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.
4.
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 dish washing 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.
5.A
simple mulch of pine needles will help to suppress the growth of weeds
as well as keeping the moisture in.
6.
Organic gardening practices help to keep the environment safe for
future generations.
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