Tip! Wildlife Loves
an Organic Garden Whether you plan for wildlife in your garden or
vegetables...
Butterflies require trees, shrubs, or flowers
In Good Gardening practices one should understand that
gardening requires more than ignoring pesticides and herbicides.
We all like the idea of growing food without chemicals
- the importance of humus or organic soil and replacing elements taken
from the soil when harvesting your crofts is the all essential.
Where ever you look it seems that people are going
green. They may try and drive using electric cars, or use natural methods
of fertilizer or compost. There are even gardeners who use only organic
products and tools in their garden. These organic gardeners will need
gardening supplies that are a little different from that of your ordinary
gardener. Basically they will need an organic gardening supply to continue
with their gardening efforts.
As an organic gardener you will of course need a
shovel, a spade and a spading fork to dig the soil in your garden and
prepare it for planting. Then to take out the weeds and the rocks that are
littering your new bed you need a hoe, a scuffle hoe with its forward
pointing blade that you scuffle in front of you as you weed your garden,
and cut the weeds at the surface. A pry bar is very good item even for
organic gardeners to use in their organic gardening supply. With a pry bar
you can dig up those rocks and boulders that sometimes seem to litter the
surface of your garden.
There is always some pruning to be done in the garden.
Rose bushes need to be cut back, especially if you want lots of big,
beautiful flowers. A pair of good quality gardening shears or even a
lopping shears can cut those large prickly rose stems cleanly without
causing any disease causing breaks.
Tip! The aim of the
organic gardener is to create an environment where plants grow and pests
discouraged.
These however are the conventional gardening supplies
that any gardener can use. For an organic gardener there are a few
different items that need to be added to their organic gardening supply.
Whereas the normal gardener has the choice of using chemical enhanced
fertilizers the organic gardener can use bat guano or even worm castings.
With these organic fertilizers all that is needed is a
couple of applications per month. Worm castings are the tunnels that are
created as worms move through the soil. This movement not only breaks and
loosens the soil, it also adds fertilizing nutrients to the soil. Organic
fertilizers like these help to increase the growth and health of plants
within your garden. Therefore they are an essential organic gardening
supply item.
Gardening is said to be like painting. The gardener's
canvas is the ground and the paint brushes are the tools that gardeners
use. Whether you are a conventional gardener or an organic gardener many
of the tools that you will use are the same. However the organic gardener
has special items in their organic gardening supply. These items change
the looks, taste and smell of the plants that benefit from them.
Tip! Worms are
probably the most important in organic gardening
Encourage worms by keeping soil moist and covered with mulch
Organic gardening is 100% all natural and great for the
environment. Why don't you switch to organic gardening and see the
difference it makes to your life!
So, organic gardening works by feeding the soil, not
the plants and by using organic material, and not chemicals - The plants
become more resistant to pests and diseases and we are healthier too. Win
- Win