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Organic Gardening
Organic gardening and conventional vegetable gardening differ in pest control and fertility: organic gardening utilizes organic weed killer and organic fertilizer.
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Pasta and the Organic Garden
Organic gardening is like making a great pasta dish. You start with a great base and use the best ingredients to top it off.
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Butterflies in the Organic Garden
Butterfly gardening is a rewarding offshoot of keeping an organic garden. Learn about the flowers, host plants, and habitat that attract butterflies to your yard.
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Companion Planting
Organic gardening uses cultivating practices that benefit the plants, thus avoiding artificial commercial remedies. One of those practices is companion planting.
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Compost in the Organic Garden
Compost enriches your garden soil, providing nutrients the organic way. You also retard moisture loss and reduce the strain on landfills.
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Crop Rotation in Organic Gardens
Keeping track of your garden as the season goes on is important in the organic garden. Crop rotation is a cultural practice that requires record keeping.
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Easy, Organic Garden Weeding
Piles of old newspapers are a non-toxic way to kill weeds and grass in perennial and vegetable gardens
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Ecobabble or Ecopsychology? (Organic Gardening Part Three)

Heirloom Seeds
What are heirloom seeds and why should we use them? The term 'heirloom' has come to be used for older (generally 50 years or older) non-hybrid seed varieties of flowers and vegetables. Many of these were favorites of previous generations of gardeners. By growing them on a regular basis, gardeners are helping to preserve many valuable and interesting types of plants that might otherwise disappear.
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Let's Talk Dirty - The Basics of Beginning Composting
Compost is the best friend of organic gardeners. Don't relish the thought of tending to a messy, stinky, rotting pile of garbage? You're kidding, right? Actually, composting is not only educational and beneficial, it's fun...(and only stinky if you're doing it wrong).
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Mulch Mulch and More Mulch
Mulch in your garden is a wise investment. Any time and money you spend will be richly rewarded with a big reduction of pests and disease. Your plants will be healthier
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Native Plants in An Organic Garden
Native plants make a fine addition to your organic garden for a variety of reasons; economy, ecology, beauty and more.
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Ontario Bans Back Yard Pesticides
There is good news for back yard vegetable gardeners in Ontario. Beginning in the spring of 2009, the cosmetic use of pesticides and herbicides will be against the law.
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Organic Garden Seeds of Autumn
Organic gardening opens the door for seeds to germinate wherever they fall. No herbicides will interfere. Nature provides rich rewards for the receptive garden.
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Organic Gardening In High Summer
High Summer, August thru early September, is a time of peak plant growth and sometimes punishing cumulative effect of prolonged heat. Organic cultural practices can help
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Organic Gardening to the Max
Sometimes, organic gardening is the result of circumstances beyond one's control.
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Organic Gardening: Getting Started, Doing the Right Thing
Many people would like to either "convert" to organic gardening or just get started as a new gardener using organic methods. The most oft-asked question is: how and where do I begin?
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Organic Sprays
Here are some sprays which are useful in controlling insects and disease in your garden.
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Planning an Organic Garden
Organic Gardens should include a variety of features such as beneficial animal habitat, ease of access, and a compost pile.
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Rabbit Control in the Organic Garden
Grazing rabbits cause damage to tender shoots in the spring garden, and they damage tree bark and shrubs in the winter. Control rabbits without toxic chemicals.
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Recycling in the Organic Garden
Recycle your household waste into useful items for the organic garden.
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Rotation Planting - Beginner Style
A beginners guide to rotation planting - one of the basics of the successful organic garden.
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Soil Testing, Part 1
How can soil testing help an organic gardener? It's not a straight forward proposition, but if you are having problems, testing can help you help your soil.
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The Early Spring Organic Garden
Plant a dozen of these cool-season crops and enjoy vegetables from your organic garden before the farmer's markets even open.
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The Garden Observer! (Organic Gardening Part Two)

The Pleasures of Organic Gardening
Some of the fun things you find in an organic garden include salamanders and butterflies. It's also very realaxing and rewarding.
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The Secret Garden
A natural garden in addition to benefiting wildlife, provides sustenance for the human spirit. A quiet, observant mind will find many riches.
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Vast Horizons For Organic Gardener
Organic gardening is gaining favor at every level of communication. On the news, in magazines, at every type of gardening event, organic gardening is in the focus.
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Compost: Organic Fertilizer
Compost is an organic fertilizer and mulch. Learn how to make organic fertilizer in a compost pile and benefits of compost as organic fertilizer and mulch.
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10 Community Conservation Ideas
By reaching out to neighbors and organizing community events, we can help protect our environment and each other.
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A Root Cellar for your Homestead: Part 2
Preparing your harvest for the root cellar. Approximate storage times for vegetables. Potato preparation and solanine dangers.
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An Organic Breakthrough in the Battle with Fire Ants
Tired of being frustrated with some of the ineffective organic recommendations for ridding your yard of fire ants? Help is here.
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Farmer's Almanacs
Gardeners and farmers have relied on the information contained in these annual reference books for over 150 years.
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Flowers for Butterflies
Flowers and butterflies (and caterpillars) go together. Plan your flower garden to attract butterflies and grow a magical butterfly habitat in your own back yard.
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Grow Tasty Cucumbers
Growing cucumbers during the warmer months is a fun and rewarding pastime. Written by Geoffrey Ian Miller.
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Healthy Plants Don't Get Nits! (Organic Gardening: Part One)

Make Compost Without a Bin
Compost is a vital element in the organic garden, so you mustn't let the absence of a bin stop you from harvesting black gold.
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Making Liquid Manure
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
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Moby Dick Hotel and Oyster Farm at Nachotta
Moby Dick Hotel and Oyster Farm is a quaint Bed&Breakfast and gourmet restaurant at Nahcotta, Washington, on the east side of the Long Beach Peninsula fronting Willipa Bay
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Mulching the Flower Garden
Spreading organic mulch on your flower garden keeps plants and soil healthy. Mulch naturally prevents weeds, keeps soil cool and moist, and supplies organic matter.
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Organic Pest Control
Control insect pests in your garden with beneficial insects - the natural organic way.
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Pruning for Plant Health
Proper pruning methods can increase fruit and flower production, and discourage diseases by increasing air circulation and allowing light to reach the plant.
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SIMPLE VEGETABLE GARDEN
The beginning steps to get your garden ready for planting.
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The Brown's Daylilies
Spend some time with the Brown's as they try to live wisely.
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The organic religion
For years the satisfaction of growing food organically eluded me, but this lesson may be one of the most vital for the future of our families and our Earth.
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How to Attract Birds
Attracting birds to your yard is an enjoyable hobby which has other benefits. For example,a bird sanctuary can provide natural insect control for your garden.
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Organic Pest Control and Pesticide
Do it yourself pest control: Homemade natural pesticide, organic pesticide, fungicide, organic pest control, insecticide, insect repellent, to control gardening pest
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Cheap Organic Pest Control
We do not have to reach for a shop bought spray to fight insect pests. Organic homemade remedies can be effective in overcoming fungal problems, root rot, mites, aphids,
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Chicken Habanero Recipe
YOU wanted more recipes (according to the poll on front page) ...so You've got them. Also some great questions from our favorite Chileheads. The 'Ulipica' is the "Mother of all Hot Peppers".<br>
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Chiles, Aphids, Datil Pepper and Beef Chipotle Chili.
Organic controls for pest-free Hot Peppers and the Famous St. Augustine, Florida, 'Datil Pepper' as well as a HOT Tex-Mex recipe are some of the features this month. Bon Apetite!!
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