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Warmer weather causes quick growth in your garden. That means the microorganisms in the soil are also in higher gear, releasing the food your plants need to fuel their growth spurts. Adding organic compost now will replenish the “natural fertilizers” your perennials need to give you a good showing this season. It will also form a perfect base to support that organic vegetable garden we all want in our yards these days!

What makes compost so good? The better the variety of materials used to make the compost, the more nutrients it provides. To grow well, plants need a combination of nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus. They also need some small amounts of minerals you think of for gardening, like copper, iron and zinc for instance. When we make compost at GreenCycle, we mix just the right amounts of brown organic material (like dead leaves and twigs) with green organic material (like lawn clippings) to create a balanced product. Interestingly, people often have a misconception that compost has a low pH value. This is not true with GreenCycle’s organic compost, which usually measures a pH of around 7.

What we feed our veggies, we feed ourselves.

The great thing about using organic compost as “fertilizer” for your garden is that it provides “food on demand” for your plants. If you’re just switching over now to being more “green” and avoiding putting chemicals on your lawn and in your garden, this will be a different way of thinking for you. Think of it more like feeding your soil so your plants get fed from the roots up, rather than fertilizing from above as you’d do by spraying your plants or watering them with commercial fertilizers like MiracleGrow mixed in, for instance. Organic compost binds to other elements of your soil, making the soil more crumbly. That helps the soil hold more moisture, and creates spaces throughout the soil where oxygen can gather – and that makes for better plant roots. Those spaces also give water better channels through the soil, which means better drainage for your garden.

Creating a healthier soil environment for your plants also creates a healthier environment for the many creatures that live in your garden’s soil, like that great gardener’s friend the earthworm. Remember, there’s a whole little ecosystem in your garden to care for – not just the plants! So while you’re clearing out your beds and preparing your soil for the season, make sure to incorporate some rich organic compost.

How much compost does your soil need? Tilling in a good three to four inches to the top six inches of your garden is a good start. And remember, it’s not just your vegetable garden that will benefit. Don’t forget to enrich your flower beds, too, especially any new perennials you may be planting. Even your trees and shrubs could use a fresh dose. If you’re not sure how much compost you need, just give us a call and we’ll help you calculate the right amount. Need bulk delivery of compost? Please call us and remember to give us some advance notice. Our trucks are loading up!

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Planting cover crops (green manure) is an excellent way to maintain and improve your soil. Usually seeded in the fall to overwinter, a cover crop helps your garden in at least 8 different ways.

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Natural Fertilizers in Sheet Mulching

Sheet mulching is an organic gardening method where you plant on top of the ground already there, it is a form of no-dig gardening. natural fertilizers


This method is great for areas that are hard to dig, because of excessive rocks or just bad soil, whatever the case may be in your organic gardening endeavor. natural fertilizers


This method also reduces some labor, and maintenance for your organic garden. Some more benefits are increased water storage, improves soil, prevents erosion, as said before makes it possible to create an organic garden where you probably could not have before. natural fertilizers


So as you see there are many reasons to use this organic gardening method, you can also do it if you’re just lazy and do not feel like preparing the ground, as I said before, less labor, and hey, less labor is not so bad, there is always next year, right? natural fertilizers

So, let us get started, there is no need to remove any of the sod or rock, or do any excessive work, just leave your organic garden area as is, weeds and all.


natural fertilizers Mark the area for your organic garden using a water hose, this will aid us in the next step, if you already have your area boxed in, or however you have it setup, just spray the area, no need to fully saturate it, we just want to get it moist for now. natural fertilizers

Natural fertilizers work great in sheet mulching

We have talked before about using newspaper as an organic weed control, this is our next step, you want to cover the area in wet newspaper, cardboard, or another organic paper-based product. What a way to self recycle that newspaper! Remember to overlap the edges with multiple sheets. Now you want a one to two inch layer of peat moss, or some type of substitute, or another type of organic moisture holding materials. Alternate layers of compost and your peat moss material, and compost or other organic materials, whichever your organic gardening methods call for. natural fertilizers


You should regularly increase soil levels by adding large amounts of compost and other organic materials to your garden. Now that you’re done with that, water it evenly, to the consistency of a damp sponge, and you are good to go. natural fertilizers

Natural Pest Control For Your Vegetable Garden

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Tips For Growing Vegetables In A Small Area

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A large amount of land isn’t necessary to grow a vegetable garden – all you really need is soil, water, plenty of sunshine and possibly a fence (to fend off interested animal parties and/or grow vegetables vertically).

You may not be able to subsist entirely on your little vegetable garden plot, but you will be able to coax plenty of succulent tomatoes from it.

For your limited space, find out which plants will thrive in your region’s climate and consider how much sunlight the space receives each day.

A good garden center in your area should be able to provide you with this information (especially if you will be purchasing your seeds from them).

Plant breeders have long been creating plants that will appreciate your tiny gardening space; these days you can find just about any vegetable in patio, pixie, baby, dwarf or tiny form.

While the plants are bred to be small, the fruits they produce remain of the size you’ve come to expect.

Consider vining crops such as pole beans or vining cucumbers and squash. Pole beans will grow upward on a fence, and vining cucumbers and squash actually take up less space than bush varieties when trained to grow upward.

