- buying Organic Products
- developing an organic garden
- lobbying your government on Organic Issues
- supporting organic organizations
By using organic compost, you are helping to prevent the slaughter of worms and other life which naturally exist within the compost.
If you have a large enough area free, you can plant an organic wood for timber and fuel.
You can volunteer to help on organic farms by joining The International Wwoof Association. This organization is dedicated to helping people interested in working voluntarily on organic farms.
Here are some useful ideas.
- Every household with a garden should have space for composting, where vegetable peelings and any other suitable waste can be recycled. There are many different composting recipes and methods of production.
- If space is limited, you can produce liquid fertilizer with the aid of a compost bin. I know that in some parts of the U.K. and Ireland, compost bins are available for free from the local council.
- I use old plastic bottles cut in half as mini greenhouses when I transplant seedlings outdoors. This gives some protection from slugs and cold weather, especially in the spring.
- Rhubarb leaves make excellent covers for early potato sprouts when frosts are likely. You must uncover the potatoes again as soon as possible otherwise the rhubarb leaves will attract slugs and snails, and of course, the potatoes will need some sunlight.
- I have a permanent supply of liquid feed made from soaked comfrey leaves. Beware of the smell though!
- Certain varieties of flowers are useful in attracting predator insects and for deterring others. For example, limnanthes douglassi (poached egg flower) is liked by friendly hoverflies.
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