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Organic Gardening For A Healthy & Green Lifestyle – 2

Why spend money on gardening when it can be done at a free price in the best and naturally safe methods. Gardening organically is a technique of using animal or vegetable fertilizers rather than synthetics in order to obtain a healthy and productive gardens.

And if you thought that the concept is the new trend, it is not true as even in the ancient time, this was the only way known to cultivate crops. Take a look at how to have a beautiful organic garden with our simple organic gardening tips.

Organic Gardening Tips -

1. Crop Rotation - Organic crop rotation is essential as the method will help control pests. It is best to change plants at least once in every year so that the soil fertility, nitrogen levels and acid levels maintain.

2. Growing Flowers - There are specific flowers for every area in your garden like climbers such as Clematis or Fothergilla, Daffodils and Mustard flowers for flower bed that grow well organically without much of effort and help your garden look all the more beautiful.

3. Growing Lawns - Having a lawn at home is as good as having a tree as it conserves the soil and the overall garden area. The above flowers can even play as borders to the lawns.

4. Transplanting Plants - It is always good to change places of plants to improve its growth rate. The ideal time of the year to transplant shrubs is during rainy season as it is easy to uproot the plant from the moist soil. Do not pull the plant out of the soil particularly during dry seasons or when growth rate is high.

5. Homemade Compost - Get Perlite, Vermiculite, Sand, Sphagnum moss, Peat, Coir, Worm Compost and mix well. While you dig out the soil for planting add some compost (more of coir so that it absorbs excess water providing better drain facility to the plant).

6. Cleaning Garden - It is very important to sweep out the dry leaves and tidying gardens for the good growth of the new sapplings. Use a Lawn Sweeper, leaf & Lawn Rakes and Blow Vacs for cleaning up the large area of your gardens. One gardener would be enough to clear off all the debris by simply adjusting the height of these equipments according to comforts.

7. Pruning - Removing dead or diseased plant is very necessary as they may spread the disease to the other plants. Chop branches that rub together, remove crowded branches and bushes every year during spring as that tis the time the plants and flowers bloom fresh.

If you wish to have a fragrance of fresh flowers, tasty herbs and honey, with juicy fruits and delicious vegetables, the only solution is by organic gardening.

Story first published: Friday, July 1, 2011, 11:08 [IST]
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