vegetables that they themselves have helped cultivate.
We have been working from home encouraging the children and their representatives from the dining rooms to plant their own vegetables and plants.
WHAT IS A FAMILY ORCHARD?
It is a place where there are different plants or vegetables which serve for our Food and nutrition.
STEPS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FAMILY ORCHARD.
A.- LOCATION OF THE ORCHARD
Features:
Flat land.
Cleared.
Easy access
Close to the community.
Availability of water throughout the year.
B.- LAND REMOVAL
Purpose
Soften the ground for easy catching and
growth of rootlets of plants.
Cut the cycle of some insects.
Create good moisture retention
In cases of having little space, or living in apartments with balconies does not limit our orchards, in these cases we use cartons of eggs and other ecological containers.
We also put the names of the containers.
In our houses we are planting our plants, 
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The Fuentes family, preparing their garden at home.
The garden of @christibri with medicinal plants.
Ecological practices
We define organic farming as a method of cultivation that is characterized by maintaining the fertility of the land, not applying synthetic chemicals (herbicides, pesticides, hormones, chemical fertilizers …) or using genetically modified organisms.
Our urban garden must be as far as possible ecological.
Below, we show important ideas of organic farming that we will apply to our home garden:
Biodiversity: our garden must be a space with the greatest possible biodiversity, in which we cultivate various vegetables, but where there is also space for aromatic plants and flowers (many of them act as natural repellents of pests.
Cultivation associations: it is one of the fundamental practices in ecological agriculture. It basically consists of combining crops looking for a benefit in relation to protection against pests or the use of resources (water, light or nutrients).
Rotation of crops: it is also one of the fundamental practices of organic farming and the basis of care and conservation of soil fertility. In the case of container culture, we must take into account not to plant the same species in the same container twice in a row, since it is likely that the previous crop has exhausted some specific nutrients and therefore if we repeat the same plant will have deficiencies. ecological agriculture. It basically consists of combining crops looking for a benefit in relation to protection against pests or the use of resources (water, light or nutrients).
Aromatic plants
Finally, we recommend always reserve space in urban gardens to the cultivation of aromatics, as they are plants very interesting that will provide us Multiple benefits:
- -Many of them are undemanding crops, which will require little care
and that adapt well to growing in containers. - -They will increase the biodiversity of orchard, attracting beneficial insects and repelling many pests.
In my garden I have been able to grow my favorite medicinal plant: Aloe Vera.
Having a family garden implies a great effort; Of course it is worth it, because the fruits are not only summarized to the vegetables that we will obtain in our own house, but also to the family union that little by little is achieved, while we cultivate the land.
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Posted from my blog with SteemPress : http://sc-v.vornix.blog/2019/04/11/creation-of-sustainable-family-orchards-through-the-green-footprint-campaign/