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Top Three Tips For Your Perfect Organic Garden

If you’re concerned about the safety of the foods you eat, then you may have considered starting your own fruit and veg garden.  Enjoying fresh produce from your own back-garden will make an enormous difference in your health and the money you’ll be saving from growing it and not buying it will be a nice added benefit in return for your very own ‘free’ life-energy that we are all given at birth and last through until we die, so why not utilise that free energy the way Mother-Nature would wish us to?

As you can see, the rewards are great and while it is a commitment, it doesn’t have to be complicated or difficult. But there ‘are’ three important tips which will ensure your success and get you on your way to having a perfect organic garden.

1.  Prepare the soil before you start planting.
Knowing the type of soil you have is key because plants grow better in garden soil which contains the right nutrients. Have your soil tested, or buy a kit at a garden-nursery or home-improvement store and test it yourself. You’ll find out if your soil is too alkaline or too acidic (for the majority of plants, it should be slightly acidic at a pH level between 6.2 and 6.8). Your local nursery should be able to advise you on how to adjust your soil’s pH balance if it’s off-kilter.

Make sure to work lots of compost and other organic material into your garden before you start planting. Without this extra step, you may end up with plants which don’t thrive or produce. Also, remember to add food/nutrients ‘as’ your plants continue to grow.

2.  Choose the plants which will thrive in your region.
Research the types of fruit and vegetables that are most likely to do well in your area. Remember to take into consideration the amount of sunlight and rainfall your garden receives. Most plants require at least 6 hours of sun, but there are a few plants, such as lettuce, which do best in a cooler location, even in partial shade. Your local agricultural extension office, garden clubs, and nurseries are an excellent source of information into which specific varieties would do best in your area. They can also offer insights on the pests and diseases which are prevalent locally. They may even be able to recommend cultivars which have been developed to be resistant to these diseases and pests.

3.  Make your own organic mulch and fertilizer.
Composting allows you to make use of your yard clippings, and food scraps to make your own organic material which can be used as mulch and fertilizer. You can purchase a composting bin or simply make your own using chicken wire. Include a mixture of material which is high in carbon (straw, shredded newspapers, and sawdust) and material which is high in nitrogen (kitchen scraps, eggshells, coffee grounds, manure, and grass clippings). Just make sure not to include oil, bones, pet or human feces, or meat.

Proper preparation and planning are integral to the success of your organic gardening project. Take the extra time because the rewards of a perfect organic garden are well worth it.
Soon you’ll be able to enjoy fresh, organic food by walking right outside your door or even in window-boxes, window-sills, hallways, balconies if you live in a flat or a house with no land, and you’ll be on your way to achieving better Physical ‘and’ Mental Health.

 

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Check Out Organic Gardening Supplies

The success of any project depends on having the right tools for the job. This fact is no less true when it comes to organic gardening. In fact, the right tools can mean the difference between success and failure. Organic gardening is made more difficult than traditional gardening because there are no quick fixes. Any remedy you use must be natural and free of chemicals and toxins, which limits your options.

So here are the most important supplies you’ll need for your organic garden. Remember that starting with the best option that you can afford is worth the time and aggravation that you’ll be saving yourself.

* Fertilizer
If you have the time and space to make your own fertilizer by composting, then this would be the preferred way to go. There’s a reason some people refer to compost as “black gold”. Compost helps plants resist disease, insects, and drought by providing important micronutrients. It’s also extremely versatile and serves multiple purposes: as a potting or planting medium, as mulch, and as fertilizer.

There are commercial products which can speed up the process by adding microorganisms to the composting material to aid in the break down.
However, some prefer the convenience of buying their fertilizer and there are several organic options on the market which will do a good job providing the nutrients your plants need. An all-purpose formula which can feed all your fruits, herbs, and vegetables can be mixed at planting time, and when your plants need supplemental feeding.

* Insecticide
While small insect infestations can be handled by removing them by hand, there may come a time when it becomes more than you can handle. That’s when you need a good, all-natural pesticide. One good option is neem oil. It’s an all-purpose insecticide, it kills mites and fungus. It kills all stages of insects: eggs, larvae and adults. But before you even think of getting rid of all the little nasties, please remember that the little goodies like bees, worms, wood-lice, wild birds and indeed wild-life in general all ‘feed’ off of the little-nasties we’re trying to get rid of because of the inconvenience they cause.

