2 AGRIBUSINESS – 2.76 – THE POTAGER
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2 AGRIBUSINESS – 2.76 – THE POTAGER
A POTAGER GARDEN CAN SUPPLY
ALL YOUR NEEDS
Fruits, vegetables, and both
medicinal and edible herbs are grown together with the main incentive to feed
the family. A Potager Garden translates to "For The Soup Pot". These
traditional kitchen gardens date back to France nearly a thousand years ago
when it was common for people to grow their own food and medicine.
Being both beautiful and
practical, it is well suited for small yards. The design structure uses both
accessible bed space, as well as being close to the home. The idea is that you
can step into your garden, with bare toes to grab dinner's ingredients or throw
the last of the dish water on the compost.
If you plan to grow a Potager
garden, instead of arranging your beds in a grid, consider using the space for
both beauty and function. Some beds are vertical, while others are horizontal.
Use the fence line as a trellis, or a hot spot for dwarf fruit trees. However,
you design it, take some time to figure out the best use of your space. Keep
your pathways tight, enough to fit a wheelbarrow, and consider how the sun will
move in your garden. Knowing where the sun hits first is great for heat loving
vegetables.
Make sure to plan a focal
piece in the centre of your garden. A small bird bath, or pool is both
beautiful and helpful for pollinator insects needing a drink. Instead of
planting herbs in one area, consider planting a bit everywhere especially on
difficult to grow spaces, like the edges of beds.
Dwarf fruit trees make sense
when you have a small amount of land and don't want to pick fruit on a ladder.
You can plant multiple dwarf varieties and get a really great harvest in a
short period of time using less space. Not only do they function perfectly in
the kitchen garden, but they are also beautiful as well.
Both medicinal and edible
herbs can be grown in the Potager garden. I like comfrey, lemon balm, mint, and
onions at the base of all the fruit trees. Plant creeping thyme in your
walkways for an aromatic effect.
It makes sense to grow many
useful herbs that can help the process of healing. Calendula, chickweed, and
plantain are excellent for the skin. They can be combined to make healing
salves. Lemon balm tea calms the nervous system and comfrey makes a skin poultice.
Make sure to plant your favourite herbs you love to cook with.
A truly nourishing meal is
cooked using ingredients that I have grown. The recipes that are inspired by a
seasonal garden can be life changing. I have come know that oregano, roasted
eggplant and oil combined is one of the very best parts about summer. And basil
at the base of tomatoes is for both ease of harvest and for the aroma of the
greenhouse. So when you plan a potager, most of all, grow things you love and
eat.
Successive harvests and
year-round eating from the garden sounds seemingly simple. Yet it is a skill we
have lost. We can all re-learn these old skills through our efforts. Over time
we learn the seeds and when to plant them. It becomes intuitive as we move
along.
A part of traditional
gardening is putting back into the earth whatever we took. Taking care of the
soil, we compost. We try to keep bare soil to the minimum. Where there are no
plants, instead of weeding, we mulch or add a ground cover. We can grow food
without chemical fertilizer.
The biggest teaching that the
Potager garden teaches us is that what we consume into our body is more than
just through the mouth. We feed ourselves through our eyes, our noses, and our
touch. These senses are just as necessary as taste. In the Potager garden, we
can grow for all senses. Written by Text from Women Who Farm
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BUSTANI YA POTAGER INAWEZA KUTOA
MAHITAJI YAKO YOTE
Matunda, mboga mboga, na mimea ya dawa na ya kuliwa hupandwa pamoja na
motisha kuu ya kulisha familia. Bustani ya Potager inatafsiriwa kuwa "Kwa
Sufuria ya Supu". Bustani hizi za jikoni za kitamaduni zilianzia Ufaransa
karibu miaka elfu moja iliyopita wakati ilikuwa kawaida kwa watu kukuza chakula
na dawa zao wenyewe.
Kwa kuwa nzuri na ya vitendo, inafaa kwa yadi ndogo. Muundo wa kubuni
hutumia nafasi ya kitanda cha kupatikana, pamoja na kuwa karibu na nyumba. Wazo
ni kwamba unaweza kuingia kwenye bustani yako, na vidole vilivyo wazi ili
kunyakua viungo vya chakula cha jioni au kutupa maji ya mwisho ya sahani kwenye
mbolea.
