Organic gardening isn’t as hard as it looks. We’ve got 10 key tips on how to start your own organic garden.
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- Enhance your soil by digging in garden compost or mouldy leaves
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- Make your own compost with tea bags, prunings and vegetable peelings
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- You can stop weeds growing by placing composted bark over the soil surface
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- Select varieties of vegetables and fruit that are naturally pest and disease resistant
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- Try and make your garden a paradise for wildlife and beneficial insects and animals. They will naturally help control pests like snails, greenfly and slugs
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- Opt for biological controls for pest control problems in your greenhouse or garden
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- Do not try to be too much of a perfectionist. Try to live minus pesticides and fertilisers
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- Do not under water plants as they are susceptible to diseases when they are stressed
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- Opt for companion planting. Strong scented flowers, when planted right ext to edible crops, put off pests
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- Ensure you regularly inspect your garden and plants, in order to prevent any potential problems from becoming to big to handle
