VEGETABLE GARDEN

My neighbour in Ipoh has a vegetable garden.  Actually, it was her new Cambodian made who started the vegetable garden barely four months after she arrived in Malaysia to work.
Do you know that one can incorporate Feng Shui in the vegetable garden?  

Here are some tips that I got from the Internet.

• Choose a sunny, open location for your vegetable garden.
• Your garden should not be planted in the middle of frequently used pathways, but off to the side where it can be enjoyed without interrupting the flow of traffic in your yard without being trampled on.
• Your vegetables should be planted in rows leaving plenty of space between individual plants and sections to allow for sunshine and water to flow freely between them.
• Use companion planting when planning your vegetable garden to help each variety thrive.
• Keep large growing plants away from smaller growing types.
• Vining (horizontally growing) plants should be kept away from tall, vertical growing plants to keep the vines from choking out their neighbors.
• Weeds need to be removed in order for your vegetable plants to receive enough nutrition from the soil to flourish.
• Debris, such as fallen branches and leaves, or anything else that doesn't belong in your garden should be removed to keep the bug and pest population out and your garden chi flowing.
• Dead and dying plants are big no-nos to have in your home when following feng shui principles. That applies doubly in your yard and garden. Remove all plants from your garden that aren't healthy or are past their prime in order to protect the others that are still growing well.
• Vegetables should be picked when ripe and not left on your plants to deteriorate and rot.
• Large plants should not be planted near smaller growing plants or the little guys may not receive enough sunlight, food, and water.
• Vegetables should be sectioned off by variety to improve their ability to grow and prosper and to give your garden a harmonious look and feel. Mixing everything up is bad for your vegetables, looks messy and unorganized, and also makes your gardening job much harder when it comes to watering and weeding.

Using basic Feng Shui rules and principles to create a well placed, uncluttered and balanced vegetable garden will produce happier plants in your garden and higher yields of crops for your family. 

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