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Gardening season is here and you are ready to get your hands dirty and your garden blooming. Perhaps you have decided that this year you will plant your own vegetables. Or maybe there is an herb garden in your future. …
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Organic gardeners avoid using chemical pesticides because they are toxic to humans (especially small ones), pets and the environment as well as to insects. Organic garden pest control uses non-toxic, natural methods of deterring or …
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Organic gardening is a “natural” way to grow things without chemical additives. For the most part, that means that you don’t use chemical fertilizers or pesticides, but organic gardening may entail far more than that, especially if you …
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The number of organic gardeners is predicted to increase about 10 percent a year. What about you? If you choose to switch from chemical fertilizers to organic ones, keep in mind that the process is compared to giving up smoking…
If you’re new to organic gardening, chances are you’ll need to buy some new materials that are effective and environmentally sound substitutes for chemical pesticides and fertilizers. Even if you’re a longtime organic gardener, …
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Homemade organic fertilizer is an easy, healthy alternative to harsh chemical and expensive commercial fertilizers. Here's a simple organic fertilizer recipe and helpful application tips for successfully growing great flowers, …
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Hi everyone
Welcome to this edition of your Gardening Weekly, today's edition is entitled:
Organic Gardening Basics That Ensure Healthy Happy Gardens And A Healthy Overall Environment
It's worth understanding that using organic gardening methods does not mean that you have to learn to live with insect chewed fruit, vegetables and flowers because you can easily learn to protect your garden from destructive insects and maintain healthy soil and healthy plants without the use of chemical insecticides and fertilizers.
Organic Fertilizers and Compost
Organic fertilizers and compost are simple natural products that feed your plants and nourish your soil. You can create your own compost heap in your back yard, recycling grass clippings, tree leaves, garden cuttings and even kitchen scraps. You can also buy compost at local garden centers. Compost can be used as fertilizer or you can grow your plants in pure compost. You can even create your own liquid fertilizer from compost.
Creating your own compost is as easy as taking out the trash. All you need is a small space in a garden corner to pile your left over grass clippings, tree leaves and garden cutting.
Organic Insecticides and Pest Control
Not all insects are bad for your garden. Most of us know the benefits of ladybugs, butterflies and bees. There are also wasps, flies and beetles that can protect your plants from destructive insects. Using chemical insecticides, even using organic insecticides can kill the destructive insects but will also kill the beneficial insects. You can also buy beneficial insects at your local garden center or online to import into your garden.
Plants can also help in the war against destructive insects. Planting certain plants as a border around your garden or mixed in with the plants in your garden can repel thrips, white flies and tomato hornworm. Peppermint will even repel and discourage ants from taking up residence in your garden.
Our Gardening Made Easy has some excellent advice on organic gardening as does The Organic Gardening Guide.
Watch Out For Your Next Gardening Weekly Entitled:
What are the best vegetables for a beginning gardener to grow?
Bye for now!
The My Gardening Home Blog Team
pBy JOE LAMP'Lbr /Monday, March 05, 2007/p pAm I the only one that finds it odd that every time the lawn fertilizer / chemical company treats your yard, they stick a sign warning you and your pets to stay off of it for 24 hours or so? …
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Many people want to get rid of snails in their yard, but they have pets, an outside cat or a dog, so they hesitate to use any chemical-based snail baits. Not a problem - use dry dog or cat food to lure snails away from your plants. …
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… applying chemical pesticides, back-breaking digging, plants that don’t grow well, or toiling away under the merciless summer sun. Well here are my Top 5 Gardening Tips that are guaranteed to ease the pains and multiply […]
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