To Help You Grow More Nutritious Vegetables In A Healthier Environment!
As you know, it is important to make sure the seeds we are planting are organic seeds, so I was pleased to see that some are checking for the “certified organic” label. As I was reading through the comments, I came across a most interesting question concerning Heritage seeds sold by Canadian Tire. Shelley had [...]
I just cannot believe that people are buying into using this rubber mulch for gardens hook, line, and sinker! Just think of it for a minute. Where is this rubber mulch coming from? What is rubber made of? Is rubber not rubber anymore once it has been ground up?
To grow your own vegetables makes sense and here’s why. I have seen, first hand, how the new conventional farming techniques spearheaded by large companies have changed the organic agricultural methods to such a point that in many cases vegetables have been/were being forced to grow in very unhealthy environments. Perhaps once you have discovered [...]
A raised Garden Bed, A Hot House, and an Automatic Watering Sprinkler – the perfect setup for any gardener! What do you do when you love gardening but you just had a hip replacement and you will never again be able to get down to soil level to get the work done? Well you may [...]
Hardscaping or dry garden landscaping might just be your solution . . . . . .if you are the type of person who hates mowing a lawn and everything else that goes with it — yet you want an aesthetically pleasing front yard which is low-maintenance. If you have rocky areas, high hills, or extra [...]
Switching to a natural lawn care method and still having beautiful green grass . . . . . . is not only possible but desirable. In fact once you have done the ground work, you will notice, first of all, that this innovative natural lawn care method is even more economical than the old-fashion way [...]
Being able to grow nourishing delicious vegetables (or beautiful plants) year after year depends on what you use as organic matter and how much of this organic matter you put into your soil as organic fertilizer. Using organic matter (or an organic fertilizer) is of prime importance because it . . . 1. improves the [...]
The absolute best type of amendment you can use in your soil is organic soil amendments because these organic soil amendments can add a reservoir of nutrients for plant roots to absorb. To produce big juicy nutritional vegetables, your soil must be able to supply the plant with the following five critical nutrients: * Nitrogen [...]
Since soil structure (or soil texture) affects how easily roots can penetrate the soil, how well water drains through the soil, and how available air and nutrients are in the soil, . . . it is most important that once you have found the perfect location for your garden, you do a soil analysis so [...]
Tags: soil analysis, soil analysis methods, soil profile, soil structure, soil texture, soil textures, soil type, texture of soilYou know your soil is ‘clean”, that your soil is not contaminated in any way because you got your soil tested, so now comes the second step: looking for organic seed sources for organic gardeners. At this point you are probably asking yourself “How do I know that the seeds I am buying are organically [...]
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