Companion Planting

Companion planting is an excellent option for those with limited space. In addition to conserving space, this method of growing will also cut down on pest infestations. In companion planting, plants which serve to benefit one another are grown together. For example, basil benefits from the partial shade of a neighboring tomato plant. Lettuce will grow throughout the summer in cooler climates if shaded by a taller plant and slow-growing crops like peppers or broccoli can be planted with early harvest crops of spinach and radishes.

Succession Planting

Succession planting, or reseeding quick-growing crops every 2-3 weeks throughout the growing season, is another popular technique for the grower with limited space. (And it’s not too shabby of a technique for those with unlimited space, either.) Crops like beans, lettuce and zucchini – which tend to exhaust themselves in the production capacity – are all highly eligible candidates. Succession planting means that you’ll be able to feed your family all summer, because your garden will continuously produce vegetables.

Crop Rotation

Crop rotation, the act of moving different crops to different areas each season, is recommended for any and all gardens, and is an excellent way to keep your small soil bed free of disease and pests. Obviously, you can’t rotate much within a confined space, so you may want to consider growing different crops each year instead. In any case, you’ll have to be vigilant about the problems of disease and insects – if your tomatoes come down with a serious case of septoria wilt, consider not planting them for a season or two. It may sound like a drawback, but growing the same disappointing crop each year is akin to not growing one at all.

Having a small vegetable garden is often thought of as a drawback or simply not worth the time. This is a false assumption. It is no surprise you’ll have a smaller harvest than those growing on larger plots. But, with the right techniques and tips, you can increase your yields substantially.

Horticulturist Tommy Smith shares his favorite vegetable gardening tips and strategies on his blog, VegetableGardeningToday.com.

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Watching Our Clematis Growing Yearly

I am loving the clematis we have growing in our raised bed flower bed. I can sit right here in my office and watch it growing.

Most places we rented didn’t have any space to grow things. The places we did rent which had space we didn’t have permission from the owners so you can imagine how happy we have been since buying our home.

Now we have tons of room to grow flowers, trees, shrubs, even a vegetable garden.

I planted a clematis right in the middle of one of our raised bed gardens, where I would be able to see it from my home office.

Jenny planted petunias all around it and made it look lovely. Petunias just happen to be Jenny’s favourite flower and she puts them everywhere she can still see them from the kitchen windows.

The first year our first clematis didn’t get very big but produced some gorgeous flowers.

We were looking forward to the follow year but weren’t sure it would survive the winter in a raised bed.

The following spring I was pretty sure it was dead as it looked like a pile of dead twigs but after a little while I saw life coming out of that pile of twigs.

It didn’t take much time once I saw the first chutes coming alive before the entire mess was covered with little green leaves. And not long after that before I was seeing buds produced, which are now beautiful flowers about 8 inches across.

Our Clematis, Second Year

The second year we started really getting a lot of blossoms or flowers. That convinced me that I should get a couple more so I picked up two more.

One I put in the raised bed, the other I put on the south side of the garage. And the following year we bought another to put on the other side of the first clematis in our raised bed.

Now we have one big clematis, our first and two that are trying to catch up.

Our raised bed is going to look pretty spectacular in another couple of years.

This year I planted nasturtiums across the front of the raised bed. The are just coming up now so they will take a bit before we have blossoms there but I am sure it will look great.

Here is a picture of our raised bed right now. I have put a net on the back of the trellis so that the clematis can grow up and eventually cover the entire trellis.

You can barely see the nasturtiums in the front of the raised bed. They only poked their little heads out of the dirt less than a week ago. We’ve had a very late season this year but things are looking great now.

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Growing Lemon Trees as Patio Plants

Indoors or out, there is nothing better than an ornamental tree that is fragrant, bright, and provides a bounty of healthy and refreshing fruit for months. Maybe you’ve already considered the idea of growing a lemon tree, but are concerned that the climate where you live isn’t conducive to citrus. Fortunately, there are options for those that live in a frosty non-tropical region. It doesn’t mean you can’t grow dazzling lemon trees… you just have to know the secret.

Think portability. The Meyer Lemon Tree is a hybrid dwarf and is perfectly suited to container life on a patio, coming indoors only during the colder winter months. Don’t be fooled by the Meyer’s diminutive size, as this beauty can produce as much fruit as other lemon varieties twice as large. Meyer Lemon trees are naturally disease and pest resistant so you won’t need to use any harmful sprays or pesticides, either. Additionally, the Meyer Lemon is considered the best tasting sweet lemon on the market.

Here’s how to successfully grow a tropical lemon tree in a container.

• It’s important to choose the right size container for your tree. For a 2-3 year-old tree, we recommend at least a 5 gallon pot to start with. Make sure the pot has a drain hole in the bottom, and begin with a bottom layer of stones and rocks to ensure proper drainage. Add a good quality peat-moss based growing mix that is sandy and slightly acidic, which is preferred by citrus. Put in just enough soil so the root ball is barely covered and make sure the trunk remains above the soil line to avoid rotting.


• Select an area on your patio that receives full sun; these trees need plenty of light, so a southern exposure is best. If possible, the area should be somewhat protected from fierce winds as well.


