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Defining the Organic Gardener – The Challenges to Staying Chemical-free

staff — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:45:51 +0000

Gardening season is here and you are ready to get your hands dirty and your garden blooming. Perhaps you have decided that this year you will plant your own vegetables. Or maybe there is an herb garden in your future. Unfortunately, you are also very conscious about the plights of the vegetable gardener, namely the bugs, weeds, and stunted growth of some vegetables. You figured you would get all the help you need from the gardening chemicals section at your local garden center; however, your reading of the labels has assured you that killing slugs may also equate your killing off the outdoor cat population of your neighborhood, not to mention your child or dog.

Tips on Composing your Compost Pile

staff — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:46:11 +0000

Creating a compost pile is one of the best investments you can make in your garden. Composting is the keystone to a successful, sustainable organic garden. Rather than sending your garden wastes to the landfill and spending upwards of $50 a year on fertilizers, your compost pile allows you to invest your precious plant materials to produce nature’s finest fertilizer. Compost will add organic matter naturally, prevent plant and soil diseases, correct sandy or clay soil structure, make a great mulch or top dressing, provide a variety of nutrients when plants need them, aerate soil, improve drainage, prevent erosion, neutralize toxins, and recycle garden wastes.

What Fertilizers are Needed for Vegetable Gardening?

staff — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:16:01 +0000

All vegetable gardens must have good quality soil for the plants or vegetables to grow healthy. For that to happen, the soil must be enriched with organic and natural fertilizers. Basically, the nutrients provided by fertilizers or manures that provide us fast and normal growth of the vegetable gardens also contribute to pollution. If you apply fertilizer at the wrong time, this could actually result to leaching, erosion and groundwater pollution.

Organic Vegetable Gardening

staff — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:30:58 +0000

Unlike the modern conventional type of gardening, it is believed that organic vegetable gardening is still preferable by most people. When we say organic gardening, it means you don’t use synthetic fertilizers or manufactured pesticides in the garden. They still apply the traditional ones or the old methods as opposed to the modern ways or means of vegetable gardening.

Composting In Vegetable Gardening

staff — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:58:30 +0000

If after a soil test you discover that the soil you want to use for vegetable gardening isn’t adequate, the best thing to do is to add compost. Doing so may not guarantee that you will have a tasty harvest but it can drastically help the environment. For this to work, you need to know what materials can be used to make compost.