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Organic Gardening Dos & Don'ts
If you're committed to a natural, healthy approach to gardening, but don't quite know where to start, you're in the right place. Here we take a look at the top dos and don'ts for going organic in your garden.
Do
Manage the whole garden organically - not just the fruit and vegetables
Make the garden 'wildlife friendly', encouraging natural creatures to control pests
Learn to distinguish pests from predators
Play to your garden's strengths, capitalising on its particular characteristics
Make soil care a priority
Make compost and leafmould to feed the soil
Reuse and recycle, to cut down the use of finite resources and reduce disposal problems
Use organically grown seeds as far as possible
Consider the environmental implications when choosing materials for hard landscaping, fencing, soil improvement and so forth
Collect rain water and reduce the need for watering by improving the soil and growing appropriate plants
Make local sources your first choice
Don't
Use slug pellets
Use herbicides
Use preservative-treated wood
Use genetically modified varieties
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Don't
This feature is published courtesy of Garden Organic. Join Garden Organic today to gain access to more than 100 factsheets like this one. Check out the Garden Organic website for more info or take a look at About Garden Organic.
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