Droves of people are turning to organic gardening and organic produce as a way to feel safer and more confident about the foods they eat.  In truth I suspect most of us are just a tickle worried about the foods we put into mouths and how they may affect our bodies.

Have you too noticed the increase in reports of food poisoning caused from fruits and vegetables? Is it any wonder then that so many are so worried about what they are eating.

Ok, so finally the penny is dropping in relation to just how dangerous all of those chemicals that we spray plants on can be. Did you also know that many chemicals used on plants have been banned because they are suspect if not proven to cause cancer?

So, that makes us all feel better, right?  Wrong! …some dangerous chemicals have not yet been banned, and there may be plenty of hidden dangers that haven’t yet been discovered.

This brings me to why it makes sense to garden organically. For starters we can feel safer about the food we eat.  We can feel confident that the food we are feeding to our families is safer and healthier than the questionable stuff found in supermarkets and grocery stores.

We all deserve to eat food that won’t give us all cancer!

Organic gardening is also extremely beneficial to the environment for several reasons.

Consider for a moment, this less than attractive or palatable ‘chain reaction’ that occurs when we do not garden organically:

1.    Every time you spray your plants with chemicals, those chemicals are washed from your plants and onto the ground.  From there, those chemicals wash down into the ground, and eventually make it into the groundwater!

2.    When the insects on your plants are poisoned, they very likely will be eaten by birds or other animals.  These animals may then become sick and die.  If the toxicity was high enough, any animals that ate those animals might also perish.  This situation is now well on its way to having a very strong environmental impact.

3.    By killing too many of a certain species of insect, you can also cause an imbalance in the local wildlife.  If you and your neighbors kill off a large portion of the population of one insect, then anything that depends on that insect for food might also start to die off.

4.    Now, ….Wow look what we have created. Things are starting to get pretty serious – anything that depends on the second species for food ”may also soon begin dying”.  This could spin out of control if the problem becomes too widespread.  However unlikely this could be, it is not impossible.

Ok, so enough of how bad things can be, let us take a look at how good and even tastier things can be if we change what we have always been doing in the garden..to “What We Should Be Doing In The Garden!”

Organic produce gardening is safe and,….organic produce is well known for its superior flavor.

For example, organic carrots are widely known for being much sweeter than traditionally-grown carrots.  They don’t have the same bitterness that other carrots can have.  This is a very good reason to grow your produce organically, even if you aren’t worried about the chemical effects to your body and the environment.

There are obviously a few drawbacks to gardening organically, too.  You have to deal with pests differently, and it may be a somewhat more complex process to rid your plants of certain pests.

So let’s consider some of those necessary changes:

1.    Instead of picking up some chemicals, you will in some instances have to pick off insects by hand and drop them into soapy water.

2.    You are going to have to spray your plants with solutions made of things like hot peppers and garlic to prevent some bugs from eating them.

3.    You also have to stick to organic fertilizers, rather than using easy chemical fertilizers.  But, chin up guys….Organic fertilizers can actually be cheaper, because you can make them yourself.  Fish emulsion is another common organic fertilizer.  It’s a sort of tea made from dead fish.  Seaweed fertilizer is another tea-like fertilizer that many organic gardeners swear by.  There is also Worm Tea that rose gardeners are famous for making.

4.    Of course there’s natural compost that can also help you make use of your kitchen waste!

The benefits of organic gardening far outweigh the few drawbacks.  It may be a bit more work, but my-oh-my it is so rewarding!  So go to it my fearless garden friends.  Help yourself, your health and that of those you love and feed on a regular basis.

Help our environment and the wonderful creatures that God provided to help us create healthy flora and fauna on this our truly beautiful plant earth.

Go Green….Go Organic…Go start Organic Gardening today!!

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