Organic Gardening - Why Does Everyone Think It's BIO?
By Ann LeFlore
@poehere (15123)
French Polynesia
October 10, 2015 9:56pm CST
At times I get tired of explaining the difference between organic gardening and BIO. BIO is a product that you still have to purchase. One time I was looking for an organic way to keep bugs off my cabbage. The store gave me a BIO product. When I read the label it still had pesticides. Finally I opted for purchasing fish oil and fresh garlic to make my own. Now that's organic.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
11 Oct 15
That is all I use in my garden. I can't stand the taste of food laced with BIO products or other products. I make my own fertilizer and I plant different plants next to each other to control the bugs. My garden is 100% organic.
@rebelann (117199)
• El Paso, Texas
11 Oct 15
Ahhh @poehere so you're into companion planting, I've much to learn about that but I still have a ways to go before the trees I've planted are tall enough to give the shade I need to grow most herbs or veggies. However, I am organic, no pesticides or herbisides here.
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@rebelann (117199)
• El Paso, Texas
11 Oct 15
Actually I live in a hot arid climate so many of the plants that seem normal to you don't do well here due to the lack of moisture @poehere as for giving dogs greens, be careful, dogs are carnivores and their digestive system can't digest greens like we can. You might want to ask a canine nutritionist about which plants a dog can safely digest, I personally only give mine carrots, cranberrys and pumpkin, I've never given them herbs.
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@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
11 Oct 15
There are bugs that you can kill with your own hands. I don´t use any sort of pesticide in my veggie patch (that means more holes in the leaves), but it paid off while I was in chemo. My oncologist FORBID fresh veggies, except for the ones I grew.
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@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
11 Oct 15
@poehere Every now and then, I think about cooking a slug risotto. 
Slugs are eatable, as you know. Why is it that we can eat something out of an expensive can and not use up what we have around?
Slugs are eatable, as you know. Why is it that we can eat something out of an expensive can and not use up what we have around?1 person likes this
@celticeagle (189792)
• Boise, Idaho
11 Oct 15
I love fish emusion. I find it to be one of the best plant foods.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
11 Oct 15
I don't have that here for me so what I do is throw a lot of rotten fruit and plants and veggies in a blender with some water and it makes the best plant food you ever saw.
