The effort and knowledge you put into your garden shows in the results, particularly when you are working with organic material. It proves you care about growing healthy plants. This is an admirable goal! With anything else you can always improve. There are tips below to help you with this.
Digging in clay soil with a shovel can be very difficult. The clay isn’t easy to work with and will adhere to the shovel, which only makes the problem worse. One way to get around this problem is to coat the shovel with wax. Use a clean cloth to spread the wax evenly. This causes the clay to slide rather than stick, and prevents rust as a side effect.
Start your plants in some pots and plant its seedlings in the garden. This really increases the survival rate of young plants. This also helps tighten time between plantings. Using this method, you can remove the mature plants, then put the seedlings in their places.
You don’t need expensive chemicals to treat powdery mildew on plants. Rather, you should mix a bit of baking soda with a small quantity of liquid soap in water. You then want to spray this mixture on your plants one time a week until you notice the mildew disappear. This solution is perfectly safe for your plants and gently treats mildew in a short amount of time.
When you’re dealing with a veggie garden, pest control may be difficult. You can’t use chemicals as they’re the last thing you want to be eating when you enjoy the fruits of your labor. Staying on top of the problem will ensure that pests don’t take over your garden. Taking the pests off of the plants by hand is one of the best fixes if you are able to catch the infestation in its early stages.
You can keep your dog away from your garden by spraying perfume or aftershave in the grass. This will help mask the scents that attract your dog, and will make your garden a less interesting place for your pet to be.
Now you know more about organic gardening. This is a positive thing. Learning is a never-ending process. The tips you have read above, of course, cover just the basics. You might even have learned something you hadn’t known before to use in your organic garden.
