Questions about organic gardening. please?

Question by Allblue347: Questions about organic gardening. please?
I was thinking about growing an organic garden. I have two questions

1. How do you know if your (example:tomatoes) have fully grown?

2. After you pick your(example:tomatoes) what are you gonna do next? as in, is it already fresh or do you have to do something else.

Best answer:

Answer by sciencegravy
1) When they turn red

2) Eat them. Or cook with them. Or preserve them as in canning, freezing, drying…etc.

What do you think? Answer below!

Robert Cheeke interviews James Cameron about his diet

Robert Cheeke interviews James Cameron on Earth Day 2010. Though he’s not a vegan, Cameron had some great things to say about organic, local food, growing gardens, and raising children.
Video Rating: 4 / 5

Organic Gardening for Beginners ? What You Ought to Know About Setting Up a Lush Organic Vegetable Garden

I’m sure you’re aware of the tremendous amount of information and guides available on the internet pertaining to organic gardening for beginners.

And if you have managed to wade through some of that information, you’d realise by now that starting an organic vegetable garden takes a TREMENDOUS amount of hard, sweat dripping-work…

But, there’s good news!

What you ought to know right now is that setting up an organic vegetable garden that produces some of the most rounded and juiciest tomatoes, tasty pumpkins, potatoes, cucumber, cabbage, etc can be simple and near effortless once you have the proper techniques in place.

You see, what I’m about to share is without a shred of doubt, the finest method of organic gardening for beginners. Trust me, when it come to making an organic vegetable garden, I can say that I’ve been there, done that!

External note: For visual persons, overview of this technique is presented via video format. It can be seen by simply clicking on this link.

You just name it okay…Things like cycling crops – a technique which many dedicated gardeners employ to avoid the diminution of certain minerals in the soil. Resting the garden beds and planting green manure crop for the purpose of adding nitrogen and so on.

Of course, there are the typical gardening tasks like applying chemicals to ward off pests, digging soil, pulling out weeds, etc.

So there you go. The work it takes to set up an organic vegetable garden and maintaining it so that it would flourish maximally is tremendous.

However, if you build a vegetable garden using principles and techniques of ecological gardening, you absolutely DO NOT have to perform all those physical numbing tasks.

Yes indeed…ecological organic gardening for beginners is the way forward and it works like a charm.

See, the truth is in ecological gardening, you need not spend more than 8 hours per year tending to your garden plot. The majority of the work is done during the set up process.

What ecological gardening does is imitate the workings of natural ecosystem… Creating an organic vegetable that produces far more food than traditional gardening techniques and needs far less maintenance activities.

The primary rules of setting up an ecological organic garden are as follows…

You need to plant many varieties of edible plants in a very dense arrangement to prevent weeds from growing in niche spaces.

The vast number of edible plants planted compactly will help increase nitrogen quantity, thus eliminates the need for planting green manure crop. This also acts as a natural form of pests’ management.

Compost is generously applied on bare areas to fortify soil structure and also for topping up nitrogen.

Some plants are permitted to go to seed to further prevent weeds from growing. When a niche space appears due to harvesting or consumption, another edible plant will take up the space.

The finest technique of organic gardening for beginners has gotten easier to setup thanks to a set of easy to follow video tutorials. Make sure you watch the downloadable videos on how to set it up properly and also print out the detailed step-by-step manual.

Download details for videos and manual can be found by following this link:  
http://www.growingorganicfood.info

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This is part 1 of edible landscaping. Eco landscape designer Darren Butler talks about the importance of soil. This is a fascinating video, you will learn a lot and expand your awareness. Learning to grow some of your own food at home organically contributes greatly to a cleaner earth. No pesticides, no fossil fuels burned in transport, just healthier food to enhance your life.

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Does anyone know anything about companion planting? for an organic garden?

It’s my first attempt at this so I need any helpful ideas I can get :)

question about miracle grow organic gardening soil?

I have a container garden that I planted a couple of weeks ago. I bought this miracle grow orgain gardening soil to use when tranplanting my plants from the store containers into mine. I was replanting more plants eariler today and when I was about to open a new bag of soil, I notice it says on the back “not for use in container”. The directions say mix with native soil. My plants are looking great. I’ve got veggies and herbs planted. Am I going to kill them if I leave them this way or do I need to repot them? Please help!!!!!!!!

Do you care about the Hr875 bill? (7C425) Do you think the Gov should regulate organic gardening in this way?

For more info please see

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxrzfPo3g…

Courteous answers please.
O.K. ohiorgan.. your link has a virus, so I suggest noone click on to it. Why would I read a gov evaluation of their own bill? Also, now my above link is invalid, so I am adding it so that the video that I referenced can be seen.

Also, I have read some of the bill. It is obvious you have not. I may not be a genious, however, here are some basics:
Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009
Sec 3 DEFINITIONS
“12) FOOD- The term `food’ means a product intended to be used for food or drink for a human or an animal and components thereof
Sec 3 (14) FOOD PRODUCTION FACILITY- The term `food production facility’ means any farm, ranch, orchard, vineyard, aquaculture facility, or confined animal-feeding operation
SEC. 206. FOOD PRODUCTION FACILITIES.
(a) Authorities- In carrying out the duties of the Administrator and the purposes of this Act, the Administrator shall have the authority, with respect to food”
SEC. 206. FOOD PRODUCTION FACILITIES.
(a) Authorities- In carrying out the duties of the Administrator and the purposes of this Act, the Administrator shall have the authority, with respect to food production facilities, to–
a,1) visit and inspect food production facilities. 2.review food safety records…
3set good practice standards… 4.conduct monitoring and surveillance …5.collect and maintain informatio…(b) Inspection of Records1) to determine…(2) to track C…1,-7,D..1-4…,E…1-3,(F) Enforcement…G… READ IT

How do I go about starting an organic vegetable patch? I have no experience in gardening.?

I was wondering how much the cost of setting one up would be and how to go about doing it =) Please help!

How Do I Go About Starting An Organic Garden

In this article we are going to provide you with a step-by-step guide on how to start an organic garden.

1. Choosing the location.

It is vital that when choosing the location for your organic garden that it is in a place where it gets the sun for at least half of the day, but it also has easy access for watering. Also it is important that you make sure that the ground drains well or you may have to build raised bed gardens instead.

2. Removing the Weeds.

Now you have chosen the location for your organic garden you now need to mow, pull and dig out all the weeds that are there. Then you need to till the land (either by hand using a fork or by using a tiller, but this will depend on how big your garden is going to be). Then you need to remove any further debris by raking the soil over. Now you need to wait a few days and then remove any more weeds that sprout up.

3. Testing the Soil.

Before you begin planting you need to test the soil and then starting building it up using organic matter. You can add compost, bone meal or rock phosphate to the soil. But only add those that are of an organic nature. Also when sowing any plants you should add compost to it about 2 to 4 weeks prior to planting. This gives the compost time to integrate and stabilize itself within the soil.

4. Fertilizers

Now you can start to till and dig in fertilizers and leave it for about a month in order for the nutrients to take a hold.

5. Preparing a Compost Pile

When starting an organic garden it is a good idea to start your compost pile at the same time. You can place in it leaves, grass clippings (so every time you mow the lawn don’t forget to add them to the pile), coffee grounds, eggshells and other organic kitchen waste (fruit and vegetable peelings etc). As it slowly breaks down the compost becomes a great organic fertilizer for your garden. So no longer will you need to search your local garden center for organic fertilizer, as you will always have some close at hand.

Now that we have shown you how to start an organic garden you can go and choose a spot in your garden and get started. Soon you will be on the way to producing all your own lovely organic products.

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