Organic Vegetable Gardening
Unlike the modern conventional type of gardening, it is believed that organic vegetable gardening is still preferable by most people. When we say organic gardening, it means you don’t use synthetic fertilizers or manufactured pesticides in the garden. They still apply the traditional ones or the old methods as opposed to the modern ways or means of vegetable gardening.
There are more or less seven basic guidelines or steps in planting such a garden. If you follow all of these, then you may actually have fresh vegetables and plants at harvest time.
- The first step is the selection of a location or place where there is full access of sunlight and well-drained organic-based soil. Beforehand, you must prepare the seed beds measured on a size and length appropriate and convenient for the selected location of the garden.
- Next step is putting or placing a frame onto the seed bed to protect and contain the soil. This can actually alter the drainage system of the garden thus raising the working level of it.
- Next, start to mix the organic compost in the seed bed three weeks prior to the actual planting of the vegetables. The compost basically comprises of animal manures or other homemade plant materials.
- Now it’s time to choose the vegetables to be planted in the garden. It is said that plants must be well-adapted to the region the person lives in, the kind of climate is important. Also the vegetables must be pest and disease resistant.
- Once you have planted all your chosen vegetables in the seed bed, try to put or place beneficial and useful insects like hover and lacewing flies and lady bugs. Likewise, you can also put or create turfs for frogs, birds and other domestic animals.
- The most important step is watering and mulching the vegetables. It is a fact that healthy plants or vegetables in the garden are less prone or attractive to pests and other insects.
- Lastly, to prevent the pests from destroying the plants in your organic vegetable garden, you must remove unnecessary weeds and grass surrounding the plants. As much as possible, rotate the vegetables once or twice a year to avoid them from pest buildup. Also, try to cover certain vegetables with light fabric to prevent the pests from coming in. Do some research on the vegetables you’re planting for identification of their common pests, then you can start thinking of other ways to eliminate them.
