Growing an organic garden is a very pleasant and rewarding activity. Yet for someone who is just a novice, horticulture can be a really intimidating thing to think about. How then should someone who does not have any experience start getting involved with organic gardening? Well, a great place to start is with the following helpful article!
Clay soil can be a real pain to work with as it often sticks to the end of the shovel. To make digging clay soil easier, try applying a light coating of wax, either car wax or floor wax, and then buff off and commence digging. The clay easily slides off the surface while keeping the end from getting rusty.
Flower Beds
You can make your flower beds brighter with biennials and annuals. These types of flowers grow at high speed, which gives you more flexibility in changing the look of your flower beds as the seasons change. In addition, they work well as gap fillers between other areas, as long as those areas receive plenty of sunlight. Notable collections include sunflower, marigold, hollyhock, rudbeckia, cosmos, and petunia.
If powdery mildew appears on your plants, don’t purchase expensive chemical solutions. Put a little baking soda and some dish soap in water. Once weekly, spray this mixture to the affected areas of your plants, and the mildew should be eliminated shortly. No damage will occur to your plants, and the baking soda is mild and efficient.
Make sure you remove the weeds from your garden! Weeds will cause your garden to become overgrown and cluttered. For this task, try using white vinegar. White vinegar is a weed killer! Putting white vinegar on your plants gets rid of much of the need to pull out the weeds.
When mowing your lawn, avoid mowing the grass too short. If you leave more height to your grass, the roots will grow deeper into the soil, making the lawn stronger and more resistant to drying out. The shorter the grass is, the shorter the roots are, which leads to a dry lawn.
Six Hours
If you are growing vegetables in your garden, it is important that you have them in a spot where they can get at least six hours of sun a day. Most vegetables require this amount of sun in order to grow properly and at a quicker pace. Some flowers also need six hours of daily direct sun in order to grow and blossom well.
Do you hate how fresh mint leaves grow and take over your lovely garden but still like them? Instead of planting mint in the ground, confine it to a large pot. By using a separate containment unit, you are limiting the plant’s ability to spread its roots and subsequently grow like wildfire. You can even plant the entire pot so that it still looks just like another plant in your garden.
To grow peas, try growing them indoors first, instead of outside. When the plants are started inside, the seeds will have an easier time germinating. Seeds grown indoors are much more resistant to diseases and damage done by pests. Once the seedlings are sturdy enough, they can be transplanted to their rightful place in the garden.
Hopefully, the reasons for organic gardening’s wide appeal are now clear. Cultivating your green thumb is a relaxing, engaging hobby that the whole family can enjoy. With the proper application of these suggestions, you will be achieving amazing results in your own organic garden in no time at all!
Originally posted 2013-09-07 13:22:00.
