Friday, July 1, 2011

Organic Food Gardening Beginners Manual – A FREE Educational Quiz For All Novice Gardeners

I've prepared a special organic food gardening beginners manual quiz to help you discover what I truly believe, to be the ultimate method of growing fresh organic fruits and vegetables.
Hopefully this quiz would help you gain a good understanding about how to set up and organic vegetable garden using techniques that mimics natural habitat.
A natural habitat style vegetable garden is perfect for beginners because it's very simple to set up and run. The following quiz will reveal the essential details.
Question 1: What is the best and easiest gardening method for growing your own vegetables?
a. Traditional style gardening method.
b. Ecological gardening method.
c. Oriental style gardening method.
Answer is b. Ecological gardening is a highly efficient way of growing organic food. I tell you, any organic food gardening beginners manual worth its salt should include this wonderful method.
The method requires you to incorporate a few key characteristics of a living, breathing natural ecosystem into your home vegetable garden.
The outcome is a vegetable garden that bears far more fresh organic food than a traditional style garden. And that's not the only benefit…
Compared to traditional garden, an ecological garden demands only a fraction amount of maintenance effort.
In an ecological garden, toilsome gardening works like cycling crops, resting garden beds, fertilizing, weeding and digging are completely uncalled for. Mother Nature will work in your favor!
Question 2: What is the most vital principle of ecological gardening?
a. Planting a green manure crop for nitrogen-fixing process.
b. Digging soil for a certain number of times each month.
c. Planting a diverse range of plants in tight, jungle-like arrangement.
Answer is c. Planting a variety of edible plants in a dense, jungle-like way will result in a number benefits. I will list the 2 key benefits. The first one is it allows no space for weeds to develop.
Secondly, it will cause your vegetable plants to yield more food and last significantly longer due to the highly-fortified micro-climate induced by ecological gardening's dense, planting arrangement.  
Question 3: What is the easiest way to learn how to set up an ecological organic vegetable garden?
a. Attend a training course on ecological gardening.
b. Obtain several different versions of organic food gardening beginners manual.
c. View video tutorials on the subject and print out reference guide along with detailed project plan.
Answer is c. Look; I managed to set up an ecological vegetable garden on my own by watching step-by-step video instructions.  And I did it in just 2 days! Videos are good learning tools.
All I had to do was follow the instructions demonstrated in the video tutorials. If the instructions are presented in a clear and easy to understand fashion, you'll have no trouble setting up your very first ecological garden plot.
Ecological organic food gardening beginners manual complete with video tutorials are available as an all-in-one download format. The easy to follow video tutorials are excellent, but don't forget to print out the reference manual as well!
If you're interested, download details for video series and manual can be obtained by following this link: http://www.growingorganicfood.info



Rob Ethrington

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Monday, June 27, 2011

Organic Vegetable Gardening For Beginners

To be flourishing at organic vegetable gardening you must draw up detailed plans. The soil is your first consideration; how to make it rich and fertile, and how to prepare it so harmful pests won't attack your vegetable garden. The two ways that organic vegetable gardening differs from accepted gardens is the usage of fertilizer and how to keep pests under control. Phosphorous, nitrogen and potassium are the three components considerable to your organic garden.

For lush, green foliage you must have nitrogen. For strong roots and stems phosphorus is needed. And for the prominent safety from disease and brief cold snaps, potassium is a must. Let's call them the big three. The big three are available in market fertilizers any way they are synthetic. In organic vegetable gardening the big three are added in a much different way.

Organic Fruit

The best way of enriching your soil is by compost. Dig some pits in your back yard to start your compost from kitchen refuse. Use things like pine needles, corn stalks, leaves, carrot tops, fruits or vegetables that have spoiled, manure, egg shells and coffee grinds. Some organic gardeners use weeds in their compost but I do not advise this for obvious reasons. As the compost materials decompose they publish bacteria and fungi into the soil that you are preparing. The bacteria and fungi turn nutrients like nitrogen to ammonia and nitrates that will be usable for your vegetables. Use substances such as seaweed, potash salts, tobacco stems and wood ash to help make potassium in your compost. By development your own compost, you are controlling the blend and balance to perform the right blend for your organic vegetable garden.

To be for real sure that your compost has wholly broken down and is now gift up the right balance, start working it into the soil at least two weeks before you plan on planting.

The pH in the soil must be right for salutary plants. Test your soil, if it has a ph of 0 it is very acidic, while a 14 is greatest alkaline. Of procedure a seven indicates neutral soil. To raise the pH of the soil inexpensively use ground limestone. An additional benefit of the limestone is that it contains magnesium something that most soils lack. If, on the other hand, you have greatest alkaline soil use sulpher to bring the pH down.

