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I really surprised myself by becoming involved with organic farming
just if you are short years ago, and boy am I glad that I did. I was
going through some tough times in my little home. I live in a small
ranch style house in the California country, attempting to make a
living as a handyman. Work turned out to be a little more scarce than
I first had anticipated and times call for a little belt tightening to
say the least.
I got a book on organic farming, figuring that if I grew
my own food, it would help things along for me. My feeling was that I
would use up some of my increasingly abundant free time, save some
money on food, and perhaps best of all, began eating more healthy
diet. Once more, it would give me a sense of pride. Having something
to do keep your mind sound and your spirits from sinking.
I actually have been consuming organic farming for for quite some time, but never really gave it much thought. I guess that I still don't in some ways. I was doing it in such a small scale that I had no idea how huge in industry organic farming really had become.
The large corporate farming interests have to find ways to grow huge fields of the same crop, and they can afford expensive measures to control pests without using any unnatural pesticides. I was again a little different in this respect in that I did not have the expertise or resources to fight the little varmints, so I had to get clever so that my organic farming would not be compromised.
The first thing I had to deal with or slug. Did you realize that peer works great for getting rid of slugs? They are attracted to the liquid itself but are then ironically drowned in it. What you might not realize until you try organic farming, is that there are always more slugs out to ravage your crops.
You wouldn't believe how much of the pain in the butt these little fellas are. But I found that they weren't even the worst of it. Little bunny rabbits or a huge threat to my organic farming venture. You see, unlike my neighbors,
I never have sprayed my lawn, so I have always had a family of cute little bunnies living in my yard. But there are two things bunnies are known for, and the lesser known one is equally impressive. You wouldn't believe the voracious appetites on these little guys and gals. As for carrots, it's not fiction, they really do love them. Organic farming is wonderful but you had better be prepared to roll up your sleeves and put in the work.
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