Getting Started with the Hobby of Organic Gardening

While you can feed your family or run a farm with organic gardening, it can also be a hobby for starters.

You can have a lot of tun with this if you are the type of person who has a passion for gardening. This is not be everyone's cup of tea, so consider yourself lucky if you are among those who has a green thumb and likes it.

In addition to passion, gardening requires certain skills. You have to know about the soil, what kind of plants you can grow, how you will take care of those plants, and many other considerations that you must be aware of if you are going to be serious about it.

It will seem a bit complicated for the beginner, but, if you are someone with a green thumb and you've already honed you skills on this subject, then you might want try your hand at organic gardening. This method is particularly special and has some particular methods. To be successful, it may require you to double your effort as compared with the regular stuff that you do with the usual gardening methods.

The Basic Concept of Organic Gardening

The basic rule in organic gardening is that you will only use natural products in all your endeavor with regards to the task. This will include the important elements such as the fertilizers and pesticides.

You can actually get from the earth what you will then use in and on the earth for your organic venture into gardening. You will use such elements to be able to grow something new, such as vegetables, flowers, or whatever other green and growing things you may want to grow. Do you get the picture? Simply put, you will be working with nature, not forcing nature to . Or as others may say, this is like being one with nature.

Using Organic Fertilizers

Is there really such a thing as organic fertilizer you may ask? Yes, and you are the one who's to make it. You can do this by composting the materials found on your garden...and even your kitchen. You can use fallen leaves and twigs, animal manure, but this will depend on the type, and many other things.

You can learn more about the details of composting, mulching, and organic fertilizers in My Organic Food Garden by Jeff Serland.

Organic Pesticides As A Last Resort

In this type of gardening, you want to stay away from pesticides as much as possible. But, you can't afford to pick the insects off one by one with your bare hands, so, you will be happy to learn that you can go to your local nursery and ask for an organic pesticide.

However, before you turn to organic pesticides as a last resort.

In organic gardening, you need to be more vigilant with your garden and pick off every pest that you can see. You can also try to encourage the presence of animals that feed on those pests. This way, you'll have some natural help in picking those pests off. You will also be helping the animals feed themselves at the same time. You should only turn to the use of organic pesticides when the presence of pests becomes too much and uncontrollable and you can no longer handle the problem without them.

I won't kid you, this is going to be a time consuming hobby. Therefore, if you cannot devote enough time to it yourself, might want to team up with a partner or drop the idea until you've found the right time to carry on with the tasks.

Organic gardening requires a lot of hard work. So, you had better be prepared to perspire in the process. To ease your mind and body when you are really into it, just think that what you are doing is helping nature. This is your way of giving back what nature has bestowed upon you since the day you were born.