Organic Gardening Resources

Organic Gardening From Down Under
This site says that the "objectives and the aims" are to "encourage organic vegetable growing." The site highlights the facts on how easy it is for beginners to have fresh vegetables, which are also chemical free, growing in their own gardens. Click on the site index and you'll literally find links to more than 80 topics. This Organic Gardening site is your one-stop information source on gardening. Look no further because you have found a variety of useful gardening topics.

Organic Gardening Tips
This site and newsletter contains a whole host of organic gardening tips, unique recipes, photos, and stories. Marion Owen, the co-author of Chicken Soup for the Gardener's Soul maintains this useful site. Read (or listen to) the current issue of the UpBeet Gardener newsletter. Learn about the PlanTea product, read Marion's collection of articles, gardening tips, recipes, and photos. Check ou links and resources, news and press releases, and information on why to grow organic.

Organic Gardening: A Guide to Resources
Includes a brief history of organic gardening. This guide is intended for organic gardeners and those who want to be organic gardeners. It may also be useful for small-scale organic farmers and those interested in the organic movement in general. Several research databases and online references have been used to collect the information for this publication. Sections include organic gardening resources, garden design, organic production techniques, soil fertility and composting, growing organic food, ornamental plants and flowers, pest weed and disease control and organic lifestyles.

A New York Organic Gardener
Personal website of a New York organic gardener who grows vegetables such as onion, parnsips, peas, broccoli and carrots, and grows herbs such as dill, chamomile, basil, sage and oregano. Gardener discusses composting and staying organic with your garden. There are several methods that can increase your rate of decomposition. It is always important that you have a large enough pile - probably about 3' cubed. Smaller or larger and you won't get the right temperature and air circulation. You need a balance of 'green' and 'brown' waste (hint: if your soil needs improving - soil too acid or alkaline, certain minerals lacking, compost is a great help; not just in and of itself, with its mixture of nutrients, but also because through the items you add to it you can add the balance you need in a natural manner). And it should be turned regularly - if you want, use a thermometer to check the temperature, and when it's 'hot' enough (about 130F), give it a good toss to mix it up. It also needs to be kept moist all the time (but not soggy). This method should give you great usable compost in only a few weeks. Some gardening links included.