Organic Garden Tips

If you're thinking about starting your first organic garden, you're probably looking for organic garden tips. The wealth of information available on organic gardening can quickly become mind boggling. It can be hard to sort through it all, but a few organic garden tips will help you get started.

Organic garden tips can help you grow strawberries as beautiful and fresh as these.

Organic Garden Tips for Getting the Garden Set Up

If you don't currently have a garden, you will probably want to start small. Organic gardens require a lot of maintenance in the beginning as you learn what insects and problems are persistent in your area of the country and your own personal garden. You'll also need to find which natural remedies clear up plant problems. Because of this, it is best to start small with your first garden. A few potted plants on your patio or a small plot can be ideal. It is also a good idea to start with just a few types of vegetables and then add additional items each season.

Tips for What to Grow

Probably some of the best organic garden tips include what types of plants you should grow. If your family loathes the taste of spinach, it is probably not a good idea to pour a lot of sweat and tears into growing spinach. You'll put in the backbreaking work and then be upset when no one wants to eat the end product. It is best to stick with fruits and vegetables that you know your family will want to eat.

You'll also find that some plants are easier to care for organically than others. Here are a few of the easier to grow organic plants:

• Tomatoes
• Cucumbers
• Zucchini
• Squash
• Corn

Some plants, such as potatoes and turnips, can be prone to attacks from bugs and are a bit harder to grow. It might be better to save these for your next growing season, unless you are just particularly brave and adventuresome.

Tips for Compost

A good organic garden just cries out for good compost. Although you can start your own compost pile, unless you plan to garden on a larger scale, you may want to just purchase your compost from a good garden supply store or buy some extra that a friendly neighbor is growing.

Tips for Great Soil

Rotate your garden each year, growing tomatoes in a different spot than last year. This will help to prevent your soil from getting depleted of important vitamins and minerals in that particular patch. The NDSU offers a schedule for rotating, such as tomatoes after beans.

Bugs in the Garden

Since you can't use chemicals, what is an organic gardener to do when Japanese beetles or other insects attach plants? Although the thought of any bugs at all in the garden may make you cringe, some bugs can be beneficial. Lady beetles and praying mantis are both beneficial to your organic garden. RedWiggler.com details the many different insects the lady beetle alone will eat, which in turn protects your plants. The article also lists additional insects that are beneficial to your organic garden.

There are also natural remedies for beetles, such as knocking them off the plant into a bucket of soapy water in the early morning while they are still sleepy.

These are just a few of the tips available that will help your organic garden thrive. You can find more information on organic gardening at these sites:

• Organic Gardening Net
• Essential Garden Guide
• Veg Source
• UpBeet Gardner Newsletter
• Go Organic!

• Kids Organic Bubble Bath
• USDA Organic Goat's Milk Bar Soap
• Organic Breakfast
• What is Organic Farming
• What is Organic

• How to Make Organic Hair Products
• Organic Bamboo Fabric
• How to Make Organic House Cleaning Products
• 100% Organic Vitamins and Supplements
• Best Organic Shampoos

• Organic Pest Control for Ground Bees
• Organic Fertilizer Made by Earthworm Waste
• Category:Organic Farming and Gardening
• Organic Gardening Tips for Milk Carton Seed Starts
• Organic Strawberry Fruit Spreads