domenica 31 ottobre 2010
giovedì 28 ottobre 2010
mercoledì 27 ottobre 2010
Ecological Gardening- what is it?
The term Ecological Gardening seems to be gaining popularity. But what is it? My experience with Ecological Gardening started many years ago. You see, I have always been a fence sitter. As a teenager I could never make my mind up whether I wanted to be a horticulturist or an environmental scientist. And sometimes I’m still a little unsure!
Growing Your Organic Tomato Seeds
Organic seeds for Organic Vegetables Gardening-
Organic fruit and vegetables are becoming more and more common in our supermarkets as we become more aware of the chemicals that are sprayed on them or even crops that are now genetically modified. You can take part in this apparent organic revolution in your own home by growing your very own organic tomato plants. The best place to start is by buying some organic tomato seeds.
domenica 24 ottobre 2010
5 Common Layouts For An Organic Garden!
Choose Your Vegetables Gardening Style
You can now enjoy the many benefits of home gardening. On the other hand, a fair amount of planning is needed if you want to make the most out of this project. Here are 5 common layouts you could use for your organic vegetable garden. ...
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Elizabeth Hurley To Star In Reality Show Documenting Life On Her Farm
Organic Foods and Hollywood Stars!
Actress Elizabeth Hurley will play the starring role in a new reality show on Living TV documenting life on her organic farm in Gloucestershire, England. Hurley purchased the 400-acre farm five years ago with her husband Arun Nayar where the couple now breeds cattle, pigs, geese, and sheep and sells the meat under the label “Elizabeth Hurley Foods.”
martedì 19 ottobre 2010
A List of organically grown tea,
Tava tea is special blend of organically grown sencha, Wuyi Cliff Oolong and Puerh teas. This is a powerful blend that is not available elsewhere. Each of the three teas aids in weight loss and has their own health promoting properties.
domenica 17 ottobre 2010
Organic Liaison »
Kirstie Alley Weight Loss Program: Organic Liaison » Really Intresting!
Hey Man, Do You Work in a Restaurant?
At the time, I had switched Yoga studios. I like a vigorous practice and my old studio cut back on classes. Now, as luck would have it, my new studio is two doors down from a farmers market, which is win-win for me.
So I was shopping there every week, and typically I bought a lot of fruits and vegetables, especially fresh greens, like broccoli and spinach. I'm mostly vegetarian, so I plow through a lot of vegetation every week.
venerdì 15 ottobre 2010
ECO-Organic Vegetable Gardening, Is It Magic?
We all know how much hard work there is in growing vegetables – digging, weeding, crop rotation, watering, fertilizing, planting winter crops, resting beds, spraying pests and weeds – the list goes on and on. So imagine a vegetable garden that didn’t need any of these things. Imagine a garden that never had pests, never needed digging, didn’t need to be rested in winter, had no need for crop rotation, had virtually no weeds, needed very little water and virtually looked after itself. But to top all that off, this garden produces many times more than a traditional vegetable garden and regenerates itself year after year, all by itself.
Surely, that would be magic!
martedì 12 ottobre 2010
lunedì 11 ottobre 2010
21 Easy Vegetables and How to Grow Them
Here are some easy to grow vegetables for your Organic Vegetables Gardening hobby
Take a look at this list of 21 vegetables for some ideas.
1. Snap Beans
Snap beans take 40 to 65 days to mature. Plant seeds 1 inch deep, and thin them so that the plants are 6 inches apart. Learn more on our How to Grow Beans page.
2. Lima Beans
Lima beans take 90 to 100 days to mature. Plant them 1 1/2 inches deep, and thin them so that they are 6 yo 8 inches apart. Learn more about growing lima beans.
3. Beets
Beets take 60 to 85 days to mature. Plant the seeds about twice as deep as the seed diameter. Thin them so that they are 2 to 4 inches apart. Learn more about growing beets.
4. Carrots
Carrots take 55 to 80 days to mature. Plant the seeds twice as deep as the seed diameter. Thin them so that they are 3 inches apart. Learn more about growing carrots here.
5. Cabbage
Cabbage takes 65 to 100 days to mature. Plant the seeds twice as deep as the seed diameter. Thin them so that they are 24 to 30 inches apart. Learn more about growing cabbage here.
Start Composting, Bokashi Style
sabato 9 ottobre 2010
They Don’t Complain and They Die Quietly
A touching article on Vegetable gardening by Derek Powazek
When I was young, I knew two things for sure about my dad. The first was that he was weird. He wasn’t like my friend’s dads. The second was that he loved plants.There were always plants in our house. A vegetable garden in back, and plants in every room. I didn’t think anything of it, really. I thought it was normal for a dad to come home from work and spend an hour in the yard, watering. It’s what dad’s do.
I remember planting seeds in the vegetable garden with him. He taught me to put two seeds in every hole, because sometimes plants didn’t make it. Understanding plants means understanding death.
This was in the 80s when my dad was working at City of Hope. My dad’s a psychologist who did groundbreaking early work to prove that cancer treatments had cognitive effects. To do this, he worked with kids who were dying of Leukemia. He watched them die, one after another. And then he came home to his kids, who were about the same age.
So he stood in his garden, still wearing his work clothes, tie loosened around his neck, and watered his plants, crying when no one was looking.
My dad was not like other dads because he watched kids just like his die for a living. I always wondered why my dad so often told me that life was fragile, temporary, and precious. Now I know
In the 90s, when I was about to move away to college, I finally asked him why he had so many plants. He answered, “They don’t complain, and they die quietly.
They Don’t Complain and They Die Quietly
venerdì 8 ottobre 2010
12 Foods You Don’t Have to Buy Organic
If your like us you can’t always get organic foods. The following is a list of 12 foods you should try to buy organic and 12 foods that are not quite as important to buy organic. The Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit organization that advocates for policies that protect global and individual health, produces the Shoppers’ Guide to Pesticides in Produce. It is based on the results of nearly 43,000 pesticide tests. Of the 43 different fruit and vegetable categories in the Guide to Pesticides, the following twelve foods had the lowest ...
mercoledì 6 ottobre 2010
How to Grow an Herb Garden Indoors Year Round
If You Like to Grow your own Organic Herbs then check this Jason's Indoor Guide to Organic & Hydroponics Gardening
If you love fresh spaghetti sauce or pesto, then you've just got to have fresh basil and other herbs all year round! A nice window garden getting at least 4 or 5 hours of direct light from a sunny window will give you something to pinch here and there. Gardens with mint, rosemary, bay leaf, savory, oregano, chervil, and thyme are some of the easiest to grow this way.