Organic Gardener’s Composting

Back in the ’70’s, I made the momentous move from the East Coast tothe West and quickly discovered that much of my garden knowledgeneeded an update. Seattle’s climate was unlike anything I hadexperienced in Massachusetts or Ohio or Colorado, and many of myfavorite vegetables simply didn’t grow well. A friend steered me toa new seed company, a tiny business called Territorial Seed, uniquein that, rather than trying to tout its wares all over the country,it would only sell to people living west of the Cascade Mountains.Every vegetable and cover crop listed had been carefully tested andselected by Steve Solomon for […]

The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener: How to Grow Your Own Food 365 Days a Year, No Matter Where You Live

The first frost used to be the end of the vegetable gardening season — but not anymore! In The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener, Nova Scotia–based gardener and writer Niki Jabbour shares her secrets for growing food during every month of the year. Her season-defying techniques, developed in her own home garden where short summers and low levels of winter sunlight create the ultimate challenge, are doable, affordable, and rewarding for gardeners in any location where frost has traditionally ended the growing season. Jabbour explains how to make every month a vegetable-gardening month. She provides in-depth instruction for all of her time-tested techniques, […]

Organic Gardening Essentials (The Organic Gardening Academy)

This the the first volume of four in an exciting new series of essential Guides for the organic gardener and perhaps more importantly, for the beginner. All four of the guides are in line with the Inorganic Gardening Academy Website. The content is the subject of considerable research and confirmed in consultation with learned papers and encyclopaedia. Gardening is very often a hobby for people and to do the same thing organically is a very simple process. All you have to do is use nature instead of spending money on damaging chemical solutions. In this first volume there is a […]

From The Back Acres, A Humorous Guide to Organic Gardening

A humorous yet serious guide to Organic Gardening and country living. Located in the Pacific Northwest, the organic gardening guidelines and country living anecdotes apply to any part of the country. Written by Award Winning Organic Gardening and Country Living Columnist Ed Back, who uses several farm animals, especially the talking geese Tom and Barbara to help tell the stories of life in the country while providing the reader with a wealth of information on the crafts and skills of gardening, with emohasis on organic gardening.The reader will find answers to dozens of questions about this exploding “green” hobby, from […]

Great Garden Companions: A Companion-Planting System for a Beautiful, Chemical-Free Vegetable Garden

Discover the secrets of a naturally pest-proof vegetable garden with Great Garden Companions. Let master gardener Sally Jean Cunningham show you how to keep pests and diseases at bay with her unique companion-gardening system. By planting special combinations of vegetables, flowers, and herbs, you can minimize pest and disease problems and create a high-yielding, beautiful garden! List Price: $ 17.95 Price: [wpramaprice asin=”0875968473″] [wpramareviews asin=”0875968473″]

Organic Gardening 101 (“How To” Essentials and Tips for Starting an Outdoor or Indoor Organic Vegetable Garden) Reviews

Chapters in this book include: – What is Organic Gardening?– Soil Testing– 9 Tools to Assist You with Gardening (Find at Any Hardware Store)– Why Begin with Organic Seeds– How to Plant Seeds (Outdoors)– Are Wild Animals and Pests Trying to Freeload? Fight Back – Naturally!– How to Create an “Indoor” Organic Garden for Fresh Vegetables and Herbs– Dwarf or Miniature Varieties of Vegetables– What Containers to Use and How to Grow Seeds – “Indoors”– 7 Helpful Things for Growing Vegetables Indoors to Keep in Mind QUICK NOTE: This book is for BEGINNERS to gardening (organically). You get all the […]

Easy Growing: Organic Herbs and Edible Flowers from Small Spaces Reviews

Growing a handful of herbs and edible flowers adds sparkle to dozens of meals year-round. Fortunately for us, these plants are not fussy. They’re simple to grow and will fit into any space you can provide, including a crack in a broken patio stone, the step next to your front door, or a windowsill. In Easy Growing, Gayla Trail—author of Grow Great Grub and creator of the top online gardening community, YouGrowGirl.com—shares the tips, ideas, and know-how you need to raise delicious organic edibles wherever you can squeeze in a planter.  Herbs give big rewards with a small amount of […]

Organic Gardening: A Beginner’s Guide on Organic Gardening to Get Your Hands Dirty

“Organic Gardening: A Beginner’s Guide on Organic Gardening to Get Your Hands Dirty “will serve as a guide to anyone wanting to cultivate an organic garden. Here the reader will learn the meaning of organic gardening and how to live in harmony with nature. The guide will cover how to prepare the soil and plant your garden. It will uncover the mysteries of fertilizing and irrigating an organic garden without wasting water. Have you ever wondered what plants will grow best in your organic garden? “A Quick Guide on Organic Gardening to Get Your Hands Dirty” will show you where […]

Hydroponic Gardening Systems

When you lack the land for a traditional garden, consider one of the hydroponic gardening systems in order to raise vegetables indoors. Hydroponic gardening techniques were brought into modern agricultural practice with the invention of nutrient additives and formulas in the early 1900s. Originally hydroponic gardening utilized water as the growing medium. Today hydroponic gardeners use various other forms for growing medium. There are six basic types of hydroponics growing medium systems in use today: wick, water culture, drip, ebb and flow, nutrient film technique and aeroponic. There are other growing mediums available today but the are variations of these […]

Organic Gardening Beginner’s Guide

Typically, beginners to organic gardening are excited by the whole concept of organic, but don’t know where to start. I remember when I first contracted organic fever. I was so excited and I was reading everything I could find. Some articles were very entertaining but gave little practical information. Other content seemed to focus on a particular product as being the miraculous answer to all gardening problems. On one occasion I was reading an extremely compelling article about liquid organic fertilizer. It was very compelling and I was ready to buy it. Problem was, I hadn’t even planted anything yet! […]

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