Pest control in organic vegetable gardening is also different that accepted gardening. In many accepted beds gardeners wish to eradicate all pests with pesticides. Many in organic gardening only wish to keep the pest habitancy down so to have a balance in the garden. Obviously, whenever possible, plant pest defiant vegetables. In order for harmful organisms to grow, they need inviting sunlight so keep thick mulch nearby the plants to deny the organisms that needed sunlight and to help hold moisture into the ground. If you find you have a heavy infestation here is a natural pest control formula:

In a jar, consolidate 1 teaspoon dishwashing liquid and 1 cup vegetable oil. Shake vigorously. In an empty spray bottle, consolidate 2 teaspoons of this blend and 1 cup water. Use at ten-day intervals (or more often if needed) to rid plants of whiteflies, mites, aphids, scales, and other pests.

Follow this tips and you are on your way to raising a salutary and plentiful organic vegetable garden.

Happy Gardening!

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This narrative may be distributed freely on your website and in your ezines, as long as this entire article, copyright notice, links and the reserved supply box are unchanged.

Organic Vegetable Gardening For Beginners

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Saturday, February 19, 2011

Organic Vegetable Gardening For Beginners

To be successful at organic vegetable gardening you must draw up detailed plans. The soil is your first consideration; how to make it rich and fertile, and how to prepare it so harmful pests won't attack your vegetable garden. The two ways that organic vegetable gardening differs from conventional gardens is the usage of fertilizer and how to keep pests under control. Phosphorous, nitrogen and potassium are the three components essential to your organic garden.

For lush, green foliage you must have nitrogen. For strong roots and stems phosphorus is needed. And for the important protection from disease and brief cold snaps, potassium is a must. Let's call them the big three. The big three are available in commercial fertilizers however they are synthetic. In organic vegetable gardening the big three are added in a much different way.

Organic Fruit

The best way of enriching your soil is by compost. Dig some pits in your back yard to start your compost from kitchen refuse. Use things like pine needles, corn stalks, leaves, carrot tops, fruits or vegetables that have spoiled, manure, egg shells and coffee grinds. Some organic gardeners use weeds in their compost but I do not recommend this for obvious reasons. As the compost materials decompose they release bacteria and fungi into the soil that you are preparing. The bacteria and fungi convert nutrients like nitrogen to ammonia and nitrates that will be usable for your vegetables. Use substances such as seaweed, potash salts, tobacco stems and wood ash to help make potassium in your compost. By making your own compost, you are controlling the mixture and balance to achieve the right combination for your organic vegetable garden.

To be absolutely sure that your compost has completely broken down and is now offering up the right balance, start working it into the soil at least two weeks before you plan on planting.

The pH in the soil must be right for healthy plants. Test your soil, if it has a ph of 0 it is very acidic, while a 14 is extreme alkaline. Of course a seven indicates neutral soil. To raise the pH of the soil inexpensively use ground limestone. An additional benefit of the limestone is that it contains magnesium something that most soils lack. If, on the other hand, you have extreme alkaline soil use sulpher to bring the pH down.

Pest control in organic vegetable gardening is also different that conventional gardening. In many conventional beds gardeners wish to eradicate all pests with pesticides. Many in organic gardening only wish to keep the pest population down so to have a balance in the garden. Obviously, whenever possible, plant pest resistant vegetables. In order for harmful organisms to grow, they need bright sunlight so keep thick mulch around the plants to deny the organisms that needed sunlight and to help hold moisture into the ground. If you find you have a heavy infestation here is a natural pest control formula:

In a jar, combine 1 teaspoon dishwashing liquid and 1 cup vegetable oil. Shake vigorously. In an empty spray bottle, combine 2 teaspoons of this mixture and 1 cup water. Use at ten-day intervals (or more often if needed) to rid plants of whiteflies, mites, aphids, scales, and other pests.

Follow this tips and you are on your way to raising a healthy and plentiful organic vegetable garden.

Happy Gardening!

Copyright © Mary Hanna, All Rights Reserved.

This article may be distributed freely on your website and in your ezines, as long as this entire article, copyright notice, links and the resource box are unchanged.

Organic Vegetable Gardening For Beginners

Mary Hanna is an aspiring herbalist who lives in Central Florida. This allows her to grow gardens inside and outside year round. She has published other articles on Cruising, Gardening and Cooking. Visit her websites at Gardening Landscaping Tips, Gardening Outside and Herb Gardening

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