Garden Medley

Organic gardening is one of the big catch phrases for gardeners right now. Many people truly love keeping their garden organic. But with all the challenges of gardening, why would you limit yourself to organic methods?

The decision relates quite a bit to the value we have learned to place on this planet. Many chemicals work well enough to help your garden grow or to kill pests, but they aren’t so good for the environment. They can also leave unhealthy residues on your foods.

An organic garden is friendlier to wildlife. This doesn’t mean you’re going to lose your entire garden to pests such as squirrels; it means you learn friendlier ways of scaring them off. It also means you won’t be killing the bugs that are good for your garden while you try to kill the ones that are damaging it.

An organic garden allows you to make use of yard and organic waste you generate at home rather than sending it to a landfill. Creating a compost heap gives you a natural fertilizer that won’t damage the environment the ways chemical ones can over time.

Many people feel that organic produce tastes much better than non organic. Perhaps this is an illusion, but there’s that good feeling knowing that you aren’t feeding yourself or your family the chemicals you sprayed on your garden when you go organic. With an organic garden, you know your produce is very healthy for your family.

It always pays to remember that we didn’t always have all these chemicals to fertilize the soil or kill bugs, and there are ways to do the same job in many cases naturally.

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