One would be safe in saying that successful composting is any gardener’s passion and no other gardening activity is as much an obsession as composting. First of all gardeners need to realize that there is no right or wrong method of composting. There are several different types of composting and you can choose anything that meets your requirements and you feel comfortable with.
Organic gardening quite simply is gardening without the use of pesticides, fungicides and commercial fertilizers and chemicals. In this article we look at how to go about building an organic gardening compost pile for your garden.
Composting is nature’s way of recycling so its natural decomposition and you help it along by doing a few things. Before you begin building your compost pile you need to be aware that there are good and bad compost ingredients. How do you figure out what’s good and bad? You will need to ask yourself a few questions:
Is the ingredient you want to add to the compost pile biodegradable?
Your aim is to make nutrient rich compost – will this ingredient help you do so?
Is the ingredient free of contaminants and toxins?
Pest Control Approaches
Chemical horticulture fights off invasive pests with specific insecticides. They may be effective and fast-working at the beginning, but their long-term use may result in the raise of the insects resistant to the used insecticide. To kill those, more efforts will be needed, and the use of the different and stronger chemicals may be necessary. Moreover, killing enemies in the garden, any insecticide will inevitably eliminate predator insects (natural control bugs). And their lack will cause multiplying of the harmful pests. Consequently, a gardener will have to search for some other options to defeat the invasive populations.
Organic horticulture, on the other hand, offers pests control through the studying and understanding their life cycles and peculiarities, as well as through the combined use of such methods as:
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I bought some squash from a vendor and I’m not sure if it was organic. I’m kind of worried about pesticides that contain chemicals or animal products. What is the best way to clean the vegetables? I don’t have a brush, so any other ways? Thanks!
I have a small garden in my back yard. I have a compost pile that I use in the garden. I don’t use chemicals mostly because I don’t have much of a pest problem and the pests I do have are easily controlled without it. So does that make organic or is there something more?
with the fruits, i’m a fruit lover and i’m really worried about not finding organic fruit, even at the best supermarkets that offers a wide variety of products to choose from, i’ve heard of online stores that offers organic fruits, but i really feel like mechanic buying simple fruits from an online store?
My concern is about eating fruits that are not organics, we all know about the vegan-organic diet, but there’s any problem eating non organic fruit? Or it’s more important to eat organic vegetables than organic fruits because vegetables contains more chemicals, toxins and pesticides?
Please help me, sometimes i think i’m been very perfectionist about my eating.
Thanks for your help and advice on this important topic! 
I posted a different version of this with little response so I’m trying again…
I did get a good one answer from….Thirsty Drink Me who gave this link..
http://www.api4animals.org/articles?p=37…
Personally I prefer to wash of Chemicals from my Veg than Animal byproducts….So I’m going non organic for Veg.
Hmmmm..seems the link has changed but this is his answer…
Most organic vegetables are fertilized with rendered animal parts and manure. If you’ve chosen to be a vegetarian from an ethical standpoint, you might have a problem with the animal rendering. But since you aren’t eating the actual animal parts, the produce is still vegetarian.
It is definitely not vegan to eat those veges though.
http://www.api4animals.org/articles?p=37…
Michael H …I’m more concerned about the idea that Animal blood, Rendered meat and sweepings from the abattoir floor are being used…Do you have any info on that..
I’m not bothered about the truck driver.
jendesca…I just want to know so I can make a choice….I don’t mind manure..I’m against Blood etc..And is this blood from organic animals then?
Hey Thirsty…thanks for that..
What are some like organic material i can use for my face make it more brighter like vegetables and things lik?
like vegetables and things like that?…. what are some good items that i can use?? beside neutrogena and all those other chemicals to put on my face
I’d like to grow a garden this year but I know people who have their own gardens where it seems like animals have gone through and eaten some. I’d like to grow a nice, healthy garden without any of those problems. How can I keep bugs and animals away from my garden without using chemicals. I want to grow an organic garden. Thank you.
i found out that it’s not animals eating our vegetable garden…it’s snails. i had no idea they could eat so much! so is there any natural way to get rid of them because we live on an organic vineyard and we can’t use chemicals anywhere near it. so can i use salt or something??
I was thinking, (that is a dangerous act these days - thinking), that at the farm the crops are sprayed and the animals are dosed before they even get to market where they are again treated with more chemicals and then shipped. It all sounds to me like a tripple dose of nasty stuff added. So, how do we really know when we are getting our daily MDA dose of chemicals? To the same extent I think organics also have some chemicals along the way including from your own garden. So what do you think?
