Going Organic with Your Garden

Imagine not being able to smell a beautiful rose because it is too full of chemicals to get near enough to catch its fragrance?

While this may be an extreme example, gardening with chemicals should not be taken lightly. If you want to be good to your garden and the environment, and ultimately ensure your own well-being, organic gardening is the way to go.

As a gardener, to support the ecosystem in your garden, you must work with nature. You must learn how to encourage bugs and other predatory insects that are beneficial to the health of your plants to visit your garden and feed on insects that are harmful to your plants. One way to do this is to plant alyssum, ammi, fennel, cumin, dill, and majus.

Organic gardening means working harmoniously with nature. When you garden organically, you need to think about the plant as a part of the whole system as it begins growing in the soil, along with the water supply and even the insects about your garden. Your garden depends on the natural progression of soil and the elements to decrease and replenish the resources in your garden that are being consumed. Think about feeding your soil organically, as you can add as much organic matter to the soil as you want, so that it will be able to feed your plants as it breaks down. You can do this by making your own compost, which will not only nourish your soil but also reduce your garden and kitchen waste.

What does organic gardening really mean? One thing it means is to not use synthetic fertilizers or pesticides. It’s easy to find organic matter for your garden because your kitchen, lawn, yard, and even your garden itself produce it every day. The ideal organic matter for your garden soil is the waste from plants that have already decayed, such as such as scraps from your kitchen, grass clippings and leaves from your lawn, and dead plants from your garden. Of course, you want to make sure any composted matter is not diseased or infested with pests.

It’s also important in organic gardening to choose the plants that will grow best in your garden. The plants will respond better if they’re suited to the climate and soil conditions. If you plan to grow plants that are not native to your area or are not suited to the particular conditions of your garden, you may need to make a greater effort to ensure their natural defenses in order for them to be healthy and survive.

When gardeners go organic, they are not only helping their own gardens but the whole environment as well.

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