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: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Growing Organic Vegetables  No Comments

Organic Ingredients – Grass Hay – The Older and Wetter the Better

Grass hay is an excellent organic ingredient for the backyard gardener. It has in the past been avoided due to the possibility of transferring weed seeds into the vegetable garden but quality composting methods have slowly made it a more popular ingredient…

June 13, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Organic materials  One Comment