Five Easy Steps for Moving Your Organic Garden
Summer is the most popular time of year to buy a home and move into it. Unfortunately for gardeners, it is also the peak of the garden season and the time when you harvest the fruits of your springtime labor. If you will be moving this summer, follow these five easy steps and you’ll be enjoying homegrown vegetables again in no time!
Pack some plants to take with you
If you are moving locally, this is a piece of cake. You will be able to move your favorite seedlings and plants with you easily. If you know the date on which you will be moving, you can plan to have seedlings ready to put in the ground as soon as you arrive at your new home. The beauty of healthy organic seedlings is that as long as you water them regularly, they will do just fine in their pots and can wait for you to unpack a bit before you get around to transplanting them.
If you have a long-distance move, you will be glad to know that a well-watered plant can be carefully sealed in a cardboard box and will be alright without light for several days. Just be sure to unpack it as soon as you can. I have successfully shipped tomato, pepper and herb plants across the country using this method.
Use container gardens
Container gardens are the quickest, easiest way to get your vegetable garden back into its groove. They can be set up with supplies available at any home improvement store: some compost and potting mix (in order to be organic, make sure the potting mix doesn’t contain starter fertilizer), a container of any shape or size that strikes your fancy and some vegetable plants or seeds will do the trick.
Folks who are moving locally can also start their container gardens at their old home and move them to their new one. This adds a homey, familiar touch that can be very comforting.
Use plants that mature quickly
Even if your summer growing season has been cut short by your move, you can still harvest a full summer’s worth of vegetables. In order to do so, you will need to plant vegetables that are fast-growing, such as summer lettuces and radishes. In many areas, you can still get a harvest from tomato plants, even if you move in July. It all depends on the length of your growing season and on your choice of a good, early-maturing variety.
Organic Gardening Articles, Videos & HowTos
Most gardening magazines and websites are written for people with large yards and lots of space to plant. For the average apartment dweller, these resources are nice to look at, but don't give any useful information.
Plants grow in nature without chemicals, so why not let them do the same in your garden? For most garden problems, a natural solution exists.
Organic vegetable gardening give homeowners tasty, nutritious and pesticide-free food.
Commercial potting mixes have a lot going for them: they're convenient, widely available and usually provide a good medium for plants to grow in. What they often aren't is organic.
With our increased awareness of the contamination of our environment and the human illnesses and diseases caused by exposure to chemical pesticides, many home gardeners are choosing to fight garden pests with natural methods.
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