Grow An Organic Vegetable Garden
As discussed on a previous page, there are a multitude of reasons to garden organically. Vegetables are extra beneficial, the most important of which is for your and your family’s health.
Once you’ve decided to grow an organic vegetable garden you ensure your vegetables are in their purest form, without causing any cancer-producing free radicals in the humans who digest
them.
It doesn’t stop there though! Your fresh garden vegetables will taste better too! Since modern gardening products, loaded with chemicals, truly do change the taste of produce.
In order to have a true organic vegetable garden, the seeds you sow must be derived from plants grown organically. If the seeds you use do not come from organically grown plants, the produce will already be somewhat tainted or contaminated. Even the smallest seeds can carry trace elements of the chemicals used to grow the original, non-organic plants.
Planning Your Organic Garden – Location
You will first want to determine the best location for your organic vegetable garden – since you will not be able to make up for less than perfect conditions through the use of man-made chemicals.
Next, ensure you have enough space to grow the vegetables your family requires or desires. Too small and your produce will not grow to their potential. Too big and you’ll either be tending more than you need to, or looking for people to take your extras (or risk having that work and energy go to waste).
Check the soil quality of your desired location as well. You want to ensure that the soil has enough drainage as well as being within reach of a reliable water source. Organic vegetable gardens require plenty of water. Be prepared to water your garden at least once a week – deeply. Mother Nature will help you in the form of rain, but don’t count sun showers or small drizzles as a good soak for your garden.
Plan Your Organic Vegetable Garden on Paper
When planning your organic vegetable garden, map it out on paper first. Best to use graph paper and consider the scale ratio of available space vs. required space per vegetable.
Although this seems tedious and less creative than most of us usually garden, it will make tending and planting much easier in the long run.
Growing Your Organic Vegetable Garden
Dependant on your chosen location, your region, and property use in the past, you might also want to have your soil tested before you plant seeds. If there is a chance your soil is contaminated, don’t guess and hope that enough time has passed or that your organic vegetables will be okay.
Enhancing Your Soil
Organic soil fertilizer is completely chemical free. To ensure it, purchase yours at an organic garden center.
Organic fertilizer is mixed into your soil at least three weeks prior to planting any organic seeds. All clumps of the organic fertilizer must be crumbled and well blended into your existing garden bed when added.
While at the organic garden supply store, investigate organic mulch products. Mulch helps the garden retain moisture and suppresses weed growth. Plus, mulch, as it decomposes, will provide nutrient rich food to your plants.
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