Saturday, November 15, 2014

Fantastic Organic Gardening Tips That Really Work

By Belinda Norbert


Organic gardening can be a lot of fun, and there are so many ways one can improve upon their techniques. So whether you need more techniques to help your garden grow better, or if you just need a technique overhaul, take a look at the tips that are listed below.

Gardeners who are intrigued by the ideas of organic and sustainable methods should think about designating a portion of their landscape to support native plants and animals. The kind of birds and insects needed for pollination will be naturally present on your property and help with your organic garden.

It never hurts to keep a few bags around the house to protect your floors from dirty gardening shoes. This allows you to work steadily and without distractions, making you a happier and more productive gardener.

If you don't have the space to have an actual garden in the ground, it's perfectly acceptable to have an organic garden in containers. There are only a few root vegetables like asparagus that won't grow well in containers, so feel free to explore. Containers are perfect to grow organic tomatoes, green beans, green onions and many other organic vegetables.

By adding a nice layer of bio-degradable material (mulch) around your plants, you can utilize the natural pest-fighting ability within the mulch to stop predators to your plants. By putting a one to two inch layer around your plants, you are also adding a source of nutrients and a source of water.

Rotate your crops to prevent permanent populations of pests in your garden. As with any ecosystem, pests need a certain amount of time to nest and build up a proper population within a garden.

These pests are specially suited for one environment and one food source. By switching their food source you can essentially keep your pest population down simply because they are unable to adapt to the new type of plant.

With the information you have just learned you want to form some new strategies for success in your organic gardening endeavors. Remember that these strategies are good to make and think about but you have to actually apply them in order to make any kind of progress, when you do that success should follow.




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