The Truth About Organic Gardening will appeal to open-minded
readers who want to be able to compare organic gardening methods to
their conventional counterparts, and are willing to accept that some
organic methods may be less safe (from a human health standpoint), or
even less environmentally-friendly than the "all organic, all the time"
crowd would like to admit.
Do you need to buy a gift for an organic gardening fanatic who seems to
have everything? Here's a list of easy to buy items that can easily be
shipped or transported to the lucky gardener on your gift list (I've
omitted every gardener's favorite--tons--literally--of compost!).
Harlequin Bugs are one of the most unique looking bugs that you will
ever come across in your organic garden. They are shield-shaped, like
their kin, the stinkbug, but they are much prettier to look at: they
have a very distinctive mirror image pattern of red and black markings,
and lay (dare I say it?) spectacular-looking eggs on the underside of
their host plant's leaves.
If your cabbage, broccoli or kale plants have huge holes in just
about every leaf, you probably can blame cabbage worms, which are
caterpillars that can bore right through your cabbages and turn them
into something reminiscent of Swiss Cheese.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away! We all know that apples are
healthy, and can be really, really delicious. Unfortunately, many apples
that are sold in grocery stores are mealy, coated with wax and almost
flavorless.
During the dog days of summer, you should be enjoying the fruits
of your labors. You've worked hard to get your garden growing:
don't let drought rob you of your harvest. Here are some tips to
help your gardening efforts pay off, even when the weather isn't
on your side.
Pumpkins and other winter squash are bright symbolize the bounty of
our garden's harvests. Ironically, in many areas of the country, they
can be among the most challenging vegetables to grow organically.
Once again this year, I've tried a few new varieties of
vegetables in my garden here at Blue Horizon farm. I've also
grown many of my old favorites, which are varieties that almost
never let me down. I'd like to share them with you because
growing good plant varieties can make the difference between
having a complete dud of a garden and having an excellent,
enjoyable one.
Steve Meyerowitz, AKA Sproutman, has helped the environment, saved
money, cured allergies, asthma and other health conditions and fed
hundreds with his self-proclaimed "miracle food": sprouts. So, it's no
wonder he has come to be known as a sprouting superhero. In his book, Sprouts the Miracle Food, Meyerowitz
passes along some of the sprouting knowledge which he has accumulated
through several decades of producing . . .
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