• Consistent watering is fundamental to the success of a container-grown lemon tree. Citrus trees require soil that is moist but never soggy. When the surface of the soil becomes dry it’s time to water, but never allow your lemon tree to sit in standing drainage water.


• Feed your tree at regular intervals with a water-soluble fertilizer, specifically suited to container-grown tropical citrus trees.


• Occasional pruning may become necessary to maintain desired size and shape. Well-pruned trees have stronger branches and will produce a more generous crop of lemons.

The Meyer Lemon tree is a self-pollinator, so even if it’s inside the house this tree can still bear fruit (even during those cold winter months). You’ll certainly appreciate the lush and lightly perfumed foliage and flowers this citrus treasure provides whether it’s inside our out.

Meyer is compact enough for city balconies and smaller garden spaces, since dwarf lemon trees can be successfully container-grown in any region of the country. For best results, keep your lemon trees outdoors during the warmer seasons, but when the temperatures drop below 40 degrees at night, it’s time to bring your lemon tree indoors for its winter vacation.

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If you think these videos merit consideration, please share them with your friends. In this three part collection of videos the coming global crisis is explained. It focuses on the inevitable peak of oil production and the likely effects this will have on industrialised society. Most people are aware of climate change and the dangerous threat that it poses, however they are not aware that we have created an unsustainable empire at the fundamental level of energy supply. Part 1 – Peak Oil and Food Part 2 – Economy and Reality Part 3 – Nature and Permaculture Clips are taken from: Collapse (2009): www.collapsemovie.com 2013: Oil No More (2005) Whatawaytogo (2010): www.whatawaytogomovie.com Introduction to Permaculture – Geoff Lawton www.permaculture.org Establishing a Food Forest the Permaculture Way (2008): www.permaculture.org

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Natural Fertilizers in Food Plots Attract Deer

Richard Ward of Seaman, Ohio, an avid deer hunter and food plot grower, shot his largest ever buck with a bow. It weighed 265 pounds and had 10 points. For five years, Ward has been feeding deer a healthy diet with his AGGRAND fertilized food plots. natural fertilizers

Every year, the sheer number of deer who visit his food plots is a testament to how well AGGRAND natural fertilizers works.

“I’m extremely pleased with the performance of my AGGRAND products,” says Ward. “I use nothing but AGGRAND, particularly the Liquid Fertilizer and the Liquid Lime. AGGRAND products do exactly what they’re supposed to do.”natural fertilizers

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The first time he sprays when he discs and then he sprays again 40 days later. “It’s very easy to use and it really works,” says Ward. “My turnips are bigger than softballs.” Ward routinely sees as many as 14 deer in his
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Deer also gather to eat Ward’s AGGRAND fertilized soybeans. “They love it,” says Ward. “This year they completely wiped out five acres of soy beans. They ate everything; beans, stems and leaves. I won’t use any other fertilizer.

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“AGGRAND products do exactly what they’re supposed to do.”

Natural Fertilizers Attract Deer to Food Plots

Natural Fertilizers Tips For Growing Vegetables In A Small Area

A large amount of land isn’t necessary to – all you really need is soil, water, plenty of sunshine and possibly a fence (to fend off interested animal parties and/or grow vegetables vertically).natural fertilizers

You may not be able to subsist entirely on your little vegetable garden plot, but you will be able to coax plenty of succulent tomatoes from it.natural fertilizers

For your limited space, find out which plants will thrive in your region’s climate and consider how much sunlight the space receives each daynatural fertilizers.

A good garden center in your area should be able to provide you with this information (especially if you will be purchasing your seeds from them).natural fertilizers

Plant breeders have long been creating plants that will appreciate your tiny gardening space; these days you can find just about any vegetable in patio, pixie, baby, dwarf or tiny form.natural fertilizers

While the plants are bred to be small, the fruits they produce remain of the size you’ve come to expect.natural fertilizers

Consider vining crops such as pole beans or vining cucumbers and squash. Pole beans will grow upward on a fence, and vining cucumbers and squash actually take up less space than bush varieties when trained to grow upward.natural fertilizers

Companion Planting

Companion planting is an excellent option for those with limited space. In addition to conserving space, this method of growing will also cut down on pest infestations. In companion planting, plants which serve to benefit one another are grown together. For example, basil benefits from the partial shade of a neighboring tomato plant. Lettuce will grow throughout the summer in cooler climates if shaded by a taller plant and slow-growing crops like peppers or broccoli can be planted with early harvest crops of spinach and radishes.natural fertilizers

Succession Planting

Succession planting, or reseeding quick-growing crops every 2-3 weeks throughout the growing season, is another popular technique for the grower with limited space. (And it’s not too shabby of a technique for those with unlimited space, either.)natural fertilizers Crops like beans, lettuce and zucchini – which tend to exhaust themselves in the production capacity – are all highly eligible candidates. Succession planting means that you’ll be able to feed your family all summer, because your garden will continuously produce vegetables.natural fertilizers

Crop Rotation

Crop rotation, the act of moving different crops to different areas each season, is recommended for any and all gardens, and is an excellent way to keep your small soil bed free of disease and pests.natural fertilizers Obviously, you can’t rotate much within a confined space, so you may want to consider growing different crops each year instead. In any case, you’ll have to be vigilant about the problems of disease and insects – if your tomatoes come down with a serious case of septoria wilt, consider not planting them for a season or two. It may sound like a drawback, but growing the same disappointing crop each year is akin to not growing one at all.natural fertilizers

Having a small vegetable garden is often thought of as a drawback or simply not worth the time. This is a false assumption. It is no surprise you’ll have a smaller harvest than those growing on larger plots.natural fertilizers But, with the right techniques and tips, you can increase your yields substantially.

