Anyone here try organic gardening? It always seems like too much trouble but at the same time, it's nice not to have stuff with pesticides and herbicides on it.
I do organic farming once in a while because it really takes a lot of commitment in doing this. What alternatives do you use for pesticides or herbicides? I have used vinegar-water solution for killing the weeds. But I have a hard time coming up with a good alternative for pesticides.
We are going to try and go the organic route or at least use the least damaging pesticides possible. I have been trying to find ways to make it work...my daughter will be eating this stuff so I don't want to use a lot of chemicals or even have them around.
We only have a small space on the front yard, hence it's not so difficult to manage an organic garden there. Thanks Justin for the info about killing the weeds. Normally I will just clean them manually.
Thanks for the vinegar-water tip. I will have to try that this year. I don't know if this would be considered organic but I have heard that palmolive dish detergent and water will keep beetles off of your plants and keep mosquitos down.
How effective is the vinegar-water to get your garden rid of the weeds? I have to give it a try though. To make organic pesticides, you can use garlic, tomatoes and tobbaco. But now I cannot find the recipes to make the pesticides. I will let you know when I find them.
I've never used chemicals on the food that I've grown, and the results varied hugely as a result. My cauliflowers in particular suffered badly with cabbage white butterflies and I would have to pick the eggs or caterpillars off every day. Real pain, and huge amount of work.
I work with a farm and we use organic gardening. The woman who runs the farm picks off the bugs every day. She also planted with that approach in mind.
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