So does anyone her practice organic gardening
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Permalink Reply by jean baker on -
howdy hi, fellow organic gardeners. all you need to fertilize your garden is compost. chemical or processed fertilizers may jolt your plants to produce for a short time, but like a drug junkie, that peak will be followed by a decline, and ultimately death. it takes healthy soil to grow healthy plants. organic garden soil has millions of beneficial bacteria. nonorganic soil has less than a few hundred. it is essentially dead and cannot support your plants nor give them what they need to thrive. the first few years i went organic, my garden was out of balance so i experienced some pest problems. once balance was restored, that was the end of any significant problems. organic gardens support a wonderful team of beneficial bugs, toads and birds. 2 big helpers are fireflies and frogs. both are very sensitive to chemicals. frogs have thin skins through which chemicals easily pass. it is a thrill and a real badge of organic gardening when you see frogs and toads in your garden. if at any time during the 2 years it takes to produce an adult firefly the youngster encounters chemicals, he will die. go organic, and you will get the thrill of fourth of july fireworks every summer's evening at dusk when the fireflies come out. and you'll see the end of any slug or snail problems as firefly larvae hatch on them. so get rid of all those plastic bags with skulls and crossbones on them. it will be tough because they are so toxic, the epa won't allow you to put them out in your garbage. then start a compost pile. you can brew compost tea. put a few shovels full of compost into a large bucket of water. let brew in the sun for a few days so the beneficial bacteria can multiply. then water your plants. the bacteria will multiply in your soil and feed your plants better than any chemical fertilizer. good luck!
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Permalink Reply by Debra Norton on -
Thank You very much for this info.
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Permalink Reply by Chris Breer on -
yeah bone meal is good but you are using animal bones ground up to feed your garden. Personally when i think of true organic gardening i think manure or compost or compost tea for adding nutrients to the soil
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Permalink Reply by Chris Breer on
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I did not know that white coffee filters are bleached thanks for the info
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Permalink Reply by Debra Norton on
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That is what i was told by an certified organic farmer.
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Permalink Reply by jean baker on
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heard a wonderful speaker saturday at the kccua urban gardener conference saturday who is an organic farm inspector and verifier throughout the midwest. he told story after story of the benefits of organic growing. he asked if we wanted the short story or long story. we of course said "short". he told about pulling up a conventionally grown corn stalk and an organically grown one. the first was puny and had few roots. the organic specimen had a huge root ball and lots of roots. he said it is all those roots that take up more nutrients and why you get more nutrients in organic produce. he told another story about 2 farmers. the neighbor brought a beautiful 12 inch corn cob to boost about. the organic farmer threw it out in a bucket. it was alongside some shorter organic cobs of his. when he came back weeks later, the organic cobs were eaten down to the nubs while the big cob had only a few kernels missing. clearly mice and wild animals are smarter than we human beans. one other fascinating fact he shared was that organic soil soaks up gallons more water than nonorganic. he made a good case that the flooding problems we are experiencing are manmade because we've disrupted natural balance.
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Permalink Reply by Debra Norton on
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I sometimes think that the animals are smarter than us because sometimes I feed the dogs left over vegetables and they will only eat the organic ones. Thank You the info about the water I will be sure to check that I have watered enough. Wish I has my rain barrel sooner this year as we had 2 ft of snow and I heard it takes 10 inches of snow to make 1 inch of rain. One other thing I wanted to say was wouldn't it be great if e1 donated a bit extra food to the needy.
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Permalink Reply by Pete Gasper on -
Many organic farmers have found out that deer vastly prefer their fields to the neighboring conventional and GMO fields.
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Permalink Reply by Pete Gasper on
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We practice organic gardening. We also pull in principles from permaculture and Fukuoka natural farming. We like to use living mulches and cover crops. And we reduce the use of compost and other amendments by incorporating animals into the system. Ducks for slug patrol, geese for weeding, pigs for tilling, cows and sheep for weeding, chickens and pigs for gleaning beds.
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Permalink Reply by Linda G. on -
As much as possible. but im having my squash and i just cannot grow it with out the sevin dust :(
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Permalink Reply by dexter19 on -
Hi Chris! Yes to your question! I love organic gardening... I have tried my hand t it for the last three years and it is great. Blog me if you have a question I will try to help ok!
Happy Gardening...
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