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You can grow many different types of plants in an organic garden. Many acid-loving plants love mulch. These types of plants should be mulched with a thick layer of pine needles around fall every year. As the needles start to decompose, they will start depositing their natural acid into the soil. You can add richness [...]

Easily and quickly prepare your ground for a garden of perennials. Use your spade to slice chunks of turf up, then flip each piece over, and spread wood chips on top to a depth of four inches. After a few weeks, dig, then plant your perennials. Always clean veggies with fresh water outside your home, [...]

If you want to continue your organic gardening throughout the winter, you can create a tent with materials laying around your home. You can use some old bean poles to stick to the end of the beds. Cover them with sheets and hold down the edges with bricks. This method will ensure that your crops [...]

Get Started By Using These Organic Gardening Tips and Suggestions In the world of organic gardening, there are plenty of great resources available to both new and experienced organic gardeners alike. There are many e-guides, books, videos, and other resources available. This set of tips contains some of the best advice for helping a good organic [...]

Old laundry baskets are handy tools at harvest time. The laundry basket is a perfect strainer for any produce run off. Rinse off your produce while it’s in the laundry basket, and any excess water will be strained out through the basket’s holes. Do you want to kill weeds in a natural way? To control [...]

Making beds is one of the most important skills you need to acquire. To begin this process, cut under the turf and leave a space open. With the turf placed outside, cover the scalped area with fine wood chips. Leave it to settle for a couple of weeks and then you will be able to [...]

When you are organically growing tomatoes, try planting only some seeds at once; then go back and plant an additional set of seeds in three weeks. When you stagger your planting in this manner, your tomato plants will not be in bloom all at once, meaning you have fresh tomatoes for longer. If something happens [...]

While you may have heard a few things here and there about composting, how much do you really know about it? Compost is a mixture of organic matter such as grass clippings, dead leaves, scraps of produce, eggshells, straw, and small twigs that all break down together into a soil-like consistency. Compost can be used [...]

Try using botanical pesticide products that can keep your insect problem under control. Sometimes the natural insecticides can be even more powerful than the engineered synthetic pesticides on the market. However, because botanical insecticides are biological, they often decay and disappear quickly. Weeds are a plague to any garden. You can use this to kill [...]

Ever wondered why you should think about organic gardening? Check out this video by Howard Garrett, also known as the Dirt Doctor. He’s got information on why you should use organic methods, and how to get started. This is a quick overview of the important of organics. Hope you enjoyed it! Tags: Garrett, organic garden, [...]

Raised bed gardening is a great way to garden! You can control the soil in a smaller area, building it up with compost or other amendments. To make organic raised beds, you have to be sure to use the right kind of materials. This includes not only the soil, but the enclosure as well.  You [...]

So, just what IS organic gardening? First off, to garden organically takes a little different mindset. You have to be prepared to accept a few imperfections in return for healthier produce.  You have to be avoid the seemingly quick fix of using chemicals, and look for long term improvement of the soil in your garden. [...]

Organic Garden Tips – Gardening On a Slope, Part I Slopes can be a real pain to deal with and an eyesore on your property. They are difficult to mow, and you don’t want to use a bunch of chemicals to kill poison ivy and other weeds that might make their home there. You can [...]

Organic gardening doesn’t have to be difficult. It’s more a matter of looking at things differently, of seeking out alternatives to using chemicals. This short video is a nice introduction to organic gardening made easy. ,/div> Organic gardening is a great way to have fresh vegetables and to leave the earth a little better than [...]

Here is an important aspect of organic gardening and I’m sure that you will relate to it very well. Just imagine this, you are famished, you are waiting to be fed, you also have not bathed. The thing is you have spent so much time taking care of others and working, so much so you [...]

Organic gardening fits many different gardening styles. Where you are gardening helps dictate what style of organic gardening you can reasonably manage. If you understand what type of gardening will work best for your situation, you can plan better and likely increase your yield of vegetables or flowers. Community Gardening If you haven’t got any [...]

Organic Gardening Tip — Making Compost compost (noun) A mixture of decaying organic matter, as from leaves and manure, used to improve soil structure and provide nutrients. Compost is often referred to as a gardener’s “Black Gold” because it’s such great organic fertilizer and mulch. Although you can buy it some places, the best organic [...]