The concepts of organic gardening consist of conservation and preservation of the soil by use of natural methods. They do not use chemical pesticides or fertilizers to condition the soil. Conservation of water and preserving the purity of the ground water is also part of organic gardening. Improving the soil without upseting the natural balance can also be done by use of all natural organic soil methods.

Organic gardening is a revised method that was used before commercial ferilizers, fungicides and insecticides became widely popular. Instead of chemicals that can be deadly to good and bad garden insects in organic gardening you make use of natural predators and let insects such as lady bugs, predatory wasps and praying mantis do the insect control for you. Composting of leaves, kitchen scraps and even grass clippings can be used to improve your soil without adding chemical fertilizers.

Organic gardening uses all natural fertilizers that can be made from a simple formula of eggshells kept in a gallon jug filled with water. You can water your houseplants or your garden with this simple mixture for great results. Another organic mix recommended is fish emulsion that you can buy all ready at full strength and bottled or you can make your own and dilute it as needed. You take the fish heads after cleaning fish and put then in a barrel or bucket with a tight fitting seal and fill wih water. As the fish breaks down you drain off the liquid and mix it with water and than water your plants with it. Warning it does have a very strong odor if you make it yourself.

Fertilizers for organic gardening can be very simple to more complex of natural materials depending on the strength and availability of the ingredients you might want to use. One of the easiest ingredients to make a natural fertilizer is available in every small town, rural area and city nationwide. The shells of eggs can be crushed up and placed in one gallon milk jugs and filled with water. As they sit the eggs and water make an all natural fertilizer that works great on houseplants and outside vegetable and flower plants as well. Another form of natural fertilizer is fish emulsion that you can buy or you can make on your own but I will warn you it gives your garden a huge boost but the mixture if fresh can be really smelly. If you make your own you basically save the fish heads and place them in buckets or barrels with tight fitting lids and fill with water, let the fish break down and then use the fish water to water your plants with.

Weeding and moisture retention can be a problem in organic gardening if you don’t use the simple method of a natural mulch. Using a mulch in your garden with help your plants roots from drying out and makes a clean walkway for you to tend your plants. The next benefit to having a mulch in place is it will help keep your weeding to a minimum. You must be careful when using a mulch around some plants though, specially tomatoes as it can be used as a bases for a stem or crop eating insect such as the cutworm to reach your ripening tomatoes. Make sure you understand your plants and which varities need more water so you can plant them where they will benefit the most from the mulching and companion planting in your organic garden. You would not want to plant varities next to each other either they might cross pollinate are you could end up with a disaster on your hands, after all a pumpkin that looks like it is half watermelon would certainly make you wonder what it would taste like.