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You can't eat green manures, but if you know which crops to grow, where, when and how to cultivate them you will improve your soil for the benefit of future edible crops.

Organic gardeners develop their gardens without the use of synthetic chemicals. Often green manures are used as an ecologically sustainable alternative.

Use nitrogen fixing plants like clover, alfalfa, hairy vetch and winter rye to add nutrients to the home garden.

Organic gardening and conventional vegetable gardening differ in pest control and fertility: organic gardening utilizes organic weed killer and organic fertilizer.

Regular potting soil will do for raised beds, but the best raised bed soil will be high in organic matter and have high water-holding capacity.

Grow your very own pesticide and chemical-free vegetables through organic gardening methods. This spring, use these three tips to go organic.

Whether you make your own from reclaimed materials or buy kits, growing vegetables in narrow, raised beds has many benefits over the conventional wide row system.

There are six important trace elements in healthy garden soil. Organic gardeners can correct poorly performing flower and vegetable plants with natural soil amendments.

One of the most plentiful alternative energy sources is biomass energy. It is plentiful, renewable and also recovers and recycles waste and waste by-products.

If your plants need a boost in addition to the compost you already use to feed and build your soil in the lawn or garden, choose from one of several organic fertilizers.

The simple idea of recycling spent coffee grounds back to the earth stimulates green thumbs to join the java jolt and brew compost in gardens across North America.

Are your toe nails ridged, thickened, yellow, black or opaque? This is often a sign of a fungal problem that can be cured quite easily and without medications. Read on.

Compost and barrier-mulches are the secrets to easy wildflower landscaping. Establish wildflower meadows and lawns without using a pre-planting contact herbicide.

A simple to follow tutorial on growing hostas successfully.

Earthworms and redworms amend garden soil by offering nutritional value and good tilth. Both of these ingredients produce healthy and delicious vegetables.

Transform poor soil into nutrient-rich soil where vegetables and fruits flourish.

Preparing for a new gardening year. Making sure that your American garden is in the best shape possible for the new season.

Advice on how to control weeds and grow your own vegetables all year round without the with natural fertilizers and organic methods.

Is there really any difference?

An excellent way to naturally amend desert soil, organic fertilizer simply means that the nutrients in it are made up exclusively from dead organisms.

Effective and cheap liquid organic fertilizers and foliar sprays can be made at home. Use easily found materials.

Materials used for composting are no different for desert compost than they are for areas that are more humid.

Whether for shrubs, vegetables or flowers, organic gardening methods are healthier for the earth as well as for people and pets. Follow these simple guidelines to start.

Composted organic material is the most important thing that can be added to Texas gardens and landscape plants. It provides nutrients and improves soil condition.

Beginning organic gardeners can study this glossary of natural horticulture and landscaping terms to feel comfortable at the plant nursery or in the garden forum.

Organic gardeners can plant trap crops that lure insect pests away from the cash crop or desired vegetable plot. Learn about border trap cropping and row intercropping.

Add unusual or unconventional ingredients to your compost, and increase your humus production while keeping waste out of the landfill.

Spring is an excellent time to make up a batch of liquid manure from the new lush growth. Use liquid manure to as an organic fertilizer to add nutrients and trace element

In 2008, out of respect for the unique terroir of their land and dedication to sustainable farming, Southbrook Vineyards became Canada's first certified biodynamic winery

Mulch is important in the organic garden to preserve and develop soil structure, to create fertility and avoid problems of compaction and erosion. There are many choices