Archive for the ‘Growing Organic Vegetables’ Category
Weekend In The Garden – Ground Preparation
Spring has sprung in Australia and the ground temperature is slowly warming up. Last weekend and This past weekend I spent my free time preparing the well wintered vegetable garden block for planting. The first true Spring days seem to present themselves around the beginning of October providing the perfect conditions to prepare the garden bed for planting…
October 12, 2010
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Protecting Seedlings After Planting
Young seedlings when purchased from the local nursery or Garden centre have generally been grown under cover not being subject to extremes of environmental changes. Nurseries will put plants through what is known as a hardening off period but this is not like the environment a plant goes into when it is purchased and does not account for shock associated with transplanting…
October 12, 2010
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Pea Straw Mulch For Vegetable Gardens
Pea straw is the waste product left from large scale agricultural production of peas. A versatile product used as both a stock feed and garden mulch, pea straw has been popular for several years increasingly so in recent years. As a stock feed pea straw is often baled and silage wrapped when still relatively green and fresh. Pea straw garden mulch is usually baled when dry and can be purchased direct from the farm or from a local garden centre.
October 11, 2010
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Liquid Foliar Sprays and Fertilisers
Foliar sprays are a great way of giving your vegetable plants an immediate boost while at the same time providing an ongoing supply of nutrients to the overall plant. There are several foliar sprays commercially available and heaps you can make yourself at home. Some foliar sprays are obvious and easy to make others sound a bit strange and are perhaps less common…
October 11, 2010
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Feeding Vegetable Seedlings For a Bumper Crop
Vegetable seedlings are often planted out when their nutrient supply is at the point of depleted. I always recommend holding off from feeding for several days to a week after planting out, this is to allow the plant to recover from any transplant shock and develop fresh roots in its new surrounds. Feeding after this time should be a weak liquid organic fertiliser such as liquid vermicast or aged manure (other than poultry) that has been soaked in water for several days…
October 11, 2010
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Chicken Tractors
Chicken Tractors are one of the best ways to maintain a chemical free vegetable garden. Chickens love to scratch around in the soil while doing so consuming weeds, weed seeds and other rubbish while leaving their manure on the ground ready to fertilise the next crop. Chicken Tractors are designed to pull around easily so the chickens can concentrate their cleaning efforts on a specific bed or section of a garden…
October 11, 2010
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Organic In The Garden – Starting A New Vegetable Garden From Scratch
When I first buy or move into a new home, one of the first things I work out is planning the Vegetable garden will go. This may be one specific area set-aside for your vegetable garden or several spots scattered around the yard…
August 2, 2010
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Organic in The Garden – Benefits Of Mulching Your Vegetable Garden
Mulching is important in all garden settings whether using Organic Methods or not. There are many benefits to be gained from mulching your ornamental garden beds and many of these benefits are well known. Water retention, weed suppression and aesthetic appeals are just a few. Mulching your vegetable garden is perhaps less thought about but there is many benefits to doing it…
August 1, 2010
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Organic In The Garden – Growing Young Green Leaves For The Perfect Salad
Growing your own organic salad greens is a great way of ensuring a regular supply of fresh green vegetables from your own home. Many salad leaves can be picked from as short as four weeks after germination and many varieties can be grown throughout the year.
July 28, 2010
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Organic In The Garden – Growing Carrots In Your Home Garden
Carrots are amongst the most popular vegetables to grow in the organic home vegetable garden. Carrots are perhaps so popular because of how easy they are to grow and the versatility they provide in the kitchen. Carrots can be used for Juicing, Boiling, Steaming, In Casseroles, Stews and Soups, Grated in Cakes, rissoles, on sandwiches, in salads or simply on their own as delicious carrot sticks…
July 13, 2010
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