Organic Gardening Guru|Tips For Those Growing Their Own Food Organically
Nov
08
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One of the challenges of going organic is getting a good supply of organic fertilizer that is both practical and affordable. Making it yourself through composting can be a solution, but that can be a labor intensive hassle and it has its limitations. Buying manure is, well it’s manure, and not the most pleasant thing to deal with.
Buying commercially available organic fertilizer can be expensive, and one persons idea of organic may be different than another persons or labels idea. So what’s the solution? I will tell you about a solution that is quickly changing the way a lot of organic gardeners are producing food. I am not going to just give you a source of organic gardening fertilizer, I am going to give you a completely different way of growing organic plants.
With conventional and organic gardening, the method is to work hard to till and condition the soil, plant your crops in the ground, and then regularly dump massive amounts of water and fertilizer into the ground. Much of the water ends up evaporating, while the majority of the rest, along with most of the nutrients, soaks into the ground and is lost. It’s only a small amount that is actually used by the plants, many of which may be weeds.
Humans have been growing plants this way for thousands of years, but many people are starting to realize maybe this is not the smartest way to grow plants. Instead of actually growing plants, much of the time and effort is spent working the soil, watering and fighting pests like weeds and gophers.
One of the challenges of going organic is getting a good supply of organic fertilizer that is both practical and affordable. Making it yourself through composting can be a solution, but that can be a labor intensive hassle and it has its limitations. Buying manure is, well it’s manure, and not the most pleasant thing to deal with.
Buying commercially available organic fertilizer can be expensive, and one persons idea of organic may be different than another persons or labels idea. So what’s the solution? I will tell you about a solution that is quickly changing the way a lot of organic gardeners are producing food. I am not going to just give you a source of organic gardening fertilizer, I am going to give you a completely different way of growing organic plants.
With conventional and organic gardening, the method is to work hard to till and condition the soil, plant your crops in the ground, and then regularly dump massive amounts of water and fertilizer into the ground. Much of the water ends up evaporating, while the majority of the rest, along with most of the nutrients, soaks into the ground and is lost. It’s only a small amount that is actually used by the plants, many of which may be weeds.
Humans have been growing plants this way for thousands of years, but many people are starting to realize maybe this is not the smartest way to grow plants. Instead of actually growing plants, much of the time and effort is spent working the soil, watering and fighting pests like weeds and gophers.
