Friday, February 18, 2011

Starting A Garden And Organic Vegetable Seeds Use

By Chad Perry


If you are one of those people who enjoys gardening and has a vegetable patch which helps to supply your household with fresh grown food, then progressing into having almost organically grown produce is not that hard, and you can purchase organic vegetable seeds to get you started.

If you have ever had the chance to purchase vegetables grown using this kind of method, especially the young and fresh kind, not those that are too old and should not be for sale, you may have noticed the difference in the taste to the conventionally grown produce.

The conventionally grown produce has its place in this world in helping feed it. The organic grower is there growing for those people who would rather have their food grown without artificial fertilizers, pesticides and chemicals. Using organic seed plays a huge part in the production of this kind of produce.

Organic growers have sometimes gained part of their knowledge from a home garden, it gave them the time needed to learn many things about this type of production. They had to find different ways of fertilizing the plants and ground and also treating the insects, caterpillars and fungus which often attacked the garden. It takes many years of abiding by the rules of this industry to become a certified grower and harvester of organic seeds. Growing this kind of produce at home does not mean years of getting there, it is probably more about being able to reduce the amount of artificial products used to grow your food.

Planting with these types of seeds is done in the same way as planting normal seeds, the difference is when they are growing it is about using natural products where possible instead of artificial products. Reading and learning from all kinds of literature on this type of gardening can help with understanding how the whole thing works, how natural products can help the individuals system in different soils and climates.

Organics is all about not using artificial products. The simple act of using hay or straw mulch, and chicken manure from a backyard chicken pen can really get the worms working in the ground in a garden. Worms produce castings which is basically their manure and plants just love this stuff to germinate and grow in. Once you begin this type of gardening the soil begins to change for the better with each little bit you do, and your vegetables will be so much nicer.




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