Vegetable Garden Planning Once you’ve decided where you want to plant your garden, you’ll want to figure out what approach you want to use. You can decide to have it entirely organic, or you can choose a mix of organic and inorganic. If you decide to go entirely organic, you’ll want to choose plants that …
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Soil Types and Maintenance for Herbs
Soil Types and Maintenance for Herbs Soil is the organic and inorganic substance on the earth’s surface that serves as a growing substrate for plants. Roots can form and spread quickly in good soil, which increases the water and nutrient intake required for healthy and productive plants. Too much nitrogen produces leafy vegetables and leafy …
Tips to Taking Care of Your Organic Garden
Tips to Taking Care of Your Organic Garden Healthy, fruitful plants begin with healthy soil in the garden. Because the soil nourishes the plants, it must be fertile in order for plant life to thrive. To allow for root growth, drainage, and air circulation, the soil must be loose. Loosening the soil in the garden …
A Guide to Good Growing Conditions
A Guide to Good Growing Conditions To get the most out of your garden, start planning early in the year and follow the stages carefully throughout the growing season. The goal of this guide is to assist you in planning and maintaining a garden so that you can harvest an ample supply of high-quality veggies …
What is Organic Gardening?
What is Organic Gardening? Organic gardening is defined as gardening without the use of synthetic fertilizers or pesticides. It requires only using natural substances in your yard to develop plants. As it consumes natural resources, organic gardening restores them. It does not rely on synthetic fertilizers and pesticides to provide plant nutrients to the plants. …
Organic Gardening: Compost and Pest Control
Organic Gardening: Compost and Pest Control Gardeners and others who come across the term “organic gardening” are likely to want to know what it means. Organic gardening is the process of growing plants, vegetables, and fruits in the most natural way possible without the use of pesticides or synthetic chemical fertilizers. What is organic gardening, …
How to Grow Organic Plants
How to Grow Organic Plants Organic gardening is more popular than ever, but there’s a lot of misinformation about how to do it properly. How can you give plants the nutrients they require to survive? What are your options for dealing with insects and plant diseases? Is it too difficult to produce some plants organically …
SEEDS EXPLAINED: Heirloom, Hybrid, Organic, and GMO Seeds
SEEDS EXPLAINED: Heirloom, Hybrid, Organic, and GMO Seeds Heirloom, organic, non-GMO, hybrid, open pollinated. What does this all mean? And is there a best type of seed to grow in your garden. This is hands down the question that I get the most when it comes to starting seeds, selecting seeds. And also it’s the …
List of Approved Pesticides for Organic Vegetable Gardening
List of Approved Pesticides for Organic Vegetable Gardening We will list some of the best natural pesticides that are approved by the USDA for organic farming and organic gardening. We will also learn how to use these correctly to get rid of all types of pests in your garden. The pesticides approved in organic farming …