What Are The Benefits Of Organic Gardening?

| Thursday, May 19, 2011
By Rebecca Lane


As a way to feel safer about the foods they eat, droves of people are turning to organic produce. People worry about what they eat. People worried about what they're eating because of the kinds of the reports of food poisoning from vegetables and fruits.

We now know just how dangerous all of those chemicals that we spray plants on can be, too. Many chemicals have been banned because they were shown to cause cancer! But there are still hidden dangers that we haven't discovered because there are still some dangerous chemicals that haven't been banned.

Garden organically if you want to feel safer about the food you eat. This way, you'll also know that what you're feeding your family is safer and healthier unlike the questionable stuff in grocery stores. It's better for you and your family to eat food that won't give you cancer.

Extremely beneficial to the environment is organic gardening and there are several reasons to this. If your plants are sprayed with chemicals, the chemicals wash off of your plants and onto the ground. The chemicals then makes it into ground water when it washes down into the ground.

Birds and other animals eat the insects that you plants have poisoned. These animals can then become sick and die. Any animals that eat those animals can also die if the toxicity is high enough. A strong environmental impact will then be the result.

By killing too many of a certain species of insect, you can also cause an imbalance in the local wildlife. Killing off a large population of a particular insect means those animals that depend on that insect for food may also die off.

Those that depend on the second species of food may also begin to die off. If the problem became too widespread, this could spin out of control. Although this is unlikely, it's still possible. Also known for its superior flavor is organic produce.

Sweeter than traditionally grown carrots are organic carrots. Unlike other carrots, they don't have the same bitterness. Grow your produce organically even if you're worried about the chemicals effects on the environment and to your body.

There are obviously a few drawbacks to gardening organically, too. You have to deal with pests differently, and it can be a longer and more complex process to rid your plants of certain pests. You can't use chemicals and instead you pick them off by hand and drop them in soapy water.

To prevent bugs from eating your plants, spray them with solutions made of garlic and hot pepper. It can be difficult. It's also better to use organic fertilizers than chemical fertilizers.

But since you can make organic fertilizers yourself, they can be cheaper. A common organic fertilizer is fish emulsion. It's a sort of tea made from dead fish. Many organic gardeners also another tea-like fertilizer called seaweed fertilizer.

And of course there's natural compost that can help you make use of your kitchen waste! There are more benefits in organic gardening than there are drawbacks. It's rewarding even if it's a bit more work.




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