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5 Simple and Easy Ways to Organic Gardening

cathi — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:00:38 +0000

So you want to go organic!

Organic gardening does not just mean no chemicals, fungicides, insecticides, or herbicides, it means creating a natural balance in our gardens. Organic gardening starts with soil and that means recycling; recycling plants, weeds, flowers, vegetables, kitchen waste, newspapers and anything else that will break down into compost. Compost is the heart of organic gardening. What goes into the soil comes out as beautiful vegetables, flowers, shrubs and trees. Building and maintaining soil quality is the basis for successful organic gardening.

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Organic Vegetable Gardening. A Labor Of Love.

Rick — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:25:37 +0000

Successful organic vegetable gardening can require a lot of work and careful planning. This includes the preparation of the soil by enriching it and protecting the soil from the infestation of harmful insects.

Organic vegetable gardening is different from conventional gardening in two major ways. They differ from the usage of fertilizers and pest control. The fertility of the soil depends upon three components: nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium.

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Organic Garden Tools

cathi — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:06:46 +0000

Every gardener needs a standard complement of tools like rakes, shovels, mattocks, trowels, etc. But as an organic gardener you will find there are some specialized tools on the market that, wielded correctly, can make your gardening chores more like gardening pleasures.

Compared to conventional gardening, going organic will bring you more responsibilities like effectively creating, managing and utilizing compost and effective water management.

Some of the tools for organic gardening have a long and storied history while others are technologically advanced wonders of modern science. Unfortunately the plethora of choices can easily overwhelm neophytes and experts alike.

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Something Rotting In Your Garden!

cathi — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 07:29:28 +0000

Your organic garden needs rotted organic material, compost, in order to thrive. Don’t just rely on any old detritus to feed your organic garden though. Depending on your soil and what your growning there are materials that won’t help much, and there are others for which your garden plants are starving. Random composts do not match the correct carbon-nitrogen ratio and water content. The main thing you need to know about compost is that you the gardener must control and stabilize the otherwise natural decomposition process in order to attain the ideal compost for your garden.

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