Organic Gardening Benefits

Organic gardening has a lot to offer your self and your family.

By growing your own organic fruit, herbs vegetables etc you can gurantee your food is as healthy as it can be. You can also enjoy a wider range of food that is also nutritionally superior in respect to vital ingredients such as vitamin C.

Organic gardening methods also avoid using any chemical or synthetic pesticides, helping to ensure your family and the wider community and wildlife can enjoy your garden in safety.

Basic Organic Gardening Tips

  • Make the garden wildlife friendly, encourage natural wildlife pest controls
  • Distinguish pests from predators
  • Prioritize soil care
  • Create a compost system to feed the soil
  • Re use and recycle
  • Use organically grown seeds
  • Consider the environment when landscaping
  • Consider a rainwater tank and utilize recycled "grey" water
  • Make use of the latest scientific principles
  • Stop using artificial fertilisers
  • Control weeds naturally without harmful herbicides
  • Embrace genetic diversity
Modern farming and gardening practices have invariabley harmed the natural flora and fauna found in our gardens. Working in harmony with the natural environment is a fundamental part of organic gardening. Careful managemt can help to return natural wild life such as birds, frogs and other beneficial species. Organic gardens support a wider variety of natural creatures than conventional farms and gardens.

Environmental pollution is also a growing problem in our cities and rural areas. Organic gardening encourages recycling and utilization of items often discarded as unusable. Sustainable, cost effective land use and reduced pollution can all be achieved from simple to implement organic practices, for example making compost can eliminate the need for costly fertilisers and soil additives as well as re-using kitchen and household waste that may have previously been discarded.


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