| Congratulations, you have decided to try gardening | | | | Once you have your boxes set up, you can move to |
| organically. Say goodbye to chemicals as you learn to | | | | the most important step: picking the right soil. You |
| work with nature to grow the best garden possible. | | | | should ensure that you buy high quality potting soil |
| It is not always as easy as conventional gardening, | | | | with an organic fertilizer. Putting small stones in the |
| but it is well worth the effort. However, if you are | | | | bottom of the boxes is not essential, but will help |
| stuck in a small apartment without any space outside | | | | with water retention. As for watering your herbs, |
| for a garden, you will be faced with special challenges. | | | | just make sure that the soil is always damp. If you |
| Fortunately, there is no need to give up on your | | | | water the herbs too much, it can be just as |
| dream of having a thriving organic garden. With the | | | | damaging as not watering them. |
| right techniques, you can soon become a master of | | | | If you are gardening indoors to escape the snow, |
| organic indoor gardening! | | | | when the weather turns you can always move your |
| If you are new to organic indoor gardening, the | | | | herbs out to your garden. Indeed, starting seedlings |
| easiest way to learn the ropes is to start an indoor | | | | inside can often be beneficial, and help give you a |
| herb garden. Herbs will be less demanding than other | | | | head start on the growing season. |
| flowers or produce, and can add a lovely boost to | | | | If you are dying for a bit of color in your apartment, |
| your cooking! | | | | an easy alternative to an herb garden is narcissus or |
| Get some planter boxes from your local gardening | | | | daffodil bulbs. All you need to do is place the bulbs in |
| center and place them in a sunny spot, although if | | | | a pot full of pebbles and add water. In five weeks, |
| you live in a cold climate you should make sure that | | | | you will have lovely flowers in bloom. |
| the boxes are not so close to the glass that they will | | | | There is nothing stopping you from trying organic |
| freeze. You should also separate pots. Some herbs, | | | | indoor gardening – it is an easy, |
| such as mint and oregano, will do better in their own | | | | environmentally friendly way to spice up your kitchen |
| pot as they will tend to overgrow any neighbors in a | | | | and brighten your home! |
| planter. | | | | |