Posts Tagged ‘ Organic horticulture ’

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Get Your Kids Involved In Organic Gardening

Oct 24th, 2008 | By cathi | Category: Gardening

As soon as that school bell rings on the last day of classes, kids just rush out of their rooms, excited of the freedom they experience once more and the new lessons they will learn in the summer months. But what activity should they spend time on in these three warm months?
Why not introduce them [...]



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Growing Vegetables Organically

Oct 17th, 2008 | By cathi | Category: Gardening

The rising prices today ranging from food to appliances, all due to the oil price hike, have taken a toll on the contemporary middle-class family. There’s a simple yet cost effective way to cut costs: create a simple vegetable garden. It may seem absurd, but with a vegetable garden, it will cut some costs in [...]



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Pest Control For Organic Gardens

Oct 3rd, 2008 | By cathi | Category: Gardening

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Man-made pesticides have been thoroughly disrupting our environment since World War II. While it may be true that the concept did succeed in its first few decades, in time their chemicals not only made tougher and more resistant bugs, it has also poisoned a lot of plants that fell victim to the chemical-enriched [...]



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What Is Organic Gardening?

Sep 22nd, 2008 | By cathi | Category: Gardening

Conventional wisdom says that organic gardening is a simple process wherein one just plants seeds and for it to grow to its potential, fertilizers are put around the area and pesticides are used to brush off annoying insects that may storm the garden. However, organic gardening is more than a step-by-step process; it is a [...]