|
Petal Power - Five Uses for Rose Petals
It might surprise you to find out that rose petals can be used for a variety of different purposes. Some uses have a common everyday application, such as beautifying our gardens and walkways, while other uses are more unusual, such as using them for therapy...
Rosy Outlook - Five Hearty Hybrid Roses
Are you drawn to the simple elegance and fragrant beauty of roses? Do you wish you had time to cultivate an extensive rose garden? If you're interested in roses, but don't have the time to tend a large rose garden, don't fret. Consider planting one or more...
Decorating around the garden
Straight Talk On – Decorating Around the Garden Do you live near a park? Most people do – there are so many around now. All levels of government recognize the value of a green environment. And, of course, if people know that government has provided them...
|
|
Planning and Laying Out a Flower Garden
A flower garden adds a great deal of variety and beauty to the landscape. Many people find that laying out flower gardens is a very rewarding task. And, while it is possible to create a very attractive flower garden without planning it out first, it is much...
Sunny Disposition - How Roses Benefit from the Sun
It is known that most roses require six hours of direct sunlight in order for them to grow healthy and continue to bloom. Without this amount of sun, almost every single kind of rose will not produce the flowers that you would like to see. They may also be...
Trellis Training - What you need to know about Climbing Roses
Climbing Roses are a wonder of the rose world. Planting one can really spice up your rose garden or enhance the quaintness of your surroundings. You will be amazed at the vigorous, hungry growth of these powerful plants. They can be trained to climb on top...
|
|
Growing Fruits And Vegetables The Way Nature Intended Them To Be
Gardening can add more quality to the way you live and even to
some extent may also add quantity to one's life. There are many
benefits of gardening, particularly organic gardening that can
make one can forget about whatever is bothering him or her.
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. Organic gardening is less boring.
One can easily make his own compost from garden and kitchen
waste. Though this is a bit more time-consuming than buying
prepared chemical pesticides and fertilizers, it would surely be
one rewarding activity.
2. Less health harming chemicals on the food that you and your
family may consume.
Pesticides contain toxins that have only one purpose kill living
things. One of the best known benefits of organic gardening is
the zero tolerance for pesticide use. This is the most widely
know reason for the boom of organic gardening and is also the
best of what we get from the benefits of organic gardening.
3. Less harm to the environment.
Organic gardening has residual effect on ground water. The
Environmental Protection Agency says that 38 states have cases
of contaminated ground water.
The protection of the topsoil from erosion is another concern
dealt with the
practice of organic gardening.
The Soil Conservation Service says that an estimated 30 - 32
billion tons of soil erodes from United States farmlands every
year. Commercial farming causes this.
4. Cost savings
One does need to buy costly chemical fertilizers and pesticides
with organic gardening. One example of organic fertilizer that
one could make use of is as lowly as the stale coffee and coffee
grounds. If one wishes to attract off aphids from vegetables,
plant marigolds. One frugal garden pest spray could be concocted
through mixing 1 tablespoon of liquid dishwashing soap and 1 cup
of cooking oil. Put 3 tablespoons of this mixture in 1 quart of
water and spray on plants.
Mulch, which is used to keep moisture in and weeds out, could be
in the form of grass clippings and pine needles.
5. Organic gardening makes one feel better knowing he is doing
his part in safeguarding the future of the next generations.
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.
About the author:
You Too can have a green thumb. Visit Georges Blog here
http://www.push-button-online-income.com/gardening
|
