The rewards of an organic garden to your health and eating pleasure are innumerable. But, you need to put in a lot of effort to grow your garden effectively. Perhaps you are unsure of the benefits of organic gardening, or you are unsure how to get your garden started.
You can help to prevent your plants from developing diseases with aspirin water. Try dissolving around one and one half aspirins into around 2 gallons of water for your plants. Next, coat the plant with the aspirin mixture by spraying it on the leaves. Try to apply the mixture to the plants at least once in each three week period.
Have plastic bags on hand so that you may cover your muddy gardening shoes. This allows you to keep going, getting back to your garden quickly.
Use a laundry basket to help you collect produce from your garden. The basket will make a great strainer when you wash your vegetables. Doing this allows you to both rinse and drain your fresh produce.
Use approximately two or three inches of natural, organic material as some mulch in every single flower bed. Mulch will minimize weed growth and maximize nutrients and moisture. In addition, your flower beds will have a beautiful, finished appearance year round.
Be sure your new compost pile contains roughly the same proportion of dried and green plants. Green means plant cuttings including grass, produce and weeds. Dried material includes straw, shredded paper, and cardboard. However, stay away from meats, manure from carnivores, charcoal and other potentially harmful substances.
So, as you have seen, it is true that organic gardening requires research, work, and effort to start growing your own organic plants. It is also true that in order to see results, that you have to keep at it. With the advice from this article, you are now ready to begin a successful organic gardening adventure.
