Organic Gardening Tips
Organic Gardening Tips: How to keep your flowers healthy all year
It is time we began to show a some respect and gratitude for the earthworm underestimated and his son back-up band, fungi and bacteria. They are the true heroes and humble horses line that do the work necessary to keep your dirty full of soil nutrients.
Yet in our home gardens, we are constantly killing earthworms with synthetic fertilizers. We cook them for a crunchy cons with nature, high levels of nitrogen and salts. Worms do not want see the neon colored artificial crystals.
Remember, earthworms are garden superstars, but they do not insist on the spotlight scene! They thrive in damp and dark. All they need is some good old fungi, bacteria, skin banana or two and yesterday's sports page to create the best fertilizer of nature in their droppings, for free!
5 Reasons Why Dirt Diva Gardeners must like the earthworms (Eisenia foetida)
1. Worms help air and water enter and circulate in the ground. As they crawl underground they loosen the soil so plant roots have plenty of oxygen and space to spread.
2. They decompose organic matter such as leaves, nutrients plants can use. mineral transport to the earth subsoil topsoil, and they keep the level of soil pH and content organic fair.
3. Worms secrete slime, which contains nitrogen, one of the most important elements for healthy plants. Nitrogen gives the dark green color to plants and increases the growth of leaves and stems.
4. They eat and dump, and leave behind those precious worm castings or pure fertilizer. Their pieces are rich in trace elements, plant nutrients and plant growth enhancers. In fact, A recent study by the Rodale Institute showed that worm castings have growth benefits that exceed even those of ordinary compost.
5. Casting an NPK (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium) ratio of 3.2-1.1-1.5. These nutrients are readily available to plants and will never ever burn your plants.
These five reasons are exactly why dirty diva you need to build a worm bin for your garden.
How to create a Worm so Your Stay Beautiful flowers throughout the year:
1. Get a bin opaque 10-14 gallon plastic storage at least 12 to 16 inches deep, with mounting tight lid. Drill holes dozen pencil-size in the top and sides for ventilation.
2. Tear your newspaper into strips 1 inch in length for bedding or use your shredded documents that you forgot to show the IRS. No color or glossy paper. Wet the bedding with a garden hose and wring it like a sponge.
3. Buy UPS red! You can find Suburbanhabitat.com, or check with your nursery Local. Start with £ 1. (About eight adult red can produce 1500 babies 6 months!)
4. Fill your tank with rain newspaper and 2 big handfuls of garden soil. Mix It Up and gently add the worms covering them in the document. Add a handful of food scraps in the newspaper. Cover the pan and keep it safe heat or cold. You can keep the garbage under the sink in the garage or shed.
5. Feed fruit, vegetable scraps, coffee grounds, teabags, eggshells, leaves, grass clippings, garden waste. No meat or dairy products. Chop food into small pieces.
6. Check earthworms once a week to ensure that bedding is wet. Do not feed more food until they finish everything on their plate! They will eventually eat the bedding so add more if needed.
7. In 3 months you'll have a rich friable material as of the earth. These are worm castings! To harvest, move all the pieces of bedding and side of the bin. Put fresh bedding and food on the empty side of the tray. Give them a few days to move over to the side. You can then harvest the old side of the bin. Dig the castings into garden beds or sprinkle on top of your soil.
For these organic gardeners and divas who do not have time, space or courage to build and maintain your own worm bin, products like TerraCycle Worm Shit may become your new best friend. It is all natural, vegetable food environmentally friendly made from organic waste.
Fertilize your garden with worm shit every season and I can guarantee your flowers stay healthy all year. Try it! It's fun.
About the Author
Master gardener and author Annie Spiegelman, attracts a whole new generation of women, girlfriends & moms to the joy of working in nature. With a spirited tone mixed with effervescence, The Dirt Diva will influence you to make an ethical commitment to the environment in your own backyard. For more tips on how you can keep your flowers healthy all year long while building a better future, go to http://www.dirtdiva.com
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