Eat Fresher Food By Growing Your Own Organic Garden

Filed in

Welcome t? the world of organic gardening! As y?u can see it is a very big wo?ld complete with all kinds of seed, tools, and so much mo?e. The fact that o?ganic g?rdening can be very personal can make it seem a bit impossible to find ?here to start. The tips b?low can help give you some suggestions.

Finished compost can be soaked in water to create a pot?nt bre? for vario?? gardening needs! This compost tea b?come? a high-pr?tein soluti?n, ri?h in necessary nutrients you can use for foliar feedings, your backyard ga?den or even the plants that you keep indoors. Just another advantage of c?mpost you c?n put to good use!

Use stones as plant markers if you want to keep a natural looking motif. You can write with perm?nent magic marker on the flat side of stones and surro?nd your plant with them. That way you will be able to tell what type of plants you have without having an unsightly white mark.

Look at your planting area before you ?urchase any ros? bushes. Some variet?es of roses can be f?nicky in the type of soil or planting environment that they need. On t?e other hand, there are other varieties that are hearty ?nough to tolerate a variety of conditions. So, when you ?now what type of growing environment your roses will live in, you can choose th? most suitable vari?ty.

Recycle your old pantyhose for garden use! Pantyhose make exceptional ?arden ties as t?ey are very malleable, very strong and yet extremely soft, so they won't saw into the plants you are tying up. Best of all, since you are recycling, this solution is another gre?t ?ay to save money.

When you're picking vegetables from your garden, choose to ?arve?t them when they are at the peak of ripeness for the best flavor and the m?st nutrition. It i? best to pick vegetables and fruits in t?e early morning, because the? are still full of moisture and nutrients. With only a few exceptions, anything that you're not going to use right a?ay can then be pres?rved by chilling in t?e refrigerator.

You can test the via??lity of your seeds by soaking them overnight. D?op them into a c?nta?ner of water and keep them in a ?ark place for a day. Check the location of the seeds. If they ?ank to the bottom, they ?re usable. If they float the the top, they may be dead.

Used tea and coffee grounds make good soil enr?chers. Both coffee and tea grounds are gre?t additions when you need to raise the acidity of your soil. If ?our so?l is pH balanced, ad?ing the tea and coffee is good, as flowers such as rhododendrons and azaleas, and fru?t? such as bl?eber?y, appreciate soil that is on the acidic sid?. You can work t?e grounds int? the soil before you pl?nt ?o?r garden, ?r sprinkle a little ?round existing plants once a week or so.

When growing vegeta?les try to grow v?getables that are c?mpanions to each other. Thi? is useful ?n fending off pests. C?rtain vegetables when planted together can produce a scent that is undesira?le to pests. For more regarding frozen let it go lyrics check out the we?-site. W?en you grow companion plants together you will get healthier results without the ?se of pesti?ides.

Str?w?erri?s are a good organic garden choice for families with strawberries, particularly ev?rbearing strawberr?es. Childr?n enjoy picking fresh fruit, especially if they can eat it ri?ht away.

?o conserve water when you're gardening, be sure to use three inc?es of o?ganic mulch. T?e mulch will help you? plants to ab?orb the water slowly over time, allowing y?u to use le?s water than you normally w?uld. M?ny natural materials make great mul?h, including pine needles ?nd many types of leaves.

In areas th?t are very dry, you should plant drought resistant plants. These hardy plants will survive, and thrive, on ve?? little water, and in hot condit?ons. Many varieties have blooms as beautiful as any high maintenance types ?f plants. ?o? ?an even get low-water edible plants for your garden.

Lightly ruffle your ??eds by hand or with car?board, twice daily ?n your organic garden. While ?t seems a little odd, it has been r?ported that this can encourage plant growth.

U?e organic mulch. Any material that is spread over the soil is considered mulch. It helps to keep w?eds at bay, h?lds moisture in t?e soil, and keeps the ground cool in summer and warm in winter. E?am?les of mulch include compost, shredded leave?, fine wood chips, straw and gr?ss clippings.

Hand weed your organic garden on a regular basis. J?st get on your knees, put you? hands ?n the dirt, ?nd pull ?ee?s out by their roots. If you do this regularly, you can avoid having to use harmful pesticides. Your garden will stay ?ealthy, safe, ?nd organic.

Gr?w basil successfully. ?asil is an annual warm-season herb, very su?ceptible to ?old and frost. Sow seed in spring at a depth of about 1/2 inch in full sun. Keep the soil evenly moist. When the basil reac?es about 6 inches, pinch out th? top to encourage bushy growth. Pick continuously before any flowe? bud? open. Pick leaves in the morning after dew has dried, and d?n't over was? l?aves, as you will lose the aromatic oils.

If you are tr?ing to grow tomatoes from s?ed, u?e old drink cup? or yogurt containers to start them. Wh?n they are re?dy to be transplanted, just cut the bottom off of the ?up and put t?em right into the ground. This will help protect the new ?lant from worms and othe? pests.

You need to manage the pests in your g?rden without using pest?cides or insecticid?s. One of th? most important steps in pest managem?nt is to have healthy soil. It will help p?oduce much healthier plant?; plants that are stronger and can better withstand many kinds of disease and damage caused by ins?cts.

With all of the ?nowle?g? you just learned abo?t gardening, you want to start forming ?lans and implementing those plans to the best of your ?bility. Wh?n it comes to gardening, you have to g? outs?de and get yourself dirty, while you try out the strategies you have fo?med, when you do that you're going to see what does and doesn't work and from there, you can form new strategies.

Posted by emmett5524bfwckhmdm on Sat, 12/13/2014 - 6:58am

Page loaded in 0.156 seconds.