Ikiwa unapanga kukua bustani ya Potager, badala ya kupanga vitanda vyako
kwenye gridi ya taifa, fikiria kutumia nafasi kwa uzuri na kazi. Vitanda
vingine ni wima, wakati vingine ni vya usawa. Tumia mstari wa uzio kama
trellis, au mahali pa moto kwa miti midogo ya matunda. Hata hivyo unaiunda, chukua muda
kubaini matumizi bora ya nafasi yako. Weka njia zako kuwa ngumu, za kutosha
kutoshea toroli, na ufikirie jinsi jua litakavyosonga kwenye bustani yako.
Kujua mahali ambapo jua hupiga kwanza ni vizuri kwa mboga zinazopenda joto.
Hakikisha kupanga kipande cha
msingi katikati ya bustani yako. Bafu ndogo ya ndege, au bwawa ni nzuri na
inasaidia kwa wadudu wa kuchavusha wanaohitaji kinywaji. Badala ya kupanda
mimea katika eneo moja, fikiria kupanda kidogo kila mahali hasa kwenye maeneo
magumu kukua, kama kingo za vitanda.
Miti ndogo ya matunda ina maana
unapokuwa na ardhi kidogo na hutaki kuchuma matunda kwenye ngazi. Unaweza
kupanda aina nyingi za kibeti na kupata mavuno mengi kwa muda mfupi kwa kutumia
nafasi ndogo. Sio tu wanafanya kazi kikamilifu katika bustani ya jikoni, ni
nzuri pia.
Mimea ya dawa na ya chakula inaweza
kupandwa katika bustani ya Potager. Ninapenda comfrey, zeri ya limao, mint, na
vitunguu kwenye msingi wa miti yote ya matunda. Panda thyme inayotambaa kwenye
njia zako kwa athari ya kunukia.
Ni mantiki kukua mimea mingi muhimu
ambayo inaweza kusaidia mchakato wa uponyaji. Calendula, chickweed na ndizi ni bora
kwa ngozi. Wanaweza kuunganishwa kufanya salves za uponyaji. Chai ya zeri ya
limao hutuliza mfumo wa neva na comfrey hufanya dawa ya ngozi. Hakikisha
umepanda mimea yako uipendayo unayopenda kupika nayo.
Chakula chenye lishe kweli hupikwa
kwa kutumia viungo ambavyo nimelima. Maelekezo ambayo yameongozwa na bustani ya
msimu yanaweza kubadilisha maisha. Nimekuja kujua kwamba oregano, biringanya
iliyochomwa na mafuta pamoja ni mojawapo ya sehemu bora zaidi kuhusu majira ya
joto. Na basil chini ya nyanya ni kwa urahisi wa mavuno na kwa harufu ya chafu.
Kwa hiyo unapopanga viazi, zaidi ya yote, kukua vitu unavyopenda na kula.
Mavuno mfululizo na kula mwaka
mzima kutoka bustani inaonekana rahisi. Hata hivyo ni ujuzi ambao tumepoteza.
Sote tunaweza kujifunza tena ujuzi huu wa zamani kupitia juhudi zetu. Baada ya
muda tunajifunza mbegu na wakati wa kuzipanda. Inakuwa angavu tunaposonga
mbele.
Sehemu ya bustani ya kitamaduni ni
kurudisha duniani chochote tulichochukua. Kutunza udongo, sisi mbolea.
Tunajaribu kuweka udongo wazi kwa kiwango cha chini. Ambapo hakuna mimea,
badala ya kupalilia, sisi hufunika au kuongeza kifuniko cha ardhi. Tuna uwezo
wa kupanda chakula bila mbolea ya kemikali.
Fundisho kubwa zaidi ambalo bustani ya Potager inatufundisha ni kwamba kile tunachotumia ndani ya miili yetu ni zaidi ya kupitia kinywa tu. Tunajilisha wenyewe kupitia macho yetu, pua zetu, na mguso wetu. Hisia hizi ni muhimu tu kama ladha. Katika bustani ya Potager, tunaweza kukua kwa hisia zote. Imeandikwa na Wanawake Wanaolima
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