Organic Gardener, Chemical Gardener or in between?

I think it really helps if you've got loads of other non-crop stuff growing, that's my excuse for not weeding so often anyway!

For example, I had a small outbreak of greenfly in my greenhouse earlier in the year and was considering how to treat them when I saw I had some little white grubs on them which turned out to be hoverfly larvae happily munching the greenfly!

I've also got hedgehogs and loads of frogs helping to keep the slugs in check, which I also try to kill off using beer traps. Oh and I've also got slow worms and even common lizards all doing their bit too!

So pest control hasn't been a major problem this year but I expect it won't always be so easy. next year I'll be planting some marigolds and other flowering plants to encourage more hoverflies and bees though.

Couldnt get the poll to work but

I am a 1. In fact I am veganic - I dont use animal manures or blood,fish and bone.

Why lug car loads of animal dung to your plot when a crop of green manure will do the samed job just as well or even better. 

I try to be organic but if someone gives me non-organic seeds I'll still use them.

I took over my plot in December 2007 and it took me untill September to dig out all or at least 90% of the couch, mares tail and bind weed. It seemed that I would never finish but I am now very happy with the results. While digging I still managed to plant some crops and managed to get about 250lbs of potatoes and 230lbs of runner beans. This year I will have the time to tend the crops properly and pull the few weeds (no weed killer).

I would love to be totaly organic, it does seem better . Though I don't think I ever will totaly. For example I am sure you all have hanging baskets and planters, it seems the norm these days to use things like miricle grow, they are not organic surely.
 See thats the trouble you don't entirely know whats on the shelf down at the garden centers is organic or not, and when it reads organic on the label they want to charge the earth for it.