Organic gardening can very well pass up as a hobby for starters. This can be true if you are the type of person who has the passion for gardening. This may not be everybody’s cup of tea. So consider yourself lucky if you are among those who can grow green things out of the blue.
Gardening needs certain skills. You have to learn the type of soil, what type of plants you can place on them, how you will take care of those plants, aside from the many other considerations that you must be aware of when you are serious about it.
It may sound complicated enough for the beginners. But if you have been marked as the one with a green thumb and you’ve already honed you skills on this, then you might as well try the organic way of gardening. This method is particularly special as well as hard. It will require you to double your effort as compared with the regular stuff that you do with the usual gardening tricks.
The Concept
The basic rule on this type of gardening is that you will only use synthetic products in all your endeavor with regards to the task. This will include the important elements such as the fertilizers and the pesticides.
You can actually get from the earth what you will then use for your organic venture into gardening. You will use such elements to be able to grow something new, these are your plants, your vegetables or whatever greens you may want to grow. Do you get the picture? To look at it from a bird’s eye view, it is like working closely with nature. Or as others may say, this is like being one with nature.
Organic Fertilizers
Is there such a thing, you may ask? Yes, and you are the one to make it. You can actually perform composting on the materials found on your garden. You can use fallen leaves and twigs, animal manure, but this will depend on the type, and many more.
Organic Pesticides
This type of gardening wants, as much as possible, to stay away from pesticides. But if you can’t afford to pick the insects one by one by your bare hands, then you can go to your local grocery store and ask for an organic pesticide that is available commercially.
The old way really is to be vigilant with your garden and take off every pest that you see. You should only turn to the organic pesticides when it becomes too many and uncontrollable that you can no longer handle. You can also try to bring in the animals that feed on those pests. This way, you’ll have some help in picking those pests up. And that is also helping the other animals satisfy their hunger.
As a hobby, this may be time consuming. So if you cannot devote enough time into it, might as well find a partner or drop the idea until you’ve found the right time to carry on with the tasks.
Organic gardening really entails a lot of hard work. So you better be prepared to perspire in the process. To ease your tiredness when you are already into it too deep, just think that what you are doing is helping nature. This is your way of giving back what nature has bestowed on you since the day you were born.
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I don’t quite agree with you that organic gardening requires a lot of work. For me it is just 2,5 hours a day and it gives me a lot of satisfaction.
Hey Andrea,
Just read your blog and wondered if you have a homemade remedy for holly hock beetles? My holly hocks were devastated this year by these awful pests. I heard it was a huge problem over here in SW Colorado. I want to get these under control at the beginning of the season next year and look forward to any suggestions you may have.
Thank a bunch!
Jan
gardenorganic – while I very much agree that organic gardening provides a great sense of accomplishment and satisfaction, many people don’t have 2+ hours a day to spend on it. How fortunate for you! That is wonderful to hear.
Jan – sorry girl, I don’t have a solution for you. You may find some knowledgeable people at your local nursery or garden shop, though. I have found many an answer to my questions via that resource. That, and our local garden extension http://www.ext.colostate.edu/