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, …

Have you ever considered setting up a garden for your entire family? Wouldn’t it be neat having a space for everyone to enjoy and to work together in? Here are a few tips for you to think about and consider when you start planning for a family garden.

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?

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 …

Nature is at the brink of disaster. We have abused this planet so badly that some believe it is at the point of no return. We helped make the mess and now it’s time to stop and fix things, if at all possible. How can we help heal the pain our planet is feeling? (And yes the planet feels, as does every living thing). One answer is by growing an organic vegetable garden – it’s as simple as that.

Mulching an organic garden can be defined as placing decomposed organic material around your plants. Fertilizer in an organic garden may be as simple as amending the soil with compost. Fertilizing and mulching provides protection and nutrition to your garden plants. These mulches and fertilizers can be purchased at home and garden centers as well as online.

Composting is something that can not only help your garden, but it can also help the planet. The amount of your contribution will depend on the size of your garden. So while you may look at your small patch of land and ask yourself what difference it will really make in the big picture keep in mind if everyone pitched in we would make a definite impact to the planet. Many people have misconceptions about what composting is and isn’t. So I will go through some of the popular myths and debunk them here and now.