11 Organic Gardening Practices

Why should you practice organic gardening? Having a garden functioning strictly from materials given from the earth is the most natural, healthiest, and rewarding garden ever! You're feeding your plant what it wants most and keeping the earth and creatures in its original clean state. Your seeds, food, and body will be clean! Learning to trust in nature will allow us to become better gardeners and individuals. With patience and perseverance you'll grow and become more connected with the earth and all in it. Nature will challenge you, surprise you, and teach you so much and there's beauty in every moment of it.

11 Ways To Keep A Healthy Organic Garden

1. Composting
Retains nutrients and water in soil, recycles waste, promotes healthy plant growth, prevents soil erosion.

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 Adds organic matter into   the soil, conserves water,   suppresses weeds,   prevents soil erosion,   regulates soil temperature.

 3.   Planting Herbsand Flowers
 Attracts beneficial insects   and pollinators while   leaving the unwanted ones away.

 4. Diversity of crops
 Improves soil structure,   increases yields, welcomes pollinators, and creates a   beautiful garden.

 5. Animal Manure
 Natural fertilizer, Increases   microbes in soil, saving money.

6. Remove/prune unhealthy plants

   Helps reduce pest/disease, encourages new healthy growth, welcomes space new plants, encourages fruit production.

7. Apply Leaves to garden

   Increase microbes in soil, offer nutrients, controls weeds, balances soil pH.

8. Make your own fertilizer

   Save money, you become more self-sustainable, you're 100% aware of ingredients, protecting the environment and plants.

9. Hand pick unwanted insects/pest
Protecting the environment, semi control of pests, ensures quick control, saves you money, and holds you accountable.

10. No-till
Reduced labor, improved soil quality, reduced chemicals and herbicides being used, increased yields, increased microbes in soil, improved drainage, reduced soil erosion, allows for better root growth.

11. Pest Resistant Varieties
Fights off pests, reduces chemical use, longer lasting harvest.