With organic container gardening, you can transform a roof, patio, balcony, or tiny yard into a garden overflowing with natural beauty. You can also put weather sensitive plants in containers, so it is easy to move them indoors when the weather gets colder.
Plants are protected in containers from bugs and other pests that crawl on the ground. In your garden bed, slugs would quickly take over your beautiful flowers, but with containers they will be less apt to do so. Root eating pests can also be deterred from container plants when you use organic soil.
Home based composting is more popular than ever because it is so easy to do. A composting devotee only needs a willing spirit and readiness to do some work.
These are a few ways to compost at home that a budding composter might find useful.
Tags: closed bin composting, composting toilet, home based composting, open bin composting
An organic gardening magazine can be beneficial to every gardener, no matter how good they are. We will all have questions about our gardens once in awhile .
With gardening magazines you’ll get all the up-to-date news that’s going on in the organic gardening world. You can expect some great information on things such as fertilizers, composting, organic pesticides, gardening tools and more as soon as they come on the market. You’ll also be able to find out where to buy these products for the cheapest price.
Having a worm farm is the best alternative to having your own compost pile if you don’t have the room for one. They’re great for apartment or city dwellers. Worms create incredible fertilizer, aerate your soil and are super easy to look after. You just need to throw them your food scraps which will help them to multiply quickly and they’ll produce some beautiful soil for you to use in your organic garden or indoor plants.
A worm farm not only provides amazing fertilizer for your garden but the amount of garbage your family throws out can be reduced by almost 40 percent!
Tags: organic compost, vermiculture, worm bin, worm farm
There are a lot of misperceptions when it comes to making your own organic compost.
People often think that it will be a lot of trouble and take up too much of their time. They also may believe that it will be a messy and smelly process. Due to these beliefs instead of learning how to create their own compost, they’ll go out and buy fertilizers and mulch from gardening stores.
Here’s a video with just a few of the benefits of making your own organic compost. You can find my five top reasons for composting below. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: making your own organic compost, Organic Gardening Compost