Horticulturist Tommy Smith shares his favorite vegetable gardening tips and strategies on his blog, VegetableGardeningToday.com.

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A Short History of Organic Gardening

You could state that the good reputation for organic horticulture started centuries ago when ancient cultures would until the earth, plant the crops after which harvest them.

As the need for such goods increased, fertilizers or inorganic pesticides were used to aid grow crops yet because It was just later on that people realized they were also being eaten after they were washed thus there was clearly a campaign to go back to natural gardening.

There was renewed interest in the 1980s that individuals in the US started to switch back to organic garden. The Division of Agriculture even gave the farmers incentives for this old method and as the need for such goods grew, more and more people have shifted to this method.

But what’s organic horticulture? Well, aside from no longer making use of fertilizers and also pesticides, landscapers will have to depend on compost, plants residue, crop rotation, incorporated pest management and also mechanical farming in order to preserve soil efficiency and battle pests.
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We Are Loving Vegetable Gardening

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Many reasons exist as to why individuals decide to take on vegetable gardening as a hobby or interest. Some individuals find vegetable gardening relaxing and a great way to let go of the days’ stress, while others do it for the food.

Our family took on vegetable gardening because we know the effects some of the produce can have on people succeptible to sprays and poisons, myself included.

We see people at the farmer’s market who grow enough vegetables in their garden to sell to others. This is great because they produce organic vegetables that never see poisons.

This means we can get safe healthy vegetables that we aren’t growing in our home garden.

They make money grown vegetables where I make money writing about vegetable gardening among others things through my home gardening tips website.

Others I see when I am travelling around Moncton and New Brunswick are selling produce in road side stands.

If you are thinking about starting your own vegetable garden the main tip I would offer is to take it slow. Don’t take on more than you can handle and ruin a great experience.

We started growing tomatoes, peppers and potatoes but at that time we didn’t have a vegetable garden in the ground but instead we created a container vegetable garden using big pots.

Each year since we started vegetable gardening we have increased the size of our gardens.

This year I even took one of our raised beds and turned it into a strawberry/squash bed. The strawberries will be done by the time the squash gets too big.

Not sure what to grow? Well my wife and I joined Mike The Gardener’s Vegetable Garden Seed Club.

Mike sends me 4 packages of seeds each month. I looked forward to them each month, especially through our long cold winter months. It was fun planning what I would grow for this year.

Once I’ve made a list of the vegetables I want to grow I made a plan of how to plant them so that I would get the most produce.

That means I don’t let plants over shadow each other, like I did my first couple years. But knowing what you’re going to plant means you can check into what vegetable garden pests you may encounter based on what you’re going to plant and be prepared.

Loosen And Build Vegetable Garden Soil

Without a healthy root system your vegetable garden may not produce the best yeild so pay attention to the soil, even if you’re creating a container vegetable garden.

Give your vegetables a real good chance to grow strong by ammending your garden soil with healthy compost or topsoil.

If your soil is heavy clay like ours is then you might want to add some peatmoss along with your compost or topsoil. This will help airate your soil and allow your veggie roots to spread and grow.

Vegetable gardening does a few things for us.

1. We get fresh air and a bit of exercise.

It’s nice to have things to do in our yard other than lay in the sun and burning. Vegetable gardening has gotten me out of the house into the fresh air.

I also get a bit of exercise but when my back says enough I can still go to my raised bed gardens and sit down to work. Gotta love saving your back at the end of the day.

2. Saving money on the grocery bills.

Vegetables aren’t getting any cheaper these days so anything we can do to save a bit of money is great.

Remember I said I belong to Mike The Gardener’s Seed Club, well that saves me money because I don’t buy seeds and/or starter plants which saves even more money.

3. Learn how to preserve vegetables for winter

We grow enough tomatoes we couldn’t eat them all so we gave most of them away but now instead we preserve them for use in the winter.

We still have enough that we can give tomatoes to friends and family.

4. Grow an organic vegetable garden.

I grew up on a farm from the age of 8, which is the same year I started getting migraines. We never knew what was causing them.

Many years of suffering later I learned it was the poison being sprayed on our vegetable garden. Thanks a lot Dad.

Grow your vegetable garden organically by using natural remedies to take care of garden pests.

We have friends that have started vegetable gardening now and we talk to each other about what we will grow. This way we can try not to grow the exact same things our friends are growing.

This means we can exchange vegetables.

I can grow lots of tomatoes while another gardening friend may be great at growing peppers so we trade off with each other and have more produce than we would have.

I work from home making money doing a variety of things. About the only thing I don’t do is grow enough vegetables in my garden to sell them. However you may have the time and desire to work from home and make money like I do. Check out my work from home ideas blog and see what grabs your attention.

