Organic gardening can mean different things to different people depending on their concept of what is organic gardening? What are your reasons for wanting an organic garden? Many people want to try other methods that don't include the use of pesticides or chemical fertilizers. Ground water is again becoming an important issue as more people are beginning to worry about the quality of their drinking water and are starting to become more contientious of what they use not only for washing their clothes, dishes and drinking water but also what they use on their lawns and gardens.
Organic gardening is a revised method that was used before commercial ferilizers, fungicides and insecticides became widely popular. Instead of chemicals that can be deadly to good and bad garden insects in organic gardening you make use of natural predators and let insects such as lady bugs, predatory wasps and praying mantis do the insect control for you. Composting of leaves, kitchen scraps and even grass clippings can be used to improve your soil without adding chemical fertilizers.
Organic gardening uses all natural fertilizers that can be made from a simple formula of eggshells kept in a gallon jug filled with water. You can water your houseplants or your garden with this simple mixture for great results. Another organic mix recommended is fish emulsion that you can buy all ready at full strength and bottled or you can make your own and dilute it as needed. You take the fish heads after cleaning fish and put then in a barrel or bucket with a tight fitting seal and fill wih water. As the fish breaks down you drain off the liquid and mix it with water and than water your plants with it. Warning it does have a very strong odor if you make it yourself.
Fertilizers do not have to be chemical in order to be effective in your garden. Many common household spices and herbs work great in keeping pests off your plants without toxic chemicals. Garlic, tobasco sauce, ground caynenne pepper and even cinnamon will work as a pest control. Fertilizers can even be made naturally and made into a tea that you can dilute and spray your plants with made from something as simple as crushed eggshells and water or even beer.
Weeding and moisture retention can be a problem in organic gardening if you don't use the simple method of a natural mulch. Using a mulch in your garden with help your plants roots from drying out and makes a clean walkway for you to tend your plants. The next benefit to having a mulch in place is it will help keep your weeding to a minimum. You must be careful when using a mulch around some plants though, specially tomatoes as it can be used as a bases for a stem or crop eating insect such as the cutworm to reach your ripening tomatoes. Make sure you understand your plants and which varities need more water so you can plant them where they will benefit the most from the mulching and companion planting in your organic garden. You would not want to plant varities next to each other either they might cross pollinate are you could end up with a disaster on your hands, after all a pumpkin that looks like it is half watermelon would certainly make you wonder what it would taste like. - 15266
Organic gardening is a revised method that was used before commercial ferilizers, fungicides and insecticides became widely popular. Instead of chemicals that can be deadly to good and bad garden insects in organic gardening you make use of natural predators and let insects such as lady bugs, predatory wasps and praying mantis do the insect control for you. Composting of leaves, kitchen scraps and even grass clippings can be used to improve your soil without adding chemical fertilizers.
Organic gardening uses all natural fertilizers that can be made from a simple formula of eggshells kept in a gallon jug filled with water. You can water your houseplants or your garden with this simple mixture for great results. Another organic mix recommended is fish emulsion that you can buy all ready at full strength and bottled or you can make your own and dilute it as needed. You take the fish heads after cleaning fish and put then in a barrel or bucket with a tight fitting seal and fill wih water. As the fish breaks down you drain off the liquid and mix it with water and than water your plants with it. Warning it does have a very strong odor if you make it yourself.
Fertilizers do not have to be chemical in order to be effective in your garden. Many common household spices and herbs work great in keeping pests off your plants without toxic chemicals. Garlic, tobasco sauce, ground caynenne pepper and even cinnamon will work as a pest control. Fertilizers can even be made naturally and made into a tea that you can dilute and spray your plants with made from something as simple as crushed eggshells and water or even beer.
Weeding and moisture retention can be a problem in organic gardening if you don't use the simple method of a natural mulch. Using a mulch in your garden with help your plants roots from drying out and makes a clean walkway for you to tend your plants. The next benefit to having a mulch in place is it will help keep your weeding to a minimum. You must be careful when using a mulch around some plants though, specially tomatoes as it can be used as a bases for a stem or crop eating insect such as the cutworm to reach your ripening tomatoes. Make sure you understand your plants and which varities need more water so you can plant them where they will benefit the most from the mulching and companion planting in your organic garden. You would not want to plant varities next to each other either they might cross pollinate are you could end up with a disaster on your hands, after all a pumpkin that looks like it is half watermelon would certainly make you wonder what it would taste like. - 15266
