15 Common Gardening Mistakes Everyone Makes

We gardeners seem to prefer learning the hard way. In spite of all the gardening books we browse through, and the classes we attend, mistakes are invariably made.  Here’s a sample of the ones many have made and regretted. Not preparing the beds Most of us have made this mistake, some out of ignorance, and others due to sheer laziness. When the little seeds and seedling go into the damp earth in spring, it seems the tiny planting holes...

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Easy Composting Tips For Your Organic Garden

Having an organic vegetable garden means freedom from the chemical laden produce that is usually found in supermarkets these days. If you are against the practice of big commercial food growers which is using chemically laden fertilizers and pesticides, organically growing your own is the best act of defiance you can take. Composting is an integral part of organic gardening. Composting enriches or improves the soil by providing nutrients to it...

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7 Secret Tricks to Get the Most Produce Out Of Your Vegetable Garden

Do not let a limited garden space hamper your dreams of abundant harvest. Having a small area to work with does not mean you cannot harvest more crops. In reality it is doable! You just need to work a little bit more to make this dream turn into a reality. Here’s how to do it. 7 Secret Tricks to Get the Most Produce Out Of Your Vegetable Garden 1. Build Up Your Soil If you want to extract more yields from your vegetable garden, the first...

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How to grow flowers the organic way

Flowers are often referred to as ‘ornamentals’. But they don’t just look good, they can be an essential part of your organic growing. They attract beneficial insects such as pollinators or aphid eaters, they can be used in companion planting in your veg patch – and some you can even eat (allow your herbs to flower and both you and the pollinators will enjoy the blooms!) You won't need to use artificial fertilisers to help them thrive – as...

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Garlic Plant in Warmer Climates

How To Grow Garlic In Warmer Climates Garlic is a bulb and because it is a bulb, most garlic varieties need to have a certain amount of cold weather to form the tasty bulbs we like to eat. For gardeners in warmer climates, this can be a frustrating fact, but not one that needs to keep them from growing garlic in the garden. A little knowledge about garlic and garlic varieties is all it takes to know how to grow garlic successfully in warmer...

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Soil Care for Organic Gardening

SOILS What’s the most essential element needed for healthy plants, lawns and landscapes? Deep, rich organic soil. But we haven’t met anyone who’s started with the perfect spot of earth right away. Busting up clay, building up sand, and tweaking to get the pH level that plants adore takes time and preparation. Since each patch of ground is unique, there are no quick and simple answers. But we know what really works, using only natural amendments...

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Effective Weed Control Tips for Organic Gardener

If you were to track every hour spent in your garden, you would probably find that you do an inordinate amount of weeding. And while the first few weeks of tearing up these intruders can prove mildly satisfying, the chore soon wears thin. Even more maddening—you are just six simple strategies away from your garden not needing weeds anymore. What’s that? A garden needs weeds? Weeds are nature’s healing remedy for sites that are in a wounded, plantless...

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Organic Farming Concept and Development

Organic farming system in India is not new and is being followed from ancient time. It is a method of farming system which primarily aimed at cultivating the land and raising crops in such a way, as to keep the soil alive and in good health by use of organic wastes (crop, animal and farm wastes, aquatic wastes) and other biological materials along with beneficial microbes (biofertilizers) to release nutrients to crops for increased sustainable...

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Fertilize Your Organic Garden

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Organic fertilizers generally come from plants, animals, or minerals. Soil organisms break down the material into nutrients that plants can use. Some organic fertilizers contain significant amounts of only one of the major nutrients, such...

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