Organic Gardening is not as hard as you would think. Start with the soil. Go down to the County Extension Office. Hernando County office is located at 19490 Oliver Street
Brooksville, FL 34601. In Citrus County, the office is located at 3650 West Sovereign Path, Suite 1, Lecanto, FL 34461. They will give you a soil sampling kit for you to send a sample of your soil to Gainesville, in ten days they will send a report back to you, telling you what your soil needs to make the soil ph balanced and ready for gardending.

Choose hardy plants but choose many different varieties of plants. Too much of the same plant leaves your garden vulnerable to disease. There are many organic ways to rid your garden of pests. Take a cup of tobbaco and a gallon of water and mix together, let sit for 24 hours until mixure looks like weak tea. If the mixture is too dark add some more water. This mixture is great for combating many different types of bugs, but especially caterpillars, aphids, and many types of those nasty worms. Don’t use this solution on peppers, tomatoes or eggplant, the mixture will kill these plants. Soap spray will take out those slugs. You can just use your old, dirty dishwater! These are just a couple of easy homemeade suggestions, there are many more.

Living in a small family, my garden doesn’t need that much yeild. There are no rules that say you have to have a specific place to grow your vegetables. I’m starting my own garden at the moment and have decided to mix my vegetables, my herbs and flowers together throughout the yard. Why not plant your leafy veggies with your flowers? Line your mailbox with beautiful lettuce and marigolds. Plant pole beans around your lamp post. Make your whole yard edible and beautiful!

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