How do I plant an organic garden?

I'm planning on starting my own organic garden, I've never been successful at growing much. My strawberries always get eaten by bugs. I'm pretty sure we have good soil here, (I live in washington), but I'm not sure how to keep pest out.

How do I plant an organic garden?
Organic gardening is just gardening with out the use of chemicals. Yes, there are alot of products you can buy from nurseries and even Walmart that say they are organic but what they really are is just a waste of money. Do a search on the internet for tips on organic gardening in your area. There is an Organic Gardening Magazine you can subscribe to. The forums on GardenWeb are very helpful also. Jerry Baker is an author of a lot of helpful books for using household ingredients to battle the bugs and other diseases. Amazon.com has his books new and used. He uses dishsoap and alot of of tobacco juice LOL. I have used some of his recipes and they do work.
Reply:Buy "organic" pesticides...DUH
Reply:mcurry81,


to make your garden organic, plant it just like you would any other garden. Instead of using weed killer, pull the weeds by hand. Instead of using bug spray find other ways to keep them out. For instance, ladybugs will eat aphids. Frogs, lizards and/or garden snakes will help with other bugs. Snails are hard to keep out, but squishing the ones you find will help. There are even places that sell wolf urine. The smell of that will keep deer and other four legged plant eaters away.
Reply:It depends on how much space you have, and how much time you can invest. One of the most important concepts with organic gardening is how you prepare the soil, and what you do to keep pests and weeds under control. In many cases that is going to be labor intensive.





You also need to buy good seed (or bedding plants) that are hardy for your area.





You can find some guidelines and resources at the web site below, to get you started.





As for strawberries, one thing I can say for sure is that the slugs love 'em! You have to be vigilant and watch when they are getting close to ripe, because the moment when YOU want to eat them is also when the slugs want them too. You can make a "slug trap" out of an old pie plate with some beer in the bottom of it, which will attract the slugs -- then you throw them out with the plate afterwards. But birds and squirrels are your other competition -- so you just need to monitor your berries and make sure you get there first.