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COG Reference Series. #8Organic Gardening: The First Steps. Organic gardeners try to follow a system that will build good soil structure and fertility by ...

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Canadian Organic Growers COG Reference Series Page 1Canadian Organic GrowersCOG National Office 323 Chapel Street Ottawa Ontario K1N 7Z2Tel: 6132160740 Toll free: 18883757383 Fax: 6132160743Email: office@cog.ca Web: www.cog.caCanadian Organic Growers Inc is Canada=s national membershipbased education and networking organization representing farmers gardeners and consumers in all provinces. COG Reference Series #8Organic Gardening: The First StepsOrganic gardeners try to follow a system that will build good soil structure and fertility by duplicating nature=s methods as closely as possible without the use of synthetic fertilizers. Chemical pesticides (poisons) are also avoided. To describe a very complex system in simple terms in nature what is fed by the soil returns to the soil. Fauna and flora (organic matter) in varying stages of decay are converted into humus by the never ending work of microorganisms in the soil. Humus in turn provides the source of nourishment for all plant life. Thus: HUMUS is the PRODUCT and the SOURCE of all living material.Gardening and agriculture are in themselves unnatural practices. They break the nutrient cycle by the removal of plants and animals from the land with little return. To maintain soil that is biologically active and healthy it is necessary to replace what is lost. This most important task of the organic grower is to regularly incorporate organic matter such as compost into the soil. This procedure can totally eliminate the need for chemical fertilizers. A rough guide is to work about 2 kilograms of wellrotted organic matter into every square meter of soil in spring and fall.Good soil rich in humus creates a favorable environment for the gradual release of plant nutrients; improves aeration drainage structure; and acts as a reservoir in the soil to keep nutrients from leaching away from plant roots. Earthworms and bacteria are the main microbial agents in humus formation. Earthworms tunnel into the soil and make bu ...

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