Organic Gardening Tips

You ordered your certified organic seed with the best of intentions. No harmful chemicals, no pesticides, no unnatural deaths in your garden, no guilty conscience. But, now there are bugs building apartment complexes on your stems using your leaves as supermarkets, and weeding is competing with your job and sleep for the activity that takes up most of your week.

Overwhelmed? That's understandable, but it must be possible, or it wouldn't be so popular-- in fact, there are many who are into organic gardening because they believe it is less hassle, and it can be. I know you've strolled through your garden center, staring longingly at the beautifully colorful packaging of all those wonderful pesticides and herbicides aching to commit a some weed and bug homicides.

Hold on! Mulch is your friend. Cedar, cypress, and aspen mulches are all excellent at repelling insects. Also, a good thick mulch is a great way to prevent weeds.

There are also a few all natural "cheats." Organic soaps and oils that keep bugs off of your plants. Soy bean oil is the main active ingredient in many of these products and they are certified organic and completely non toxic. Use liberally on your precious consumables.