Seeking the Good Life in America, Part 1

Like many of us, Joy is not content with the high consumption modern lifestyle we live in the United States. So she journeys to three different intentional communities – places where people have chosen to share land and resources in all kinds of creative ways – and documents her experiences. The result is a fun and engaging crash course in sustainable living, thinking outside of the box, and finding positive solutions in an increasingly challenging world. 1 hr 2 min Featured communities are: Light Morning www.lightmorning.org Twin Oaks www.twinoaks.org Acorn Community www.acorncommunity.org Featuring music by Adrienne Young www.adrienneyoung.com
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CHEAP AND EASY PORTABLE FISH POND – A GOOD SOURCE OF ORGANIC FERTILIZER FOR YOUR PLANTS

Hi! This is Going Organic. You can find our website at www.goingorganic.weebly.com. I am going to talk to you about making a cheap and easy portable goldfish pond for your yard. I’ve started using it as an easy source of organic fertilizer for the plants. I got the idea, while watching videos on aquaponics. They use fish water for fertilizing their plants in a hydroponic system. So I started scooping out the pond water and using it as liquid fertilizer for my plants. I started out with a small hard plastic fish pond in the ground in the back yard about 17 years ago. When we sold that house, I couldn’t bare to go without part of the pond. I separated part of the roots from the original lily and threw it in a 5 gallon bucket with some water. At the next house, I set up a 20 gallon pot and put some sand in the bottom to anchor the plants. Then I planted the lily in the pot. I added some standard gold fish and put a lawn chair next to it with some landscaping. In the evenings, I would sit next to the pond, while I fed the fish and looked out at the woods behind the house. There is something very relaxing about a fish pond. (Even the 20 gallon size.) Recently I read about aquaponic gardens set up with growing fish. The fish wastes in the water fertilize the plants. I started scooping out my pond water to use as organic fertilizer for plants in the yard and I add it to compost. I set up this 20 gallon pot recently. I just added about 2 inches of sand to the bottom with some …
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Organic Gardening Guide – 3 Basic Steps For Good and Successful Organic Gardening

With gardeners turning to organic cultivation of flowers and vegetables in large numbers, many of them find an organic gardening guide as a handy tool for equipping their flower and kitchen gardens with plants grown in a healthy manner. This helps them decide what is best for their gardens and their pockets and what they should avoid doing if they want their greens to be in the pink too.

Now for organic gardening to be successful one needs to follow three basic, but most important steps.

1. Preparing the soil – As soil plays an important role in sustaining and holding plants, it is necessary to prepare it for planting by treating it with organically prepared compost and fertilizers. This helps the soil acquire all the vital nutrients that it may be lacking, but which the plants require for good growth. This should be done whether one is planning to either grow flowers or vegetables as both require a good dose of nutrients.

2. Selection and care of seeds – It is mandatory for the grower to know what kind of plants would suit his garden. Hence, you should buy seeds accordingly. An organic gardening guide helps you decide what the right medium for sowing your seeds is and when to transplant them from the original containers to your garden.

Caring for seeds is extremely important as the success of your gardening depends on it. Make sure that the medium in which you are planning to plant your seeds is adequately moistened to suit the germinating needs of your plant. While some seeds need to be covered, there are others, which require exposure to sunlight.

The plants should be exposed to the prevailing weather conditions before shifting them from the containers to the garden. Keep them cozy and moist during the germinating stage. Always refer to your gardening guide for exact information about tending to your seeds before planting them.

3. Protection from insects and weeds – After you have planted your seeds and they begin to germinate, it becomes all the more important for you to protect them against insects, diseases and weeds. Using natural products to deal with pests is the wisest thing to do in case of organic gardening as this does not have any ill-effect on the plant. Besides this, allowing natural predators of pests into your precincts helps too.

One should also take timely steps to keep the garden free of weeds. Steps such as exposure to sunlight and applying mulch apart from physical methods as pulling out the weeds by hand, also helps check the growth of weeds.

Our Organic Vegie Garden, Good tips, Companion planting.

Our Organic Vegie Garden, Good tips. use plastic drums cut in half or long ways. use egg cartons for seeds. companion plant long and shallow root vegies together to save water and stop ground from drying out. Plant flowers like marygolds to attract bees for pollination. make your own organic compost from lawn clippings and dry leaves stacking in layers of green and brown.

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Basic Gardening Tips : How to Create Good Growing Soil

Learn how to create good growing soil when growing a garden in this free gardening video.. Expert: Tia Pinney Bio: Tia Pinney is a Teacher Naturalist and Adult Program Coordinator at Mass Audubons Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Filmmaker: Christian Munoz-Donoso

I have heard that chickens are good to have in vegetable garden for organic pest control. Is it safe?

Is it safe to have the unaged chicken poop all over the ground in veggie garden from the chickens running around? Please site references NOT an uninformed opinion. People’s health at stake here!!!! Thanks!

What’s a good organic pesticide (easily available off the market shelf) to ward off ants in my garden?

I tried soaking my garden with algae based fertilizer that was also advertised to ward off pests but it didn’t work.

What is a good organic pesticide to treat my garden with?

I refuse to use any thing that is’nt natural on my veggies!!

What are some good, natural, and organic insect repellents for the garden?

Preferably stuff that I can make at home.

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