Archive for the ‘Organic Gardening’ Category
Colourful Annuals Suitable For Pots
Many people like growing annual plants in pots to prevent them from free seeding. Another benefit is the ability to change pots around to alter the colour arrangement. For others, Annual plants are not the first preference for growing in pots due to their short lived lifespan – the preference here is for perennials or small shrubs that need re-potting every 2 years or so. Either way, there are benefits to growing annuals in pots and many plants are ideally suited to this environment.
October 4, 2010
Tags: flowers in pots, organic, organic flowers in pots, Organic Gardening, pot plants potted plants, potted flowers Posted in: Annual and Perennial Flowers 
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Annual Flowers Suitable For Cut Flower Displays
There are many annual flowering plants suitable for cut flower displays. Flowers should have an extended life after cutting and no or low pollen. Flowers with low moisture content are also a good choice.
October 4, 2010
Tags: fresh ct flowers, organic, organic cut flowers, organic flowers, Organic Gardening, organically grown cut flowers Posted in: Annual and Perennial Flowers No Comments
Annual Colour for Bare Spots
All gardens have areas that are often bare after planting out. On some occasions these bare spots are deliberate, on other occasions just a case of poor growth. Plants suitable for gap filling will be free seeding and (or) have a dense growing habit.
October 4, 2010
Tags: annual colour, Annual Colour for Bare Spots, annual flowers, annual mallow, borage, mallow, organic, Organic Gardening, zinnia Posted in: Annual and Perennial Flowers No Comments
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
Tags: easy vegetable gardening, new vegetable garden, organic vegetable garden, organic vegetables, vegetable garden from scratch Posted in: Growing Organic Vegetables No Comments
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
Tags: growing organic vegetables, mulch, mulching plants, mulching vegetables, pea straw, useful mulching materials, vegetable mulches Posted in: Growing Organic Vegetables No Comments
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
Tags: bok choy, growing salad leaves, lettuce, organic salad greens, pea tendrils, rocket, salad vegetables, spinach, young salad leaves Posted in: Growing Organic Vegetables No Comments
Organic In The Garden – Removing Flatweed From Your Lawn Without Chemicals
Flatweed is a term used to describe a collective of weeds that are invasive in a domestic lawn. Although a flatweed is typically just that, a “Flat Weed” such as Hawkbit. I often refer to other weeds such as clover in a similar way…
July 28, 2010
Tags: chook manure, flatweed, organic flatweed removal, removing flatweed organically, weed suppressant Posted in: Organic Gardening No Comments
Organic In The Garden – Popular Raised Garden Beds And Their Uses
Raised garden beds are not a new idea but with the increasing popularity of zinculume and modulated timber units, more and more people are seeing the benefits of them, young and old…
July 27, 2010
Tags: commercial raised garden beds, garden beds, making raised garden beds, raised garden beds Posted in: Organic Gardening No Comments
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
Tags: growing organic carrots, home grown carrots, how to grow carrots, organic home vegetable garden, organic in the garden, thinning carrots Posted in: Growing Organic Vegetables No Comments
Organic In The Garden – 5 Easy Steps To Saving Your Tomato Seeds
Tomato seeds are coated in a pulp that protects the seed within the tomato. In nature birds will eat the flesh and seeds of the tomato and the action of the birds’ stomach will remove the coating from the seed and it will pass from the bird with its usual bodily functions…
July 13, 2010
Tags: collecting tomato seeds, fermenting tomato seeds, saving tomato seeds, tomato seeds Posted in: Seed Saving No Comments