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Organic Gardening Ideas

Organic gardening entails growing healthful plants and having high quality generate without the use of chemicals whatsoever. There are numerous of ways or even techniques that you could use any time going natural. The following are several general tips or suggestions that would allow you to begin and keep an organic backyard. Remember that a person don’t need a huge area of terrain to go organic.

The first helpful tip is to develop a great organic and natural soil. And the first method of doing that is to provide your dirt some garden compost material. Fertilizer one of the major aspects of an organic dirt. Without it, the soil won’t contain enough minerals for the plants to grow healthy.

Besides composts, you can add some other organic components into the soil to make it considerably better for your plants. If composts aren’t readily available, natural growers generally add different varieties of animal manures to the soil. This will act as your organic fertilizers to include in the helpful soil nutrients that your crops will need.
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Tomatoes must be started indoors under lights or in a greenhouse. After six to eight weeks, when they have developed four to six leaves, they can be transplanted into the garden.
natural fertilizers

The best time to transplant is during cloudy weather after the soil has warmed to at least 60ºF.natural fertilizers Using a black or red plastic mulch, planting in old car tires or a water-filled plastic ring, or on the south side of a building will increase yields in cool marginal climates.
natural fertilizers

TRANSPLANTATION
• Dig holes two to three feet apart, eight to 12 inches deep with three to six feet of row spacing (narrower for staked plants).natural fertilizers

STEPS:
• Pinch off all except the top two or three leaves at the stem.
natural fertilizers

• Plant in hole up to those leaves (burying most of the stem).

• If soil is shallow, plant horizontally with tip bent gently.

FERTILIZATION:
• Till in a layer of compost in fall or early spring (two inches). Use 2:1 soil:compost to fill holes when transplanting.
natural

fertilizers

• Mix two ounces AGGRAND Natural Organic Fertilizer (NOF) with one gallon water, soak bottom of hole before transplanting. After transplanting, water plants with same tea.natural fertilizers

• For highest yields, use two ounces NOF, two ounces AGGRAND Natural Liquid Bonemeal (NBM) and one ounce AGGRAND Natural Kelp and Sulfate of Potash (NKP) per gallon at planting.

• Sprinkle with AGGRAND tea at first bloom, full bloom and during fruit set as cooler nights set in.
natural fertilizers

DISEASE
• Blossom end rot (black rot on bottom of fruit): till in one quart NBM per 1,000 to 2,000 sq. ft. before next growing season.
• Radial cracking (cracks radiating from stem caused by uneven moisture): use mulch and keep soil moist by watering with one to two gallons of water two to three times per week.

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Early: Northern Exposure, Early Girl, Cascade
Medium to late: Better Boy, Fantastic, Beef Steak
Cherry: Sweet 100, Whippersnapper
Paste: Roma, Juliet
natural fertilizers

Natural Fertilizers for Perfecting Your Tomatoes

In order for tomato plants to maintain peak production for as long as possible, they should be well-watered and fertilized once a month with AGGRAND. Use 3 oz/gal Natural Fertilizer, 3 oz/gal Liquid Bonemeal, and 1 oz/gal Natural Kelp and Sulfate of Potash. If tomatoes seem stressed, a foliar spray of 2 oz/gal of Natural Fertilizer and 1 oz/gal of Natural Kelp and Sulfate of Potash can be applied every other week to improve plant resistance.natural fertilizers

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Soil Preperation

Now we will go on for a more explained soil preparation before you start your garden, leaning away from the composting methods we have already discussed. Ideal soil for an organic vegetable garden is deep, well draining, friable, with high organic matter content, which is usually accomplished with proper organic garden composting that you will mix in with your soil. Proper soil preparation provides a good base and is almost essential for good seed germination and of course the subsequent growth of your organic garden crops. You also want to check your pH, and make sure it will be within bounds for whichever crops you will have in your organic garden, remember to choose your inter crops wisely to keep these well within one another’s range. If your pH is not within range, lime and sulfur are common soil amendments to change the soil’s pH. The correct soil pH is essential for optimal growth in your organic garden.

Tilling your soil is a good idea, but turning over the soil can cause issues, like soil compaction, and upset the micro biological balance, we do not want that, as those are essential for a great healthy organic garden. If you are having a hard time getting the right consistency after mixing your soil and compost, things like perlite and sand are options, however sometimes it can take a lot to improve the conditions, proper composting for your type of soil and area should take care of any issues, which is why you should always do your research and properly compost, and soil mix for your organic garden.

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Double Digging Our Vegetable Gardens

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We only started our little vegetable garden a couple of years ago. We soon discovered we had concrete for backyard soil. Okay it’s not concrete but it’s heavy dense clay that’s almost concrete. We could barely grow grass in our yard.

It took some labour but I dug it up to about a foot deep, maybe just a bit deeper and then started amending the soil with fresh top soil, compost, manure and peatmoss.

Each year since I have dug it up deep and amended the soil again. We add more peatmoss and the compost we had created since we started. It’s great to have compost and it’s so much better than putting all our yard and kitchen waste at the road side to be put in the landfill.

How To Double Dig Your Garden

The idea is simple however be prepared to work a little.

