Producing Your Own Produce
Research Triangle Park, N.C. – With grocery bills on the rise, many Americans are heading to their own backyards instead of the supermarket for fresh foods. Growing vegetables can be a cost-effective and enjoyable alternative to stocking up at the store. But there is more to cultivating your own cuisine than picking a sunny spot and putting some plants in the ground. You want your vegetable garden to be productive as well as appealing.
“A well-designed vegetable garden can be beautiful and productive, as well as being an important part of your landscape,” says Bayer Advanced garden expert Lance Walheim, author of Landscaping for Dummies.
Here are some tips to maximize space and minimize problems with your produce.
- Divide the garden. Splitting the area into square or rectangular beds makes it easier to reach each planting section, and it showcases the garden as attractive and functional.
- Grow up. Use teepees, trellises and fences to train vining crops like peas, beans and cucumbers to grow upwards – saving space and making picking easier. Most plants will stay low to the ground, so vertical structures can help give them more visual appeal.
- Contain it. Plant in containers or raised beds where space is a premium or soils are bad. There are a lot of small-space varieties to choose from – and by using pots, produce can even be grown on porches and balconies.
- Mix and match. Plant good-looking vegetables like lettuce and chard with flowers like pansies and violas for an ornamental and edible garden.
- Protect it. To keep bugs away from your prized produce, you might need a little help. Bayer Advanced™ Complete Insect Killer for Gardens Ready-To-Use kills more than 100 types of common garden insects, including Japanese beetles. It is available in a 24-ounce ready-to-use trigger sprayer for targeted applications, and a 1.3-gallon power sprayer for easy application on bigger jobs. Complete Insect Dust for Gardens kills more than 60 types of garden insects, and comes with a convenient shaker-top applicator to help deliver effective, long-lasting control. Both products can be used on vegetable gardens, fruit trees and flowers when used as directed.
About Bayer Advanced
Bayer Advanced lawn and garden products are created by Bayer Environmental Science, a business unit of Bayer CropScience LP and part of the Bayer AG family, a Fortune Global 500 company that makes such well-known brands as Bayer Aspirin, Aleve® and Alka-® Research Triangle Park, NC, is the business headquarters of the company''s NAFTA Region. Kansas City, MO, is the company''s core technology center. The global headquarters of Bayer CropScience is located in Monheim, Germany.
Bayer Advanced products deliver Better Science. Better Results.™ and carry a money-back guarantee. They are available at major retailers and independent garden shops across the United States. You can learn more by visiting www.bayeradvanced.com or by calling 1-877-BAYERAG.
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