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Growing Organic Beets in the Garden
Organic gardeners grow beets in the ground and the container garden for the roots and salad greens. Gardeners can fertilize and control beet pests without chemicals.
Grow an Organic Indoor Vegetable Garden
Growing organic vegetables and herbs is possible for apartment dwellers and those impatient for spring planting. Choose the best indoor garden supplies for success.
Control Plum Curculios in the Organic Garden
Plum curculio beetles damage many fruits in the organic garden, not just plums. Kill these garden insect pests safely and inexpensively.
Growing Organic Broccoli in the Garden
Gardeners can grow organic broccoli in the spring or fall to enjoy the health benefits of this cool weather vegetable. Stop broccoli pests and diseases without chemicals.
Wild Bees in the Organic Garden
Not all organic gardeners wish to take up beekeeping as a hobby, but everyone has a stake in maintaining a healthy wild bee population in the landscape.
Grow Organic Celery in the Home Vegetable Garden
Organic gardeners who think celery is difficult to grow in the natural vegetable garden can grow healthy plants by following a few rules.
Growing Strawberries in an Organic Garden
Fresh strawberries are at their best when an organic gardener grows strawberry plants in a garden free of chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
Bird Pest Control in the Organic Garden
It's possible to achieve bird control in organic gardens with a variety of natural pest control products and repellents that are harmless to wild birds yet effective.
Trap Cropping in Pest Management
Organic gardeners can plant trap crops that lure insect pests away from the cash crop or desired vegetable plot. Learn about border trap cropping and row intercropping.
Flea Beetle Pests in Organic Vegetable Gardens
Flea beetles are small garden pests, but they can cause severe damage to vegetable crops such as eggplants and peppers. Control these insects with organic methods.
Organic Pest and Disease Control for Tomatoes
When growing tomatoes in an organic garden, one can control garden pests and diseases like the tomato hornworm and tomato blight with natural gardening methods.
Growing Tomatoes from Seed in an Organic Garden
Organic gardeners can control the growing process by choosing the best tomato varieties, by saving seeds, and by starting tomato plants from seed.
Celebrity Organic Gardeners
Celebrity gardeners attempting to grow organic flowers and vegetables face the same insect pests, weeds, and diseases as the rest of us.
Growing Lettuce Plants in an Organic Garden
Organic gardeners must place lettuce plants on their required list for a spring vegetable garden. Lettuces are easy to grow from seed and do well in container gardens.
Organic Pest Control – Insect Barriers and Traps
Organic gardeners can use safe physical pest control methods such as bug vacuums, row covers, sticky traps, handpicking, cutworm collars, and water sprays to stop bugs.
How to Grow Potatoes in an Organic Garden
Planting potatoes is easy for the organic gardener who chooses the right potato varieties, and fights pests and diseases with proven natural gardening methods.
Growing Spring Peas in the Organic Garden
Organic gardeners eager to plant vegetables after a long winter must add peas to the garden plot. Peas grow quickly and aren't bothered by many pests or diseases.
Easy to Grow Organic Vegetables
Organic gardeners can choose from several easy to grow vegetables when starting a vegetable garden. Tuck these favorites into the flower garden, or grow them in pots.
How to Grow Organic Asparagus
Devote a permanent area of the organic garden to perennial asparagus plants. This easy to grow vegetable has few pests and increases its yield over time.
Organic Straw Bale Gardening
Straw bales can allow organic gardeners to harvest large yields of vegetables in poor soil conditions. This no dig gardening method is easy and inexpensive.
How to Grow Organic Sprouts
By sprouting seeds for their cooking and salad needs, organic gardeners save money and avoid the unsanitary growing conditions of conventional farms.
Grow Giant Vegetables Organically
If you've ever admired a pumpkin that looked like Cinderella's coach or a giant tomato that resembled a softball, learn how you can grow giant produce without chemicals.
Prevent Weeds in an Organic Garden
If you practice weed prevention in the organic garden, you'll never miss your chemical herbicides.
Organic Hydroponics Gardening
More than just a novelty, hydroponic gardening systems can be used by organic gardeners to overcome soil and space problems.
Organic Edible Gardening With Kids
Even the most reluctant child may eat his broccoli when he commands the organic growing process from soil to table.