How Do You Start An Organic Garden?
• Choose a site for your organic garden. Loading… • Think small, especially at first. A small garden takes less work and fewer materials than a large one. A well-maintained 4′ by 4′ garden can furnish all of the fresh vegetables that one person will eat. • Don’t over-plant. If you’re growing food, think in terms of yield, and plan in terms of meals per person. • Even a window box or a few containers can be a starter garden. • Make a compost pile. Compost is the main ingredient for developing rich organic soil. You can use almost any kind of organic material to make compost that will enrich your soil, but the best things to start with are usually right there in your garden: fallen leaves, weeds (preferably before they go to seed) and grass clippings, to name a few. • Add the right soil. The key to organic agriculture is great soil. Add as much organic material to your soil as you can. This can be from your compost heap. Soil that has been built up with plenty of organic matter is good
• Choose a site for your organic garden. • Think small, especially at first. A small garden takes less work and fewer materials than a large one. A well-maintained 4′ by 4′ garden can furnish all of the fresh vegetables that one person will eat. • Don’t over-plant. If you’re growing food, think in terms of yield, and plan in terms of meals per person. • Even a window box or a few containers can be a starter garden. • Make a compost pile. Compost is the main ingredient for developing rich organic soil. You can use almost any kind of organic material to make compost that will enrich your soil, but the best things to start with are usually right there in your garden: fallen leaves, weeds (preferably before they go to seed) and grass clippings, to name a few. • Add the right soil. The key to organic agriculture is great soil. Add as much organic material to your soil as you can. This can be from your compost heap. Soil that has been built up with plenty of organic matter is good for your g
