The craze of eating organic food is upon us and rightly so. Growing organic food right in your backyard is the healthiest way of maintaining your diet and eating healthy, not to mention the fair amount of physical activity you will get by looking after your backyard garden.

Why grow your own food?

Garden pots and planters can be put to use to harvest seasonal vegetables. Besides providing an aesthetic boost to your home, a backyard vegetable garden offers the following advantages:

• Provide organic and healthy food at very low costs

• Save money on transporting food from market/store

• Add a personal touch to your diet, you can grow whatever you feel like eating

• Let's you come together as a family and connect

• Eat green and fresh, just pick your ingredients right off the plant, when you need it

Setting up your personal backyard garden

A seasoned gardener will tell you that for plants to grow and thrive, three things are necessary. The first is soil, the second sunlight and finally water. Without these no plant can grow, let along bear fruit. In order to start a backyard garden you must ensure that your garden has all of three in adequate amount. Here are out tips to get you started with gardening.

• Picking the right pot: You don't need to invest in new pots if you use a little creativity. Make use of discarded designer flower pots or old garden pots and planters. Choose deep and big planters with proper drainage. Most garden vegetables have deep roots which means you will need to pick a pot at least 15 inches deep.

• Grow vertically: Use a bunch of designer flower pots and extend your garden vertically instead of sideways. This way you will save up on space and get the best of home gardening. One thing that you need to be careful about is sunlight. Pots placed low in the stack may not get as much sunlight as those placed on the upper rungs.

• Choose easy to grow vegetables: Know the limitations of backyard gardening. You possibly cannot grow everything in garden pots and planters. Pick only those vegetables and that can be managed in a space as small as a pot.

• Be creative with your space: If you cannot use the floor, try the wall. Install racks along the wall and arrange your flower pots and planters to optimize all available space.

You are limited only by your imagination when designing your backyard. Ask your neighbours for their old designer flower pots and planters. Read more about home gardening tips here - outdoorfurnituresindia.wordpress.com