Organic Gardening - Why You Should
Organic gardening is the way of growing
vegetables and fruits with the use of things only found in nature.
Why would one want to indulge in organic gardening?
1. One can easily make compost from garden and kitchen waste. Though
this is a bit more time-consuming than buying prepared chemical
pesticides and fertilizers, it certainly helps to put garbage to
good use and so saves the environment.
2. Organic farming does not use chemicals that may have an adverse
affect on your health. This is especially important when growing
vegetables. Chemical companies tell us that the chemicals we use are
safe if used according to direction, but research shows that even
tiny amounts of poisons absorbed through the skin can cause such
things as cancer, especially in children.
On the average, a child ingests four to five times more
cancer-causing pesticides from foods than an adult. This can lead to
various diseases later on in the child's life. With organic
gardening, these incidents are lessened.
Remember, pesticides contain toxins that have only one purpose - to
kill living things.
3. Less harm to the environment. Poisons are often washed into our
waterways, causing death to the native fish and polluting their
habitat.
4. Organic farming practices help prevent the loss of topsoil
through erosion.
The Soil Conservation Service says that an estimated 30 - 32 billion
tons of soil erodes from United States farmlands every year.
5. Cost savings. One does not need to buy costly chemical
fertilizers and pesticides with organic gardening. Many organic
recipes for the control of pest and disease come straight from the
kitchen cupboard. Sometimes other plants can be grown as companions
to the main crop. An example of this is the marigold, which helps to
repel aphids from vegetables.
Mixing 1 tablespoon of liquid dishwashing soap and 1 cup of cooking
oil can make a cheap garden pest spray. Put 3 tablespoons of this
mixture in 1 quart of water and spray on plants.
6. A simple mulch of pine needles will help to suppress the growth
of weeds as well as keeping the moisture in.
7. Organic gardening practices help to keep the environment safe for
future generations.
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