| The more you understand about any subject, the | | | | Choosing the healthiest plants and flowers, on the |
| more interesting it becomes. As you read this article | | | | other hand, will get your organic garden off to the |
| you'll find that the subject of organic gardening is | | | | best start, since healthy plants are better able to |
| certainly no exception. | | | | fight off pests, and to resist bacterial, viral and fungal |
| Most of this information comes straight from the | | | | infections. The healthy plants in your garden will be |
| organic gardening pros. Careful reading to the end | | | | able to fight off these common ailments without the |
| virtually guarantees that you'll know what they know. | | | | need for chemicals. |
| Organic gardening is steadily gaining popularity, and | | | | After the plants have been chosen and brought |
| the good news is that virtually every kind of plant | | | | home, they should be transplanted as quickly as |
| and flower can be grown organically. It is important, | | | | possible. It is a good idea to have a good supply of |
| however, to choose the plants and flowers that are | | | | finished compost available when starting an organic |
| best suited to your own environment. Choosing | | | | garden. Starting a compost bin is a great idea for any |
| plants that are suited to the environment in which | | | | organic gardener, since high quality compost often |
| they grow is one of the best ways to reduce the | | | | contains nutrients that even the best commercial |
| use of fungicides, pesticides and other chemicals in | | | | fertilizers do not. In addition, creating your own |
| the garden. | | | | compost means less waste going to landfills, and this |
| For example, it may be difficult to use organic | | | | can produce a healthier environment as well as a |
| gardening methods to grow tropical variety of plants | | | | healthy garden. |
| and flowers in a cold climate, just as it would be | | | | When working a compost mixture in the soil, it is not |
| difficult to grow cold climate plants in the tropics. | | | | necessary to go deep. Most plants root only to a |
| That is why it is best to use the flowers and plants | | | | depth of about six inches, so working the compost |
| that are best suited for your own environment. | | | | mixture into the first six to eight inches of the soil in |
| One great way to choose the right plants for an | | | | the organic flower bed should be sufficient. |
| organic garden is to choose native varieties of plants. | | | | When transplanting seedlings from plastic nursery |
| Choosing native species is a great way to know that | | | | containers, it is important to carefully remove the |
| the plants you choose will do best where you plant | | | | plant from the container. You should carefully tear |
| them, without the need to use chemicals. | | | | away those roots that have grown past the |
| Using native species of plants does not mean a dull | | | | container. Before planting the transplants, be sure |
| or boring garden. Native species of flowers and plants | | | | that the soil has been adequately prepared with good |
| are available in just about every color of the rainbow, | | | | organic material. Having organic material in the soil not |
| and in a variety of sizes, shapes and textures as well. | | | | only will provide a great source of nutrition for the |
| A beautiful mixture of native plants can produce an | | | | young plants, but it will so encourage the growth of |
| organic garden you will be proud to show the world. | | | | beneficial organisms like earthworms. Earthworms can |
| After you have chosen the perfect varieties of | | | | work the soil better than any garden instrument, and |
| flowers and plants for your garden, it is important to | | | | they are an integral part of a successful organic |
| choose only the healthiest specimens for your | | | | garden. |
| garden. That is because choosing unhealthy plants, or | | | | Is there really any information about organic |
| those that are infected with disease or infested by | | | | gardening that is nonessential? We all see things from |
| insects, could unwittingly introduce these problems | | | | different angles, so something relatively insignificant |
| into your garden, and make gardening organically that | | | | to one may be crucial to another. |
| much more difficult. | | | | |