Friday, October 31, 2008

Organic gardening could be an excellent pursuit

By Ornella

More so for individuals who enjoy horticulture as an thought. This is not something, which most individuals take up, so you should think of yourself to be lucky one, if you are able to produce things and add to nature. Organic horticulture has various aspects to it, which you must be familiar with, for example, what type of land you have, what you want to grow on them, and how you might tend for the plants.

It may sound complicated enough for the novices but if you have been noticed as the one with a green thumb and you've already perfected you skills on this, then you might as well try out the organic way of gardening. First of all, this method of horticulture is different from the normal means of gardening as the effort necessary could be virtually double.

The essential rule of organic gardening is that synthetic tools are used only when it is imperative and not otherwise. This involves using important tools like pesticides and fertilizer. This would enable you to produce anything you wish, like plants, veggies or any other green you wish. Do you find the picture? To look at it from a bird's eye view, it is like working closely with nature or as others may say, this is like being one with nature.

If you are curious if this is at all feasible, it is, and you are there to make it. You can actually perform composting on the materials found in your garden. You could conveniently use, fallen leaves and dead branches and animal muck but a lot would be based on the type used and other elements.

It is not recommended to use synthetic pesticides in organic gardening. But if you can't afford to pick the worms and other insects one by one by your bare hands, then you can go to your local grocery store and ask for an organic pesticide that is available commercially. The conventional way is to keep a vigil on your garden and as soon as some insects are located, kill them. Go for organic pesticide, when things tend to go out of hand and it is no longer manageable. You can also try to bring in the animals that eat those pests. This way, you'll have some help in picking those pests up and this also helps the other animals satisfy their hunger.

As is evident, all these things take up a lot of time and unless you can devote as much time to this pursuit, or find someone who can partner the obligations, it is wise to drop the idea altogether till such times that you are more organized with manpower and time. Organic horticulture is a laborious process so you have to be prepared to face the hardship. To ease your tiredness when you are already into it too deep, just think that what you are doing is serving nature. This is your way of giving back what nature has bestowed on you since the day you were born. - 15266

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