Organic Gardening

by Ann Bonar

Published 3 May 1990
Organic gardening means growing plants without resorting to inorganic chemicals such as are found in most pesticides, weedkillers or fertilisers. The benefits are many; for example, vegetables and fruit will not be contaminated or tainted by chemicals; wild life such as beneficial insects, birds and mammals will prosper as they are not killed off; wild flowers will flourish instead of being eliminated by the all-purpose weedkiller.