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Best fertilizer organic for house plants?

June 7, 2011 4 Comments

Question by MICHAEL R: Best fertilizer organic for house plants? I have been using organic fertilizer for months now and nothing seems to be greening up my leaves. I have gardenias, citrus trees and jasmine and the flowers are ubundant though. I have been all kinds of fish fertilizers and especially Neptunes Harvest and yet […]

How can I look for the ways to produce organic fertilizer on the internet?

June 4, 2011 4 Comments

Image by Fugue Question by Isaiah Anderson: How can I look for the ways to produce organic fertilizer on the internet? Hi! Recently I was starting to plant some vegetables in my backyard. But need to have some fertilizer to keep my vegetables healthy, but I don’t want to use chemical fertilizer. So can someone […]

Has anyone tried Mel Bartholomew’s Square Foot Gardening?

June 4, 2011 2 Comments

Question by Davey: Has anyone tried Mel Bartholomew’s Square Foot Gardening? I’d like to know if it really works. I can’t believe things can grow in just 6″ of his one-third compost, one-third peat moss, and one-third coarse vermiculite. I will try it, but since I live in Mexico, I might have a problem locating […]

Does anyone know where there is an organic gardening center in NJ?

May 30, 2011 2 Comments

Image by UGA College of Ag Organic gardening Photo by: April Sorrow Question by Rene F: Does anyone know where there is an organic gardening center in NJ? We are starting a new garden and wish to keep organic as much as possible. We haven’t found much at our local garden center or large retailers […]

Organic Gardening?

May 28, 2011 4 Comments

Question by mcdannells: Organic Gardening? Hello, We are some of those people who grow organic. Back in the 70’s-80’s this was something I kept to myself for it was not excepted in modern society. We live in Oregon so it was very excepted at that time. Today is anther time and people claim that growing […]

Vegetable Garden?

May 13, 2011 3 Comments

Image by sscornelius Our new vegetable garden in late August. Most of the sunflowers were starting to decline. Question by JES: Vegetable Garden? I want to turn a childs sandbox into a vegetable garden.It is made of wood. It’s about 3 by 3 in size. And about a foot deep. How deep should the dirt […]

What’s the difference between organic and inorganic fertilizer?

May 12, 2011 2 Comments

Image by onepercolated Question by яιкιуα♥: What’s the difference between organic and inorganic fertilizer? Does organic fertilizer just mean manure, or is it any material found in earth. And are inorganic fertilizers just man made? What are the materials in them? Sorry, I am really confused and I don’t know the difference. Feel free to […]

This is the first year I’ve tried my hand at raised bed gardening.?

May 12, 2011 1 Comment

Image by suburbandollar My raised bed gardens I built this year. They are constructed of 2"x12" boards and are 8’x4′. Question by JennyP: This is the first year I’ve tried my hand at raised bed gardening.? I’ve had great luck with everything except one of the types of cucumbers I planted. I’ve never tasted anything […]

WE want to do some raised bed gardening, How deep or rather how high?

May 10, 2011 4 Comments

Question by Sharon M: WE want to do some raised bed gardening, How deep or rather how high? We do not have a tillable garden spot. Too many roots, so we are thinking about some raised beds made from landscape timbers. We just want room for some tomatos,peppers and cucumbers. I have been thinking two’by […]

Organic Fertilizer?

May 10, 2011 5 Comments

Image by IITA Image Library Bags of organic fertilizer- NPK fertilizers for crop improvement. (file name: AG_IN_008) Question by Darjeeling Snow: Organic Fertilizer? I need a good organic fertilizer for my kitchen herbs. Have you any favorites … and what are they made of? Can you help? Leave your own answer in the comments!