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Organic gardening

Organic gardening is becoming increasingly popular as gardeners try to avoid using artificial fertilisers and harmful chemicals for pest control.

What's more, with a little resourcefulness organic gardenening can be be very productive.

This section of About Organics offers practical steps and links to suppliers providing all you need to make your garden 'organic'.

If you are a gardener and have any organic gardening tips please let us know!

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Key organic gardening tips

Make your own compost

Organic compost is a great soil conditioner, is nutrient rich and will give your plants, crops and flowers all they need to prosper.

Keep weeds under control

Weeds can be useful for an organic garden. They attract insects and wildlife that will help your plants avoid infestations. But it is all about balance. Don't let too many weeds develop or your plants will struggle to get the nutrients they need.

Pest control

Organic gardening does make it more difficult to manage pests, however, there are a number of methods that can be used. Rotating the location of your plants/crops, avoiding clustering and encouraging varied wildlife are all important. See our pest control page for more tips.

Managing disease

Keeping your soil healthy is a key factor in managing disease. Make sure your soil is well composted as nutrient rich soil encourages good plant health. Avoid letting your garden become dry too often - stressed plants are more susceptable to disease. Crop/plant rotation also helps as it avoids a build up of soil based issues.

Have you any handy organic gardening tips? Let us know by emailing us at: enquiries@aboutorganics.co.uk.

Organic gardening links

Below are a selection of useful organic gardening links.

Adam Fletcher - www.vegetable-gardens.co.uk
Vegetable gardening guru.

Choose Organics - www.chooseorganic.co.uk
Useful information about compost, fertilisers, and advice on what to grow.

Organic Gardening Forum - http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/organic/
An online forum meant for the discussion of organic gardening. Well attended and straightforward to use.

Nether Wallop Trading Co - www.netherwalloptrading.com
A company who have developed the "Paper Potter" - a great device for making seed pots out of old newspapers. Very popular with green gardeners and children who are keen to learn about the environment.

Vegetable Expert.co.uk - www.vegetableexpert.co.uk
A public interest website focused on planting, growing, storing and eating vegetables.