Fall is an Important Time of the Year When Organic Gardening
The end of the gardening season has arrived in many areas. The leaves are falling and winter in close to arrive. There is still a lot that needs to be done in an organic garden so that you will be ready to plant your early spring crops and to get the most of your growing season.
Soil structure is the most important part to grow a successful, healthy and thriving crop. In an organic garden, fall is the time to add the soil amendments needed to your garden so you are ready for next gardening season, it always seams to sneak up on us when we aren’t ready.
Once your crops have stopped producing, clean all debris from the garden. Composting this organic matter is the best and most beneficial way of getting the most out of your garden. The compost will add the nutrients needed back into your gardens soil for your plants to benefit from, flowers, herbs and vegetables all will greatly benefit from the nutrients and the organic matter compost will provide to the soil.
When adding organic matter to your gardens soil, you are feeding the soil food web. This is what keeps an organic garden alive. It keeps the needed microorganisms in the soil working hard for you, improving the soils tilth in your gardens soil and supplying the nutrients needed for plants to thrive. These organisms are what do all the work in your garden to keep the soil healthy.
There is a large, complex community of life in your organic gardens soil that is working behind the scene to make sure your garden will be healthy and thrive, along with aiding in pest and disease control naturally.
