People all over the country are becoming interested in organic gardening. They fall in love with the idea of growing a garden without the use of any man made chemicals. An organic gardener is trying to grow and harvest a bountiful garden in a completely natural manner. The problem that the aspiring organic gardener runs into is that they aren’t sure how to start an organic garden.

Surf the Internet

The internet is full of all kinds of information about how to start an organic garden. You can find out about things like natural predators, creating a compost pile, what to compost. An internet search is also when you are trying to find a local nursery or garden store that carries everything a new gardener needs to start an organic garden.

Find A Good Information Center

One of the best places a person can go to learn how to start an organic garden is a local organic nursery or an organic garden store. Not only will the aspiring gardener find all sorts of pre-bagged fertilizer, gardening tools, and young plants and seeds, they will also find a world that is completely inhabited by organic farmers. Not only are the employees at the gardening store experts at organic gardens but all of the customers at the store are also organic gardening enthusiast. The wonderful thing is that all of these people are quick to help you find products and offer organic gardening advice. They will be able to help you choose the tools you need to start an organic garden, and tell you what type of plants grow best in your region. You may even find that the store or nursery has created an organic gardening club where you can get ideas, suggestion, and meet new friends.

Develop A Pest Control Plan

One of the things you will quickly learn after you start an organic garden is that you are going to be fighting an ongoing war with insects that want to eat your garden plants. The most effective way to deal with these pest is with a pesticide spray but using the spay means you no longer have an organic garden. The easiest way to deal with your insect population is to add to it. The trick is to add insects that are natural predators to the plant eating bugs. You can get natural predators two ways, the first is to purchase them at your favorite organic gardening store, the second is to plant organic garden plants that will lure natural predators to the garden.