Organic Gardening
How to Grow an Organic Vegetable Garden
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.
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 Primer
Organic vegetable gardening give homeowners tasty, nutritious and pesticide-free food.
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.
Get Excited About Growing Eggplant
All too often, eggplant gets a bum rap. People complain that it's hard to grow, hard to cook bitter tasting and not diet friendly. Not surprisingly, it's not included, or even welcome, in many an organic garden. Are these accusations against eggplant true, or do the gardeners of America owe eggplant a collective apology?
All too often, eggplant gets a bum rap. People complain that it's hard to grow, hard to cook bitter tasting and not diet friendly. Not surprisingly, it's not included, or even welcome, in many an organic garden. Are these accusations against eggplant true, or do the gardeners of America owe eggplant a collective apology?
Teaching Kids About Organic Gardening
One of the most important things you can pass along to kids is the love and importance of organic gardening. Organic gardens are free of chemicals and much better for the environment. Organic gardening is a state of mind.
One of the most important things you can pass along to kids is the love and importance of organic gardening. Organic gardens are free of chemicals and much better for the environment. Organic gardening is a state of mind.
Organic Gardening: Natural Pest Control
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.
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.
Saving Your Crop from the Western Bean Cutworm and Other Bean Pests
There is a whole array of insect pests who live to eat your bean plants. They attack quickly and can make a defoliated mess of your plants if left unchecked. Luckily, it is possible to mount an organic defense against them. Here are the keys to protecting the bean citizens of your garden kingdom.
There is a whole array of insect pests who live to eat your bean plants. They attack quickly and can make a defoliated mess of your plants if left unchecked. Luckily, it is possible to mount an organic defense against them. Here are the keys to protecting the bean citizens of your garden kingdom.
Growing Daikon Radish Organically
Radishes are dear to my heart for several reasons, the primary one being that they almost never let you down. I just plant radish seed in decent soil and keep it watered. A few weeks later, almost without fail, I'm pulling beautiful radishes out of the soil by the handful.
Radishes are dear to my heart for several reasons, the primary one being that they almost never let you down. I just plant radish seed in decent soil and keep it watered. A few weeks later, almost without fail, I'm pulling beautiful radishes out of the soil by the handful.
How to Grow Shiitake Mushrooms
Growing shiitake mushrooms is a good choice for a beginning mushroom grower because they do well in a variety of climates and can produce mushrooms without the intensive management that many other types of mushrooms require.
Growing shiitake mushrooms is a good choice for a beginning mushroom grower because they do well in a variety of climates and can produce mushrooms without the intensive management that many other types of mushrooms require.
Growing Pac Choi in an Organic Garden
If you're looking for a nutritious vegetable that is quick and easy to grow and to cook, pac choi is a great choice. Pac choi is a plant that is in the cabbage (brassicacea) family. It originated in China, where it has been grown for more thanr 1,500 years.
If you're looking for a nutritious vegetable that is quick and easy to grow and to cook, pac choi is a great choice. Pac choi is a plant that is in the cabbage (brassicacea) family. It originated in China, where it has been grown for more thanr 1,500 years.
Growing Jerusalem Artichokes
As members of the sunflower family, Jerusalem artichokes are well-adapted to most areas of the United States and are a crop that is native to North America. They do especially well in the northern two-thirds of the country. The Jerusalem artichoke itself is a tuber that grows as the base of a sunflower-like plant that also has pretty yellow flowers. They are vigorous growers, and gardeners are more likely to end up with excessive quantities of plants and tubers than too few.
As members of the sunflower family, Jerusalem artichokes are well-adapted to most areas of the United States and are a crop that is native to North America. They do especially well in the northern two-thirds of the country. The Jerusalem artichoke itself is a tuber that grows as the base of a sunflower-like plant that also has pretty yellow flowers. They are vigorous growers, and gardeners are more likely to end up with excessive quantities of plants and tubers than too few.
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