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Organic gardening is also cheaper; you don’t have to spend as much money on tools and requires very little equipment. Here are some strategies to aid you become an expert organic gardener.

You can help your plants from developing diseases with aspirin water. Dissolve 1 aspirin (1.5 pills per 2 gallons of water) in a bucket and administer to your plants. You can just spray the plans with this on them to fight disease. Try to apply the mixture to the plants with this around every three weeks.

Preparing a plot for planting a perennial garden is easy. Use your spade to slice chunks of turf up, turn the turf over, then spread the area with approximately three inches of wood chips. Let this sit for a couple weeks, then turn the earth and set up your new perennial bed.

Keep your gardening tools handy to work more efficiently.

When a seed actually sprouts, they will not be in need of the warmth they needed to germinate. Keep an eye on your seeds to know when you should do this.

Pine is a surprisingly great mulch. Cover soil beds with a few inches of pine needles, as they will decompose and disperse their acid throughout the soil.

Spacing is one of the primary considerations when planting an organic garden. You can easily underestimate how much space plants need until they begin to grow. Plan accordingly and put an appropriate amount of distance between the seeds.

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Your compost pile should contain green plants and dry plant materials.Green plant material can include old flowers, fruit waste, spent flowers, weeds, and leaves. Dried plant material includes straw, shredded paper, sawdust, straw, and dried and cut-up woody material. Avoid ashes, charcoal, diseased plants and meat-eating animal manure.

Putting the advice you just learned to use in your organic garden will help you realize several benefits, including having healthy plants and a reduction in toxins. Planting a natural garden also encourages wildlife to enjoy your garden, and this even benefits the plants growing within.