Tips That All Organic Gardeners Should Know

Many people are finding out how great it is to have an organic garden. The aim of this article is to help the would-be organic gardener get off to a great start. Just put these tips to work for you and you will soon see great results.

Create useful rulers from your tool handles. Tools with long handles, such as rakes, hoes, and shovels can be converted into handy measuring sticks. Place the handles on the ground and measure them. Use a bright permanent marker and label the distances. Now, the next time you do work in the garden, you'll actually have a ruler at your fingertips.

Transform the handles of your tools into convenient measuring devices. Handles of things such as rakes, hoes or shovels make excellent measuring instruments. Place the handles on the ground and measure them. With a permanent marker, note pertinent measurements on the tool handle. When the need arises to measure something while in your garden, the measuring tool you need will literally be "on hand," sketched into the handles of your tools.

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Don't plant a garden without planning it. Use this to remind you where certain things were planted, later when they start sprouting. It can also keep you from planting any of your garden favorites too close to each other.

Irises can be easily divided. You can divide those overgrown clumps and increase the amount of irises you have. Once the foliage has died off, lift out your bulbous irises. You will be able to split the bulb easily and replant it to get more flowers next year. For plants with rhizomes, use a knife to divide them. Cut out new pieces from outside the bulb and throw away the old center. Every piece needs to have a minimum of one good offshoot. Replant them immediately.

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As is evident by the article you just read, gardening is not as difficult as it may have seemed at first glance. There is, of course, a vast amount of information out there on gardening. In many cases, all that's needed to make some sense of the whirlwind of information is a reference point from which to get started. Follow our tips to start happily on your way.