Archive: Posts Tagged ‘Gardening’

Gardening Without Chemicals

No comments December 8th, 2009

Do you have a problem with weeds but dislike the thought of spraying toxic chemicals all over your garden? Luckily, there are eco-friendly ways to battle weeds and stop the problem plants from taking over your garden. The simplest way to avoid having weeds in your garden is just not to let them develop in the first place. If you’re starting your landscaping from scratch, consider installing weed cloth to choke off unwanted growth. (Note: there are plastic versions of this Read more

Organic Gardening – The Pros And Cons

No comments December 7th, 2009

Picture three ripe red tomatoes arranged on a wooden cutting board awaiting your pleasure. They’ve each come from a different source: can you tell which one was grown organically? Two of the tomatoes were lovingly tended in backyards – one in a conventional garden and the other in an organic garden. The third tomato came from the supermarket, and it’s easy to eliminate from the guessing game. The supermarket tomato is the pale red one the size and shape of a tennis ball. Read more

No-dig Gardening

No comments December 6th, 2009

My No-Dig Veggie Garden    Miles Trench  I have been a passionate organic gardener for over thirty-five years. My first memories are of my father’s fruit orchard in Marden, South Australia, where the deep alluvial loam grew magnificent plums, apricots, peaches and nectarines. In fact, everything we planted grew well. And I fondly recall our early morning trips to the market in the 1970s, the ute loaded up with half-cases full of ripe, juicy fruit ready to sell. Read more