Organic gardening is not a new word or a new technique; before man invented all those harmful chemicals he used organic methods for agriculture and gardening. Then came the industrial revolution and the chemical era, this is when we polluted our natural resources namely air, water and soil by all the chemicals we could possibly find. The chemicals included lead, asbestos, pesticides and trace metals. God made man and plants, the trees were supposed to be our providers but we began killing them not just by cutting them but by poisoning the very soil in which they grow, not once did we realise that we were bringing our own end near by destroying our providers.
Now that we have realised the harmful effects of these chemicals and know that its easier to pollute the soil, but removing these poisons is next to impossible.
Gardening organic style is in fashion once more thanks to our environmentalists, and any one who is gardening would be doing a favour to this planet by going organic. To begin you could pick up an organic gardening book for the technical details but once you begin hands on experience will teach you a lot more. For your organic gardening supplies look up the pink pages for organic gardening suppliers and get your organic gardening supply personally or on telephone or internet.
The correct way to know if your soil is good enough for organic gardening is by checking the soil for earthworms if you find 3-5 its good, they will increase the air content of the soil as well as their droppings are a rich source of nutrients for the plants. The soil should be loamy that is a good combination of sand and clay so that it’s not too sticky and is well aerated. In organic gardening beetles, centipedes and spiders are some of the ground organisms if you dig a hole 6 inches deep and at one time count less than 10 such organisms your soil doesn’t have enough ground players in the food chain. The whole basis of organic farming is by supplying nutrients to the plants through natural resources like insect droppings, plus these ground players due to their movement in the soil increase the porosity of the soil. Remember maintaining a healthy balance in the natural ecosystem is most important, research has shown that the incidence of cancer is more in areas where the use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers is more.
If you are thinking of shifting to organic gardening you are so right, our planet is dying and calling out to us SAVE me, SAVE me please.