Good for you! Most likely you have recently made a decision to start an organic garden, great choice! Read this and you will know where to begin.
Decide what goes where!
First, look at your garden during the day. Where is it sunny? Where are the shady areas that perhaps just get a glimpse of sunlight?
Vegetables usually need a lot of sun to grow and mature well, so make sure to choose the sunny spots for them. However, many perennial flowers grow quite well in the shade, or actually prefer the shade.
Accordingly: put your vegetables where the sun goes, and your perennials where the shade is, but feel free to mix the suncraving perennials with your veggies to add even more beauty to your garden.
Soil preparation
Next you want to take a look at your garden soil. Is it sandy? Muddy? Dry? Moist? Or different in different parts of the garden?
To prepare a sandy soil in the best manner, you should add organic matter. If you are the lucky owner of a compost pile, you can simply use the degraded material from that. You do know that a compost pile is the backbone of every organic garden, so make sure you have one. However, if by any chance you do not have one at the moment, you have to purchase for example cow-dung or the like, which is very good as it will not only bring organic matter to your soil but also a lot of nutrients. Be careful with peat though, as it may make your soil to acidic.
Your soil will improve over time if you remember to add organic matter every spring.
What if your soil is muddy then? If it’s heavy clay, you’ll probably do well to add some gravel or coarse sand to make it drain better. Beware of fine sand, as it will turn your muddy soil into concrete. And thats not what we are looking for, is it?
Shovel after shovel of organic matter will make wonders with your muddy as well as your sandy soil. It will get porous and give the earth worms plenty to eat and thereby airing your soil.
It is tempting to use a rototiller since it is fast and seemingly efficient. However, it will spread some of the weeds by shredding the roots into pieces that will turn into more plants, huh. The earth worms will also thank you if you instead take the old shovel and simply dig two shovels deep.
Now it is time to rake and prepare for sowing. When your garden flourish, make it a good habit to walk through it every day to check for pests and weeds, and discover any problems as early as possible!
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