Organic Gardening Resources

Organic Garden Tips for Beginners on The House & Homestead
If you a beginner in organic gardening, check this beginner's guide at The House & Homestead. Here, you will learn the step-by-step procedure to have an organic garden. First, this article will teach you how to choose the right area. Second, you will have an idea on how to plant seedlings the right way and make them grow. This includes how to reduce the risk of garden pests and how to attract beneficial insects. The last part gives suggestions on how to water the plants, and how to harvest them. As added information, there are links to different resources that are on the same website.

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.

Complete Organic Fertilizer (COF) on MotherEarthNews.com
The Complete Organic Fertilizer (COF) is a homemade garden fertilizer mix formulated by food garden expert and book author Steve Solomon. In this lengthy article at MotherEarthNews.com which he adapted from his own book, Gardening When It Counts, Solomon explains the COF, including its uses, how to apply it properly, cautions, and limitations. According to him, it is cheaper than similar commercially compounded organic fertilizers, but much better for your soil life than harsh synthetic chemical mixes. Solomon also mentioned some drawbacks of chemical fertilizers and their difference from organic fertilizers, along with some useful tips in soil testing.

OrganicGardenTips.com
As the site name suggests, OrganicGardenTips.com/ is a very huge source of information and recommendations about organic garden plants. It has actually 300 tips, including how to maintain a healthy soil, how to buy plants for your landscape, how to plant from plastic containers, how to avoid pest infestation, the importance of organic pest control, the different kinds of poisonous flowers, how to increase your gardening space, how to avoid newly planted trees from transplant shock, how to keep composting simple, and many more. There is also a separate article about the eleven most useful organic products for your garden.

Organic Gardening Possible in Limited Space
Urban organic gardener Mike Lieberman shares his expertise to consumers who are interested in organic gardening but don't have a lot of space. Find out how to choose the best space for your organic gardening efforts, get practical gardening tips and learn which types of plants work best when planted in small areas. From organic seed to harvest, all of the details are covered and visitors to the site are invited to sign up for the newsletter to stay informed about organic gardening tips and techniques.