Afternoon Everyone! This post is the final in my short series on Organic Gardening.  It will cover Organic Fertilizers and Compost. I have enjoyed writing it for you and I hope you have found it useful. Organically fertilizing your plants is not quite as simple as it is when you use chemicals in your garden.  Chemical fertilizers are certainly convenient, although not environmentally friendly.  Most of them come in a form that only needs to be mixed with water and sprayed onto plants, yet t...

Image by Shelley & Dave via Flickr Ask any gardener what their biggest problem is that they face with organic gardening – without fail they will say…’dealing with pests’. I know of some top gardeners who know first hand that an infestation of aphids or cutworms can absolutely devastate a garden!  They have at one time or another, been victim to these ‘garden nasties’ and have had an entire row of plants wiped out in days, sometimes hours. Now, far be it from to tell a fe...

Garden Riff Raff!! We all hate them. We all cus at them.  With pure evil in our hearts, we all go to extreme lengths to rid our precious gardens of them.  Let us take a serious look at how to organically control weeds in an organic garden. Weeds are the bane of any gardener, but they can be especially bothersome to organic gardeners.  Many gardeners choose to use weed killer to get rid of weeds, but if you have made the decision to ‘go green’ then you can’t be doing that in an organic g...

Droves of people are turning to organic gardening and organic produce as a way to feel safer and more confident about the foods they eat.  In truth I suspect most of us are just a tickle worried about the foods we put into mouths and how they may affect our bodies. Have you too noticed the increase in reports of food poisoning caused from fruits and vegetables? Is it any wonder then that so many are so worried about what they are eating. Image via Wikipedia Ok, so finally the penny is dr...