I start at one end of my garden and start digging a trench that’s about a shovel or spade depth. I flip the shovel full to my left as I am right handed and move through my garden left to right.

Once I reach the opposite side of the garden I have a trench that’s about 10 or 12 inches deep. The content or dirt is piled along the one edge.

Next I start digging again, in the same trench, and dig another shovel depth and just turn it right in the trench.

Once I reach the opposite, which is back where I started, I start a new trench to the right of the first one and take that dirt and put it right into the trench to my left.

This is a great way of turning your soil and aerating it at the same time. Over time, as I do this for the first couple of years and then I will continue doing this every 2 or 3 years.

Our garden soil is getting so rich now I don’t even need to use my foot to get the shovel in the dirt. You wouldn’t know it’s the same area that not so long ago seemed like concrete.

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Summer time is prep time

Well, in the USA fall is here and the temperatures are lowering, winter is on its way. This is the best time to investigate next years organic garden crop, what other techniques you may want to use, what and where you want to get your seeds, or if you are a beginner, all of the above plus the basics of organic gardening. Of course a lot of you have your methods down, and know what you want and or like to grow in your organic garden, but it is always good to learn new things, and tricks others come up with year after year for organic gardens. As for organic gardening seeds, most of the seeds in popular stores are breed for commercial growing, which sacrifices taste and diversity. You will be better off finding a good organic garden seed source by searching the web. Soil preparation is big one in organic gardening, there are lots of sources out there, and many here about soil preparation and what you want in the quality of your soil in your organic garden, winter is the time to do you research and see what is best for your crop, and your area. Being that it is fall, it’s a great time to start your compost piles, with all the dead leaves your raking, the grass clippings you have accumulated from the year and the precious last few lawn cuts before that cold weather stops grass growth.

A good tip for some of those last few lawn cuttings is covering your organic garden bed with it, this will help to prevent weeds early spring, before planting, not to mention help enrich the soil also. There are articles here about organic garden composting and we will also have an article coming up about smaller scale organic garden composting for those of us that do not need much, reference them along with your research to see what type of compost you want for your organic garden, and what kind of consistency you want. As for a summary, use your winter to plan your organic garden to be the best it can be, so you can enjoy your lovely and very tasty organic vegetables!

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To prepare flower beds before planting and to stimulate soil microbes, broadcast 8 oz. AGGRAND Natural Fertilizers 4-3-3 and 8 oz. AGGRAND Natural Liquid Bonemeal with the convenient hose end sprayer over 200 square
feet of garden one or two weeks before planting. natural fertilizers

It is all right to till lightly into the soil before seeding or setting out transplants. After planting, apply 3-4 oz AGGRAND Natural Fertilizers 4-3-3 with one gallon of water and saturate the soil around the plants every 10-14 days. A lighter application of 1-2 oz per gallon may be made every week if desired. This may be especially appropriate for lighter, sandier soil.natural fertilizers

Banding in the Row: A Proven Technique To Jump-Start Your Gardennatural fertilizers

When you’re reading through label directions on AGGRAND products,
you find that there is more than one way to apply AGGRAND natural fertilizers to any given crop. Soil, as well as foliar (leaf) and banded applications are usually specified.

A fall fertilizer application prior to tillage promotes the breakdown of crop residues and helps provide nutrients and organic matter for spring planted crops. In spring, banding or “banding in the row” is used on some row crops.natural fertilizers The best way to band fertilizer is to dig a trench slightly to one side and beneath where the seed will be planted (one to two inches
below and two to four inches to the side of the seeds). The fertilizer, mixed with water, is then dribbled into the trench. The trench is covered, and a
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For more information about specific garden-fertilizer applications, consult
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Low-Maintenance Rose Gardening with the Double Knockout Rose Bush

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Have you always wanted to grow beautiful rose bushes, but thought they were too much trouble and effort? Well, we’ve got some news that will make you reconsider your rose nurturing abilities.

It’s time to take a serious look at the amazing Double Knockout Rose bush. Drought tolerant, self-cleaning, disease resistant and low maintenance–it’s all you’d expect from a member of the fashionable Knockout family… and more!

There’s no disputing that the original Knockout Roses are beautiful, but wait until you see the Double Knockout. It’s twice as striking as each flower has double the number of petals, lending the appearance of a classic rose–but it’s problem-free and performs like a brilliant superstar.

Double Knockout Rose bushes can bloom for up to nine months, presenting thousands of colourful flowers over the life of the bush. Compact, gorgeous and lush, the Double Knockouts are versatile enough to fit perfectly into any area of your outdoor living space.

With so many uses, it’s tough to choose just where you’ll want to place your rose bushes. If you want some vivid color near the house, plant several in a row to form a low foundation hedge. Plant them around your deck or patio where people gather to create a fun and flirty atmosphere. To brighten up a winding path, or define your driveway with an air of style and elegance, these blooming beauties will definitely live up to all your expectations, transforming your yard into a true showplace.

Double Knockouts are available in vibrant colors like bubble-gum pink and candy-apple red, and are sure to add some blushing color to any lackluster garden area. These vibrant blooms make wonderful cut flower arrangements for your home, bringing the fresh ambiance of the beautiful garden indoors.

