Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Gardening You Can Do Inside That's Also Natural

The same process is used in organic gardening whether it be for indoor garden or outside garden. Organic gardening is more than just getting rid of chemicals and any unnatural ingredients in the products that you utilize to tend to your plants. It is the whole gamut of giving the healthiest food substances to your plants as well as ensuring they stay pest-free, by pitting 'good pests' against 'bad pests' rather than relying on chemicals. It's similar to the farmer who puts a scarecrow in the garden to repel the crows. It's a matter of utilizing products that are on hand, and making use of our resources to combat the problems during indoor organic gardening.

If you are going to have an indoor garden, it is more important to do organically as opposed to an outside garden. It's not something we like to think about, but the fact is, you're putting your family in danger if you you use pesticides or other harsh chemicals on the plants you grow in your home. That doesn't mean that you shouldn't care just as much if you're growing things outdoors, but outdoors, oftentimes the natural elements in the air will eliminate many of the toxins that might otherwise become a part of the plants themselves, but when you grow things indoors, you do not have the potential for that to happen. Thus, it's more important to practice indoor organic gardening for the safety of your family and those who may enter the building where your plants are housed.

Being restricted to use of smaller areas is one of the challenges of organic gardening indoors. You, of course, want to choose plants that you are going to grow contingent upon the space you have available so that they will be able to grow properly, and you can keep them healthy for the duration of the time they must be indoors. For example, unless you have a greenhouse, you are not going to grow lettuce, potatoes, or corn because there isn't enough room. In fact, one couldn't even grow corn in a greenhouse, though they may attempt lettuce or potatoes if it's a big enough building.

The two most important factors with indoor organic gardening is to be certain you have enough space for the plants you wish to grow and be more cognizant of the ingredients in the products you use, choosing elements such as other insects to control insect growth in your plants rather than chemical repellents. If you haven't planted indoors before, make sure you know exactly what is required before you begin and have all the organic products you need closely.

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