Mother Nature, the goddess we all serve, has an amazing knack of balancing itself. It seldom allows one species to overrun a given area. It may well be a good idea just to ‘manage’ the little-nasties rather than try to destroy them all.

* Garden Hoe
This is an essential garden tool because it serves so many important purposes. You can use it to dig small holes to plant seedlings, to weed, and to break down soil. One thing to remember when purchasing any garden tool is – you get what you pay for. You’ll be using your hoe a lot, and you want something which can stand up to the wear and tear. Buy the best garden tools you can afford, and they can last you decades.

* Garden Fork
You’ll need a garden fork to turn your soil, turn your compost, and to dig up potatoes. Look for a fork that has the head forged from a single piece of steel. Either square or V-shaped tines with diamond tips work best.

* Other Important Tools
Anything which makes your gardening easier will be an important addition to your tool kit. A good pair of gloves will protect your hands from callouses and abrasions. To be more comfortable while planting or weeding, you may want a garden mat or rolling bench. We also have work trousers with pouches just below the knees that we can pack with rubber or old plastic carrier bags folded up and inserted. This keeps your knees dry, and if you need to keep them warm you should fold up some unwanted bubble-wrap, or polystyrene packaging and insert that, your knees will stay dry, warm and of course comfortable.

 

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Organic Gardening Is Great For Relieving Stress!

Stress definitely takes a toll on your mind and your body, and the longer you’re stressed, the worse it gets.

You don’t have to be a doctor to recognize the negative effects of stress on your body. It makes you feel anxious and out of control, and over time these feelings can escalate causing negative effects and even depression. Even a short period of stress can take its toll, but the longer it goes on the worse our physical health gets.

Chronic stress causes the body to be flooded with negative hormones which leads to inflammation in the body. Can stress kill? …. Absolutely!

Recently Will Young – Singer/Pop Star – has told how Organic Gardening has been his salvation. He was in therapy for a while with quite debilitating  ‘anxiety’ and discovered the calming, soothing feelings to be got via his daily gardening activities. He now has a wonderful Organic Garden down in the West-Country of England that his Mother designed for him and She and his father did the donkey-work constructing it so that Will only has to keep it all ship-shape and bristol-fashioned

Negative Effects of Stress:
* Insomnia – stress can cause sleeplessness, restlessness, poor quality sleep, and waking up multiple times during the night. And the less sleep you get, the more stressed you feel.
* Changes in eating habits. Stress can either eliminate your appetite and cause you to eat little to no food, or it can cause you to overeat or binge.
* Long-term stress can lead to anxiety. The symptoms of anxiety include stomach aches, feeling on edge, moodiness, shortness of breath, racing heart, and dizziness, and even full-blown panic attacks.
* Depression can occur after a period of long-term, unchecked stress.
* Long periods of stress can wreak havoc on our immune systems causing you to become more prone to catching colds and other illnesses.
* Stress can aggravate existing health issues such as IBS, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, and lupus.

The bottom line is that stress is a serious issue in our fast-paced society and more of us are finding it hard to relax.

So, what does organic gardening have to do with stress?
Well, it may surprise you to learn that gardening is a scientifically proven stress reducer. The Journal of Health Psychology published an article which compared gardening to reading. The experiment found that the gardeners experienced a more significant decrease in stress when compared to the readers.

In addition, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) has designated gardening a moderate-level intensity activity which uses most of the body. A study they conducted found that people who gardened, exercised on average, 40 to 50 minutes more than people who chose biking, walking, or other activities. Regular exercise is one of the things doctors recommend people do when they’re feeling anxious or stressed because it increases the flow of oxygen to the brain, so this is an additional benefit provided by gardening.

In addition, being outdoors is a natural “high” for many people and their bodies respond by releasing endorphins, the body’s “feel-good” hormones. This feeling of well-being helps reduce stress and leads to improved sleep and overall physical relaxation.

The effects of stress on our lives is enormous. It’s impossible to escape it with all our responsibilities at our jobs, in our family life, and with the stressors we’re exposed to on a daily basis. And it’s clear that stress takes an enormous toll on our emotional and physical health. That’s why it’s encouraging that gardening can help reduce stress while also providing us with healthy food to assist us on our journey to better health.

CONCLUSION;
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