Organic Gardening Worth Your While
February 3, 2010 Featured, Organic Gardening
Organic gardening is on the rise in popularity. People are more health conscious about the food they eat and in many places, there is already a shortage of good non-GMO food, so some have decided to plant and grow these on their own. If you’re looking to get started, here is some organic gardening information you’ll find very helpful.
The biggest benefit in growing your own food this way is that you won’t use fertilizers and chemicals which can be harmful to humans. It also does not use irradiation or seeds from genetically engineered strains of crops. Instead, it uses simple farming techniques like tilling the soil, giving it enough water and sufficient exposure to the sun.
When harvesting is finished, something new is planted which is better known as crop rotation that helps keep the soil fertile.
Growing your own organic fruits and vegetables is not something that only farmers can do. You can do this in your own backyard or if space is limited even indoors. Maybe a window would be helpful in that case though.
The first thing to do is choose what you want to grow. Fruits, vegetables, herbs or a combination of all of these. You also have to understand how big these can grow so it will be easy to plot how many can be placed per row or how much vertical room you have to work with..
The next step is to check the condition of the soil. There are kits you can buy from the store to check its fertility. If the soil is good, then you can start by clearing it of rocks and weeds by mowing, pulling or digging them out.
You should then add compost, rock phosphate and green sand to the soil to supply it with nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium.  Also you can add lime or sulphur to adjust the soil’s pH level only if you have to.
Its a good idea to mix in fertilizers using organic matter. You can also use a compost file made out of recycled leaves, grass clippings, coffee grounds, eggshells and kitchen waste since these serve as a good fertilizer. Rake the soil into beds and rows then leave it be for at least a month before you start planting.
Don’t forget to use organic mulch to blanket the garden. You can use ground bark for that since it will decompose over a season or two.
The organic vegetable garden will grow but it will always be under threat from weeds and insects. For that, you have to use other animals and insects to fight these pests. You don’t have to buy them because setting the ideal conditions will invite them in to your garden.
As for the weeds, you can get rid of them by pulling them out or spraying vinegar as this stops them from growing. If you plant thickly enough, you will be able to discourage weeds from growing in between the plants.
Planting your own organic vegetable garden isn’t that bad given that the only ones who will be consuming what is planted are those that live in the household. But it’s going to be a bed of roses from the time you till the land to the time that they will be harvested.
Harvest time is like winning the championship. But you have to be in the game to win it. 
Take a look at the Organic Gardening Beginner’s Manual. 
