Home
6 Fashion Tips for Gardeners
Clothes and skin cream are far removed from potting out your begonias, or digging a trench for a line of potatoes. But the clothes you wear are important for your protection...read more on organic gardening
Grow Your Own SIMPLE Tea Garden
Materials Needed 1 decorative clay or metal planter 1 package of clay pellets (approx. 30 pellets) 3 packets of organic tea leaves seeds (YOUR CHOICE) Grow-rich or...read more on organic gardening
Organic Fertilizer Manufacturer in the Agriculture Industry
With today's growing environment concerns, growing plants the organic way seems to be the most logical, not to mention the safest gardening method available. More and more...read more on organic gardening
Fall Pond Cleaning
Great question. The answer is it really depends. Doing a full pond cleaning during the colder winter months can be very stressful on your fish. However, if the pond is...read more on organic gardening
Planting River Birch Trees in Solebury Pa
River Birch Trees are fairly easy to plant because they are fairly rugged and durable. Yet to plant or transplant them you do need to follow some basic guidelines. We have...read more on organic gardening
Organic Roses in the Flower Garden Part 1
Many people believe growing their flowers and vegetables organically is healthier for them and their environment. It is natural that you may wish to grow your roses this...read more on organic gardening
Natural Organic Fertilizer is Dependable
Home gardening has become a common pleasurable diversion for most people. There are many ways to making a wonderland out of your backyard and all you need for this is some...read more on organic gardening
Interior Decorating Themes What s Your Decorating Style
There are a variety of decorating themes from formal to informal and everything in between. Which one best describes your decorating style?
Formal Traditional
...read more on organic gardening
|
 |
Gardening can add more quality to the way you live, and might
even add quantity to your life. There are many benefits of
gardening, particularly organic gardening. It's so much fun you
may even forget what's bothering you.
Organic gardening is growing vegetables and fruits using
whatever nature provides.
Organic gardening is cool.
1. It's not as boring.
You can easily make his own compost from garden and kitchen
waste. Though composting takes a little longer than buying
prepared chemical pesticides and fertilizers, it's surely less
expensive and more rewarding.
2. Fewer chemicals on the food you and your family consume.
Pesticides contain toxins that have only one purpose -- to kill
living things. One of the best known benefits of organic
gardening is the zero tolerance for pesticide use, also the
biggest reason for the boom of organic gardening.
3. Less harm to the environment.
Organic gardening has a beneficial effect on ground water. The
Environmental Protection Agency says 38 states have multiple
cases of contaminated ground water.
Organic gardening helps fight topsoil erosion. The Soil
Conservation Service says commercial farming causes an estimated
30-32 billion tons of soil erosion from U.S. farmlands every
year.
4. Saving money.
You don't need to buy costly chemical fertilizers and
pesticides. Organic gardeners continually come up with great
ideas, like fertilizing with stale coffee or used coffee
grounds. And planting marigolds nearby to draw aphids away from
vegetables.
Make a quart of garden pest spray with water and three
tablespoons of a simple mixture of one 1 tablespoon of liquid
dishwashing soap and 1 cup of cooking oil.
Mulch, used to keep moisture in and weeds out, can be created
from grass clippings and pine needles.
5. Organic gardening feels good. You know you're helping
safeguard future generations.
On the average, a child ingests four to five times more
cancer-causing pesticides from foods than an adult, which can
lead to numerous diseases later in life. The organic gardener is
helping give today's children a healthier tomorrow.
Who wouldn't want that?
Go ahead. Search for "organic gardening" and learn more right
now. By spring you'll be raring to go organic.
About the author:
Joe Hickman, a veteran journalist, is editor at HaLife.com.
Written by:
Joe Hickman, HaLife.com
|