A Short History of Organic Gardening

You could state that the good reputation for organic horticulture started centuries ago when ancient cultures would until the earth, plant the crops after which harvest them.

As the need for such goods increased, fertilizers or inorganic pesticides were used to aid grow crops yet because It was just later on that people realized they were also being eaten after they were washed thus there was clearly a campaign to go back to natural gardening.

There was renewed interest in the 1980s that individuals in the US started to switch back to organic garden. The Division of Agriculture even gave the farmers incentives for this old method and as the need for such goods grew, more and more people have shifted to this method.

But what’s organic horticulture? Well, aside from no longer making use of fertilizers and also pesticides, landscapers will have to depend on compost, plants residue, crop rotation, incorporated pest management and also mechanical farming in order to preserve soil efficiency and battle pests.
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