Environmental Benefits of Organic Gardening
General Environmental Benefits of Organic Gardening Many organic gardeners work tirelessly to spot pollution, erosion, dwindling water supplies, and other man- made natural disruptions that pose a serious threat to food and water supplies all over the world. Their goal is to improve the situation by working the land in a way that does as little harm to the environment as possible. The means you choose to grow food and to maintain the landscape can have a significant impact over the quality of the soil and water helping shape the world in a much more positive way than you could possibly expect. ...
Importance of Considering Organic Garden Fertilizers
Almost every individual is aware of the negative aspects and side effects that come along with the chemicals that are being sprayed on the harvested vegetables which are sold in the grocery stores these days. Many chemicals and products are already banned because they had fatal outcomes on humans and other creatures that are involved with the crop yield. Most of the synthetic fertilizers are carcinogenic and they tend to produce free radicals in the body which can cause several health disorders and aliments including cancer as well. However, there are means by which you can avoid surely avoid these ...
The Satisfaction of Organic Gardening
Much has been written about the benefits of organic gardening and there are many, many books written about the how. What I'd like to discuss briefly is the why. Perhaps you were never really new to gardening. You may have learned to grow vegetables at your parent's side. In that case, you learned their way of growing things. Whether they grew organically or used store-bought fertilizers, you grew up knowing how a garden is made. What to do and what to expect. Now imagine you never had a garden in your life. You finally have a piece of earth where you can ...
Organic Gardening Tips
PlayGarden Treasure Hunt is for the Bird(house)!
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Get Crafty and Create Your Own DIY Garden Art
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Garden Show ‘Floral Symphony’ Will Be Music to Your Ears
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Organic Recipes
Revamped Recipe: Dairy-Free Pumpkin Alfredo with Greens
Fettuccine Alfredo is a guilty pleasure for anyone indulging in the traditional...
Brown Rice and Beet Risotto with Coconut Milk
Risotto, the creamy Italian rice dish, is a simple recipe that, when done right,...
‘Mallows Gone Gourmet: Make Your Own Organic, Chemical-Free Marshmallows
Say goodbye to jet-puffed, preservative-laden, stale storebought marshmallows…...
Caramelized Apple Hazelnut Oatmeal Recipe with Organic Whey Protein
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Stone Soup: Make Dinner Without Buying Anything
You may already know the folk tale of Stone Soup: A hungry traveler comes to town...
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Organic Gardening Videos
Urban Organic Gardener Series Launches in 2012
City girl, fear not: urban gardening is easy, simple, and fire-escape-proof. No studio apartment is too small, no ledge is too far out for your host Mike Lieberman as he shows you the bare bone basics for city garden success. No yard – or landlord permission slip – required.
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Urban Organic Gardener Series Launches in 2012
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Helpful Products
Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times (Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series) [Paperback]
The decline of cheap oil is inspiring increasing numbers of North Americans to achieve some measure of backyard food self-sufficiency. In hard times, the family can be greatly helped by growing a highly productive food garden, requiring little cash outlay or watering. Currently popular intensive vegetable gardening methods are largely inappropriate to this new circumstance. Crowded raised beds require high inputs of water, fertility and organic matter, and demand large amounts o (more…)
Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long [Paperback]
From Publishers Weekly
From first sentence to last, Coleman’s ( The New Organic Gardener ) book is a delight–an earnest guide written with an impish sense of humor. It will refresh anyone who wants to get the most from a vegetable garden yet doesn’t want to devote too much time and energy to the process. Apparently Coleman thoroughly enjoys every phase of gardening–from planting crops to weeding. Who else has ever suggested, only half in jest, dancing with a hoe? Or keeping a p (more…)
Organic Gardening For Dummies [Paperback]
Organic Gardening For Dummies, 2nd Edition shows readers the way to ensure a healthy harvest from their environmentally friendly garden. It covers information on the newest and safest natural fertilizers and pest control methods, composting, cultivation without chemicals, and how to battle plant diseases. It also has information on updated equipment and resources. It helps readers plant organically year-round, using herbs, fruits, vegetables, lawn care, trees and shrubs, and flo (more…)
The Kitchen Garden Grower’s Guide: A practical vegetable and herb garden encyclopedia [Paperback]
A veritable encyclopedia and easy how-to guide on all that is natural and necessary in the world of gardening and small fruit, vegetable, and herb preparation, in The Kitchen Garden Grower’s Guide: A practical vegetable and herb garden encyclopedia, Stephen Albert leaves no stone—collard green, leek, or potato—unearthed in this absolutely amazing field guide that greenhorns, old hands, weekend gardeners, and chefs should not be without. From the soil to the plate, this man (more…)
Texas Organic Vegetable Gardening: The Total Guide to Growing Vegetables, Fruits, Herbs, and Other Edible Plants the Natural Way [Paperback]
This book shows you how to have a healthy soil and recommends environmentally safe products and even some homemade remedies to control pests and disease in your garden. You’ll get nuts and bolts information on companion planting and the use of beneficial insects.
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