And, if all that isn’t enough, the Double Knockout Rose bush will even exhibit some dramatic fall foliage, turning lovely shades of burgundy, crimson and orange.

So, you pick a sunny spot for your Knockouts, and then you basically sit back and enjoy the splendour. Double Knockout Roses are disease and pest resistant, drought tolerant, cold hardy, robust and very adaptable. They’re so easy to grow they practically take care of themselves. You’ll never have to spray harmful chemicals, you’ll never have to trim away wilting flowers, you’ll never have to worry about extreme heat or cold, drought or excessive rainfall.

The Double Knockout Rose bush is a workhorse for your garden, flourishing in full sun to partial shade from Canada to Florida. What’s not to love about this exceptional rose bush?

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Organic Vegetable Gardening Skips The Chemicals

Organic Vegetable Gardening Skips The Chemicals

Millions of people are turning away from vegetables grown with herbicides and pesticides, chemicals which can remain in the soil for years or even decades depending on how long they have been used. Organic vegetable gardening is the sustainable solution for todays food problems, and while it would be impossible to sustain the world’s population on organic food (because of the extra work involved), there is absolutely no reason why you can’t enjoy this healthy, delicious food yourself. It’s the oldest form of farming, and you can draw from thousands of years of experience to grow some of the best tasting vegetables around at a fraction of the price of store-bought food.

Natural Pesticides and Herbicides

Organic vegetable gardening revolves around not using chemicals to improve the vitality of your plants. While most chemicals don’t pose serious health risks to humans (at least over the short term as long term effects won’t be fully understood for years), they do add pollution to the soil. Instead, organic vegetable gardening uses organisms instead of chemicals to get rid of the nasty critters which can ruin crops. Through bacteria and insects, you can clean your garden of any pests and improve the overall vitality of all of your crops, all without the use of harmful chemicals.

If you’re looking to make the transition from chemical pesticides and herbicides, vegetable gardening information will give you the necessary tools for making your garden chemical-free. Move away from fertilizers, and start improving the nutrition of your soil naturally through compost.

You can actually have healthier soil on the simple basis of not using chemicals, so there is absolutely no reason why you shouldn’t make the switch today. In fact, the only benefit of non-organic vegetable gardening is to be able to produce a much greater amount of food, necessary to keep the world from starving, and the only downside to organic vegetable gardening is that it generally takes more love and care.

Besides the health benefits, ask an average person the street if organic vegetable gardening produce tastes better than store-bought food, and provided they’ve tried out organic produce, their answer will be a resounding yes! Without the use of chemicals, organic foods taste better and fuller, and you can rest more easily at night knowing that you haven’t consumed harmful chemicals.

Growing your own produce can be a rewarding experience, as you have to cultivate your garden over a period of months. You won’t be getting any instant gratification, and organic vegetable gardening has a lot of up-front labor involved, but it does become much easier after you plant the seeds. At harvest time, you’ll be highly appreciative of your efforts with organic vegetable gardening.

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Tomatoes must be started indoors under lights or in a greenhouse. After six to eight weeks, when they have developed four to six leaves, they can be transplanted into the garden.
natural fertilizers

The best time to transplant is during cloudy weather after the soil has warmed to at least 60ºF. Using a black or red plastic mulch, planting in
old car tires or a water-filled plastic ring, or on the south side of a building will increase yields in cool marginal climates.
natural fertilizers

TRANSPLANTATION
• Dig holes two to three feet apart, eight to 12 inches deep with three to six feet of row spacing (narrower for staked plants).

STEPS:
• Pinch off all except the top two or three leaves at the stem.
natural fertilizers

• Plant in hole up to those leaves (burying most of the stem).

• If soil is shallow, plant horizontally with tip bent gently.

FERTILIZATION:
• Till in a layer of compost in fall or early spring (two inches). Use 2:1 soil:compost to fill holes when transplanting.
natural fertilizers

• Mix two ounces AGGRAND Natural Organic Fertilizer (NOF) with one gallon water, soak bottom of hole before transplanting. After transplanting, water plants with same tea.

• For highest yields, use two ounces NOF, two ounces AGGRAND Natural Liquid Bonemeal (NBM) and one ounce AGGRAND Natural Kelp and Sulfate of Potash
(NKP) per gallon at planting.

• Sprinkle with AGGRAND tea at first bloom, full bloom and during fruit set as cooler nights set in.
natural fertilizers

DISEASE
• Blossom end rot (black rot on bottom of fruit): till in one quart NBM per 1,000 to 2,000 sq. ft. before next growing season.
• Radial cracking (cracks radiating from stem caused by uneven moisture): use mulch and keep soil moist by watering with one to two gallons of water two to three times per week.

