While organic vegetable gardening is pretty simple, here are some tips to help make it even easier for you.
1.  You need to decide why you want an organic garden. What is it you want to accomplish? Do you want something to do? Or are you looking to get fresh healthy vegetables? Will this become a job for you, or a relaxing pastime? Decide why you are going to start gardening before you do anything else. It is all in the planning: once you decide why you want an organic garden, …

Vegetables should be part of everyone’s diet. If you don’t want to spend a little bit more for those organically grown and sold in the supermarket, perhaps you should consider planting your own in the garden. It is very easy to do, and even your kids can join in the fun.
Organic vegetable gardening is the “in thing” these days, as people have realized that the use of fertilizers and pesticides do more harm than good. Yes, chemicals will make the vegetables bigger or enable the farmer to harvest them faster, …

Because incinerators are perilous to environmental and human health, and landfills are becoming scarce, expensive, and in the same way an environmental threat, different efforts to reduce the amount of waste are in place today. Such efforts include composting, a process by which organic waste is made into a soil resource.
Organic waste, which includes kitchen and yard garbage, makes up 30% of household waste and if composted would contain the necessary nutrients, microbes, and substances to enrich the soil and benefit trees, bushes, flowers and vegetables. In the past, composting …

After a couple of months of taking care of your compost pile, turning over the pile every now and then, warding off insects and pests, and keeping the pile damp, it is only natural to get the most out of your compost. This means using the compost wisely and effectively.

There may be many reasons that some of us are reluctant to make or use compost. You may think its labor intensive and time consuming. You may incorrectly believe that all compost piles are smelly and messy and not want that in your backyard. Here are some compelling reasons to start your own compost pile, bin or barrel.

Perhaps you’ve heard about Organic Gardening and were curious about what all the buzz is. I’m going to give you some simple steps you can use to have a better chance of succeeding in your process to start an organic garden. Also, remember there is always something new to learn; organic gardening is no different. For you to be most successful, it will require you to keep learning and reading.

While organic gardening requires extensive work initially, it does pay out significant dividends in the end. It is not only good for you, but for our planet as well. Let me describe to you how the process works and you will get a better appreciation of it.

There are many types of gardens one could create: water, flower, rock, cactus or vegetable. Perhaps one of the most interesting and fun ones would be an herb garden. Can you just imagine walking through the garden smelling all those exotic and delicate scents wafting through the air?

After reading this article you may find yourself wanting to run out and start composting or vermi-composting (composting with worms) straightaway. The amount of organic waste that each household produces is huge. If we can micro-manage that waste in our own homes and turn it into healthy, nutritious compost then we are doing a decent thing for our planet and ourselves.

I have a great tip today, courtesy of my friend and fellow gardener, Teresa. She told me that when she was younger, her and her family would go to a party at a family friend’s house for a BBQ.
After the guests were finished eating, the dad would gather up the biodegradable foods, dig a hole by a tree, put the saved bits into the hole and then fill it in. Over time, the foods would break down, feed the soil and in time nourish the tree.
I thought this was blooming …