The Foundations Of Gardening With Organic Gardening Techniques


Organic gardening is the method of growing herbs, veggies, fruits, and other plants without using synthetic pesticide sprays or fertilizers. The main motivation is to operate in harmony with mother nature to provide produce in addition to flowers without negatively affecting the natural environment or our health and wellness.

Organic farmers often recycle the resources that the garden depletes by saving any organic resources produced. The effect is a recycling of nature’s bounty.

One of the main characteristics of an organic garden is that there isn’t any man-made pesticide sprays or fertilizers utilized to help grow plants. The concept in regards to this would be that the natural world is healthier without these types of nasty chemicals harming other living organisms (including people).

You do organic gardening based on what you see. For instance, to determine if pesky insects are targeting your plants, you should pay attention to the plant itself. Notice under the leaves, exploring the flowers, observing the stems… Find out what bugs are in fact eating on your plants. After you notice the unwanted insects, you can educate yourself on what the very best organic methods of insect control are for that specific bug, virus, or fungus.

The techniques of pest management can include things as easy as squirting soap and water on your vegetation. It sometimes calls for unusual things like cayenne pepper. Other times you will discover that you may require even something as exotic as beer. Did you know that beer will kill snails? It’s true!

There are lots of bug repelling plants that help the organic gardener. Marigolds are a good example of insect repellent plants. If you will plant marigolds near your tomatoes, it will help keep the insect population down. Marigolds put out phytochemicals that insects don’t like to be around.

Some insects are considered so good for the organic garden that gardeners try to bring them in to battle the bad bugs if they are not present. The ladybug and the praying mantis are two of the most famous beneficial bugs in the gardening world. Organic gardeners love them to live in high populations in their organic garden. Aphids make a tasty treat for these bugs. Because of this predation, the plants grow to be much healthier in the absence of garden pests.

Soil is the foundation of most gardening, unless you are thinking about hydroponics which requires no soil, only water. However, the organic gardener wants rich soil that will make the plants grow well. The result is a bountiful crop that thrives in the organic soil. Organic soil is very rich in nutrients and therefore so is the food produced by it.

Organic gardening is the best way to grow garden food. Read more about McGroarty’s Plant Production Secrets at PlantProductionSecrets.com Also published at The Foundations Of Gardening With Organic Gardening Techniques.

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Posted on August 26th, 2010 by Blake Seltzer and filed under horticulture | No Comments »

Urine for Garden, Composting Urine


Human urine is a great, natural, free source of Nitrogen for your soil or compost.
Flushing your urine after each pee, would waste thousands of gallons of water per year at home. Then, your valuable urine is not only lost, but it goes to a chemical waste center where they must use chemicals on all that water you flushed, since within the sewage pipes it has all gotten mixed with stool.
To minimize the water shortages seen in so many communities, an easy way to save water is by NOT flushing away your urine. Using for your compost or garden is an extra benefit. (If you just let it sit in the toilet bowel until you have a bowel movement, then the urine can start to smell up your bathroom, and your garden or compost would be missing out on a great source of liquid nitrogen.)

Try it…. it is much easier, cleaner, and normal than you might think.

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Posted on May 26th, 2010 by admin and filed under kitchen composter | 5 Comments »

Turning Compost with the Compost Tumbler


Making your own compost is a great way to provide your garden with important nutrients. Turning the compost is a vital part of making compost, and this composter makes it easy.

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Posted on May 21st, 2010 by admin and filed under kitchen composter | 6 Comments »

Broadcasting Organic Garden Compost

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Mark Donovan of HomeAdditionPlus.com shows how to broadcast organic garden compost material to a Vegetable Garden.

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Posted on April 5th, 2010 by admin and filed under garden compost | No Comments »

Vermiculture: Turn Your Garbage into Garden Gold

Want to know the secrets of vermiculture? These are the terms given for the process of using worms to compost your organic scraps breakdown organic waste into supercharged compost.

Not any worms will work however; you need to use special varieties such as red worms or red wigglers. This process is an organic, earth-friendly way of generating for your plants and helps reduce landfill waste.

Taking advantage of vermiculture to make worm compost is similar to having an ant farm or beekeeping. You mainly provide the creatures with the materials they want and need. In our case a pleasant environment and kitchen leftovers and they merely go about their business living. The leftover product, compost, is in return something you want. Both sides are happy.

And the stuff you want is the worm castings. This outstanding organic fertilizer is like high octane racing fuel for your garden plants. Red wigglers will flourish in a storage bin eating their food, again your scraps, digesting the scraps and leaving behind excellent organic, environmentally friendly worm castings in a moderately small amount of time.

The majority of garden shops will supply worm compost. The various types of compost are often referred to as “black gold” and worm castings is some of the best “gold” out there. It is sterile, clean, and practically odorless. There aren’t health risks if you handle it with your bare hands and it will not hurt the natural creatures in your backyard. Finally, if you haven’t guessed, it will noticeably improve the plant soil, promoting the health and growth of all your plants.

