Soil Conditions And What To Do To Improve Them

Poor soil conditions can sabotage your organic gardening efforts before you even get started.  First you will have to go get a soil sample from your garden and take it some place to get tested. (There are several places that will do this for you for free.  make sure you take your soil sample correctly.)  Once you know what your soil is like, you can use the solutions below to fix the soil problems in your garden while keeping it organic.  Most of the materials needed are available all around you.

Here are some tips on what to do if your gardens ph, nitrogen or potassium levels are off.

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A List of Materials That Are Good For Your Compost Pile

Organic gardening requires that you have access to good compost which can also acts as fertilizer.  You can buy it from a local farmer or nursery but I prefer to create my own by using things that I would normally throw away.  Not only does this save money but I also know exactly what’s going into my compost and eventually my food and body.  In a long term survival situation it is easy to make good compost/fertilizer for your crows with scraps that are probably just laying around.  Below is a list of materials that are good and few that are bad for your compost pile...

A Basic Guide to Organic Gardening and Plant Terminology

Gardening can be a lot harder if you don't understand the basic terms.  We have created a "working" gardening glossary below with all the basic terms and definitions you need to know for gardening and about plants. If you would like to see us add terms then please add them in the comments section at the bottom.

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11 Tips and tricks to help your garden grow.

Gardening can be tough.  The weather conditions are always changing and each year is different.  Experience is the best way to learn how to garden. One way to get experience is to do some serious trial and error which can take years, lots of dollars and even more important, lots and lots of hard work.  Another way is to learn from others.  Learn from others' mistakes and successes.

Below are 11 random suggestions or tips about organic gardening that have helped me.  Hopefully some of my experience will help you in your gardening adventures.