PROVEN VARIETIES
Early: Northern Exposure, Early Girl, Cascade
Medium to late: Better Boy, Fantastic, Beef Steak
Cherry: Sweet 100, Whippersnapper
Paste: Roma, Juliet
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Natural Fertilizers for Perfecting Your Tomatoes

In order for tomato plants to maintain peak production for as long as possible, they should be well-watered and fertilized once a month with AGGRAND. Use 3 oz/gal Natural Fertilizer, 3 oz/gal Liquid Bonemeal, and 1 oz/gal Natural Kelp and Sulfate of Potash. If tomatoes seem stressed, a foliar spray of 2 oz/gal of Natural Fertilizer and 1 oz/gal of Natural Kelp and Sulfate of Potash can be applied every other week to improve plant resistance.natural fertilizers

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Organic Gardening – Some Nutrient Deficiencies

Usually in well prepared organic gardens, with some of the mentioned organic gardening techniques in the articles on this site, you wont run into problems with nutrient deficiencies. But sometimes things just happen, so let’s take at some deficiencies and solutions for your organic gardening needs. Boron deficiencies can include dying growth tips, or short stubby growth, boron is believed to help with stem productivity among other things, this can be prevented with the proper organic gardening fertilizer mixes, and ensuring your pH is below seven. Borax may also be raked into the soil. Boron deficiencies are rare, and usually are because of very poor soil conditioning or abnormal pH. Calcium deficiencies can be caused by poor environment in your organic garden also, but it is most commonly because the plant is having trouble transporting it, caused by lack of water. Another more common reason is pH, so check your levels and correct them. Common symptoms include stunted growth, effecting the growth tips first, of course, but also looks like many other things. Damage is hard to reverse, so fix this problem immediately. Iron deficiencies in your organic garden is usually rare, except for acidic loving plants, are much more susceptible, because iron deficiencies are usually caused by more acidic soils. Iron deficiencies can be confused with manganese deficiencies. Common symptoms include yellowing and browning between the veins in the leafs, and the veins remain green. Avoid growing acidic loving plants in soils with lime, and you will most likely avoid this deficiency in your organic gardening endeavors.

Helping Nature with Organic Gardening

If you’re pondering about organic gardening, keep doing so. Not many folks are like you who think of such causes for your benefit of nature. Nature might be smiling from you now.

With all the advent of all the problems with the planet around all of us, specifically the global warming, these kinds of simple steps to alleviate the bigger problem is already a huge leap to become carried out.

This may take a large amount of hard work. So you better be ready for it. An individual will be already into the process, take time to familiarize yourself. Do not give up because of a minor problem. Consider it like nature will be testing you ways big your ex for it is actually. So show it worth your holes and concerns regarding this sort of gardening.

Why is this tough? Unlike the ordinary kind of gardening, going organic and natural will eliminate from you the freedom to use just about anything that is commercially accessible as long as it can help you along with your venture. No chance.
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Vegetable Gardening Introduction

There are numerous factors why individuals choose to pursue vegetable gardening as a hobby. Many people feel it is a relaxing approach to lower their anxiety levels. Many people just take pleasure in growing their own food.

Other people get satisfaction from realizing that they know where some of their food is coming from. No matter what your reasons for wanting to take up vegetable gardening, it’s a extremely rewarding hobby.

Some people even choose to attempt to make some money with their vegetable gardening. You’ll be able to make a little additional money by selling your vegetables at a nearby farmer’s marketplace or roadside stand, or you can attempt to sell your produce to a nearby wellness food store or restaurant.

When you are planning your vegetable garden, you’ll need to decide how huge you want your garden to be. You might be tempted to purchase dozens of distinct vegetables and all sorts of varieties, but this might be much more function than you’re truly ready for.

Initial, you ought to make a list of all of the various vegetables you’d like to plant. Write down anything that comes to mind. Don’t worry about regardless of whether or not you will have time to plant or take care of something, or whether you are able to afford it, just write down every little thing you are considering.

Once you ’ve completed your list, you will begin narrowing it down. The very first step to narrowing your list down is to eliminate anything that you can get locally at a reasonable cost. Potatoes and cabbage, as an example, are generally really affordable in most locations.

Then you need to get rid of anything which you can get locally that won’t see a considerable improvement in flavour over the store-bought version. Again, cabbage and potatoes possibly won’t taste considerably distinct should you grow them oneself.

What you need to have on your list may be the produce you can’t get locally, is generally too pricey to buy, or would taste substantially far better when grown inside your own garden. For example, you might choose to grow fresh herbs simply because they’re really pricey in shops.

You might need to grow tomatoes simply because it could be very challenging to locate tomatoes that taste excellent in stores. And you might wish to grow a variety of specialty lettuces which are tough to find locally, or are typically a bit costly.

A lot of people can’t deal with caring for a extremely large garden. It is difficult work. It can be very relaxing, however it can be back-breaking work in unbearable heat. You have to contend with dirt, bugs, heat, bending, lugging, pulling, hoeing, and weeding.

In could be miserable function if you create a garden that’s bigger than you’re ready to deal with. In the event you go overboard, your fascinating hobby can rapidly turn into a nightmare. So be sure to select only those varieties which you really think you will take pleasure in, and which you can’t effortlessly find locally.

If you only eat peas once per month, do not plant a entire row! In the event you detest tomatoes, do not plant them just because you think you should for some reason. Many people plant things they feel look pretty in the seed catalogue, although they know they won’t appreciate the produce!

Be careful not to get carried away. It’s tempting to plant 1 of each and every selection of tomato, or six different kinds of peppers. Those seed catalogues are gorgeous, but maintain it realistic!

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