Lots of natural ways exist for growing a bright and healthy organic garden. All you need to do is educate yourself about organic gardening, and take advantage of the tips available.
Properly put down your sod. You will need to prepare your lawn soil before laying the sod. Be sure to get rid of any weeds, and then proceed to break up the soil to get it ready to use. Gently compact the soil until it is flattened. Thoroughly water the soil. The optimum layout of sod rows is to stagger them with offset joints. Cut away extra sod and save it to fill in gaps you may create later. Water the sod each day for two weeks so it will become well-rooted and ready for foot traffic.
Prior to planting anything in your garden, check your soil. Many nurseries offer a soil analysis service, which will tell you what nutrients your soil is lacking and what you can do about it. There are numerous places to find this service, such as your local Cooperative Extension office. The cost is well worth it to avoid a potentially ruined crop.
In order to rid your garden of pests, take advantage of plant materials and other organic matter. A good way to keep slugs away is to create a border with onions around a garden with vegetables. Marigolds would do this trick as well. Insect pests will stay away from seedlings and trees if you use wood ash around the base as a mulch. Using these natural methods will reduce the need for potentially harmful chemical pesticides.
Take the time to spread around five centimeters of organic mulch near your vegetable plants. When you place mulch around your plants, it keeps the ground more moist. It can also prevent weeds from growing. This will save you having to constantly pull weeds.
Anybody can grow a garden, but those who bother to understand what they’re doing will be the only ones to reap rich rewards from their crop. Use the organic tips in this article.