My garden is thriving this month and I can't wait for the next month to show even more color. The veggies are growing, slowly, but surely and everything seems to be bigger and better than last year.
All of my yard and garden are organic. Not certified, but close. he he I use no pesticides, herbicides, insecticides, funcicides, or fertilizers that are not completely natural or certified organic. I haven't used any of these chemicals for years and my grass, flowers, fruits and veggies are beautiful proof that I am doing something right.
To prep soil, I use compost from my bin, mushroom compost and natures helper. To fertilize, I use Miracle Gro organic fertilizer for the whole yard. For weed control, I use corn gluten on the lawn and shredded newspaper in the plant beds with a heap of mulch. When there is something bothering one of my plants, I spray soapy water on it, slugs get cups of beer and caterpillars get picked off and squished. If I really need help, I bring a leaf or more to a Master Gardener friend to help and make suggestions about incecticidal soap or other organic bug traps.
My reward: My kids and my dog can play in the yard at their leisure and I never lose sleep over it, I attract more birds and toads and wildlife, and I am never polluting the waterstream or anything else for that matter.
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