Aquiring Some worm castings – As mentioned earlier you can buy worm compost from your local greenhouse. If you want to take full advantage of vermiculture you can get started quickly by investing in a pre-built worm composting bin. Several of those sold online will come with some red wigglers to get started.

If you are a little adventurous or a regular do-it-yourself type person than making your own worm bin can be completed in a single afternoon. A home built worm bin will most likely only cost a fraction of a commercial bin and red wigglers or red worms can be bought from a variety of sources, local and on the Internet.

Taking Care of Your Worms – Vermicomposting can be an easy process if you attain the correct information. It is rather easy to watch over worms in composting bins. After just a short period you will get use to caring for your compost pile and you will come to think of the composting worms as your pets. Only your composting worms should be much cheaper than the average pet.

Consider using this as a chance to teach your children about science, gardening, and helping to protect the earth. Opportunities for education are priceless moments.

For some resources on creating your own compost tea, information on building an army of worms, and much more visit us at DiscoverComposting.com. Grab a totally unique version of this article from the Uber Article Directory

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Posted on March 28th, 2010 by Alan Brenner and filed under vermicompost | No Comments »

Bokashi in the kitchen

Use Bokashi to Grow Exceptional Plants.
Use Bokashi to reduce landfill waste and toxic conditions.
Use Bokashi to minimize greenhouse gases..
Our Bokashi Cyclette System is simple to use. We provide 2 efficient anaerobic fermenters to use in your kitchen with a starter supply of Bokashi culture mix. Your scraps become valuable nutrients for your plants. Ferment your food scraps – save the world.

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Posted on January 1st, 2010 by admin and filed under kitchen composter | No Comments »

bokashi demonstration in the kitchen

Use Bokashi to Grow Exceptional Plants.
Use Bokashi to reduce landfill waste and toxic conditions.
Use Bokashi to minimize greenhouse gases..
Our Bokashi Cyclette System is simple to use. We provide 2 efficient anaerobic fermenters to use in your kitchen with a starter supply of Bokashi culture mix. Your scraps become valuable nutrients for your plants. Ferment your food scraps – save the world.

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Posted on December 28th, 2009 by admin and filed under kitchen composter | No Comments »

indoor composting, red worms, worm bucket, vermicomposting, recycling,

JUST A SHORT VIDEO TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF MY FIRST WORM BUCKET MADE MOSTLY OUT OF RECYCLED MATERIALS. BUCKETS FROM LOCAL RESTAURANT, GARBAGE BIN FROM GARAGE SALE– .25
DRILL-BITS 1/8, 1/16, NEWSPAPER,FOOD WASTE, AND WORMS.
MY MAIN PURPOSE IS TO BECOME MORE SELF RELIANT. I WANT TO PRODUCE MY OWN FOOD AND ONE WAY TO START THAT IS WITH GOOD SOIL. THE WORM POOP (CASTINGS) IS A GREAT ORGANIC SOIL AMENDMENT FOR ANY GROWING REGIMEN. WHILE MAKING NUTRITIOUS FOOD FOR PLANTS, ONE CAN RECYCLE THEIR PERSONAL FOOD WASTE. THIS KEEPS A SMALL AMOUNT OF DEBRIS OUT OF THE LANDFILLS. IMAGINE WHAT WE COULD DO WITH MILLIONS OF INDIVIDUALS VERMICOMPOSTING? WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THERE WAS A WHOLE INDUSTRY OF WORM FARMS?
MORE SPECIFIC VIDEOS TO COME.

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Posted on December 8th, 2009 by admin and filed under kitchen composter | 3 Comments »

Bokashi and more about Microbes

Bokashi – Talk about microbes
Dr Green discusses Bokashi he planted in his garden.
Its time for you to Grow Exceptional Plants.
Its time for you to reduce landfill waste and toxic conditions.
Its time for you to minimize greenhouse gases..
Our Bokashi Cyclette System is simple to use. We provide 2 efficient anaerobic fermenters to use in your kitchen with a starter supply of Bokashi culture mix. Your scraps become valuable nutrients for your plants. Ferment your food scraps – save the world.

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Posted on December 4th, 2009 by admin and filed under kitchen composter | 1 Comment »

NatureMill Automatic Indoor Composter – Demonstration part 1

http://www.cleanairgardening.com/autocomposter.html

This automatic indoor composter is a fantastic way to make your compost indoors! It can be set on a timer, or on an continuous cycle to mix and rotate your food scraps into rich compost (when brown and green material is mixed together properly).

This video will be the first of a series into which we demonstrate the usage of the composter, and actually make a batch of compost for you, to see how it works. This will give you a full view of how to work and operate the composter.

For more information on this composter, click the link at the top of the page.

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Posted on November 23rd, 2009 by admin and filed under kitchen composter | 5 Comments »
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