Organic Vegetable Gardening

Fresh Nutritious Organic Vegetables

In order to make your garden organic, eliminate the use of all commercial chemicals. There are natural alternatives to get rid of garden pests and problems. You will also have to build up your soil. The soil around your home probably has been treated with chemical fertilizer and weed killer; both are harmful to your health.

First, choose your garden plot. You will need some stones or lumber to build up garden beds. Garden beds raise your garden off the soil that already exists and give you a way to fill your garden with fresh organic soil. Bags of organic soil may be purchased at any local garden center.

To enhance your soil, add worm castings, a natural fertilizer. This may be purchased at an organic farm, local CSA (Consumer Supported Agriculture) or online.

Be sure to look for heirloom varieties when choosing your seeds or purchasing your vegetable plants. These are plants that have existed for over a hundred years and will allow you to save seeds for the next gardening season. The genetically engineered variety readily available in most stores today often will not provide seeds for future use, nor are they as beneficial nutritionally since science and chemicals have altered them from their original state.

The seed packet or tag in your vegetable plant will tell you how and when to plant it, so keep those instructions.