Organic Gardening for Everyone: A Step-by-Step Guide to Indoor and Outdoor Organic Gardening and Farming for Beginners (The Know-How to Grow Vegetables Fruits and Herbs at Home)

By Dorothy A. Musselwhite

Do You Want to Grow a Viable and Robust Organic Garden? Do You Want to Live a Sustainable Lifestyle? Do You Want to Reduce the Amount of Toxic Pesticides You and Your Family Consumes? 
If your answer is yes to any of the above questions, then this book is for you!

An organic gardener will never fail to recall the taste of that organic vegetable, fruit, or herb that came straight from their garden. The burst of freshness that fills the air and the beautiful homeliness the organic garden brings to their backyard. This book provides straightforward direction to help every beginner become an organic gardener and to help you navigate through the day to day challenges that can be encountered while starting your own organic garden. 

In this book, you will find: 

• How to grow a wholesome garden for a beginner. 
• A quickstart guide on starting your own organic garden.
• Information on how to set up your garden.
• Garden layout ideas, such as in-ground, raised-beds, gardens with vertical surfaces, containerized or potted gardens, window-box gardens, and more. 
• Tips on choosing a system that works for your garden.
• How to pick the right location for your garden.
• How to choose quality soils. 
• Everything you need to know about soil texture, soil enhancement, soil pH, soil assessment, soil preparation, soil amendments, soil nutrition, and potting mixes. 
• How best to prepare for your first organic garden.
• How to pick the right plot size. 
• How to determine the right size for your garden.
• Tips for crop arrangement.
• A detailed guide on how to water your garden, calculating the amount of water per 100 square meters, watering tips and overwatering.
• Learning all you need to know about weed control: weeding the right way and the secret to getting out stubborn and persistent weeds.
• How to clean your garden.
• A brief insight on crop rotation and how it benefits your crops and garden as a whole.
• A dedicated chapter to common crop pests, how they can be prevented, plus natural and organic methods of control.
• An A-Z list of common vegetables, fruits and herbs that you can start planting in your garden. 

You can grow a viable organic garden with this guide and learn to water, mulch, make compost, prevent pests and diseases, and harvest your crops all year round. Begin your own organic garden today and grow tasty vegetables, fruits, and herbs that will bring satisfaction to you and your family.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: James Carpenter
• Release date: Mar 10, 2022
• ISBN: 9791221308501

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Introduction

Organic gardening is the system of cultivating vegetables, fruits and herbs using only natural devices. The organic gardener seeks to function in agreement with natural routines, practices and procedures and to curtail and repeatedly replace any of the resources the garden uses up. An organic gardener chooses to use organic and natural methods and materials, while attempting to get around introducing synthetic chemicals or routines that may affect the health of the individual or the environment. As compensation, organic gardens can be equally productive and attractive. Also, growing and tending an organic garden is easier than you think.

One significant difference between regular and organic gardening pertains to pest control and fertilization. If you can find pests in your garden, it is crucial to consider whether or not they are bringing about significant damage for you to take action against them. Some plants such as dill, sunflowers, and marigolds tend to be a focus for beneficial insects that target pests that would otherwise harm plants that are in close proximity. Some plants are apt to repel certain pests, particularly when planted close to vulnerable plants. These kinds of plants are known to emit chemicals from their leaves or roots, known as allelochemicals, which ward off pests. Also, praying mantises, ladybugs, and birds are regarded as the gardener's allies when it comes to controlling insects. 

Organic gardening is often as much about cultivating practices as it is about planning. In this book, you will find all there is to know about organic gardening, what it is, and how it can be done effectively. This book offers you the right set of circumstances to learn about organic gardening and how to set up one, allowing you to make the most of the benefits they offer.

Despite the fact that organic gardens require an undeniable amount of commitment and can also take time to set up, the organic system of gardening is inexpensive, safer, and more gratifying.

Chapter 1: Grow a Wholesome Garden

What is Organic Gardening?

A good number of gardeners do not know how to set up an organic garden or know what it is all about. Organic gardening is generally gardening with no usage of artificial products such as pesticides and fertilizers. It includes only the use of natural products to grow vegetables, herbs and fruits in your garden. Organic gardening replaces natural resources as they are used.  

Plants are considered as part of a bigger natural arrangement that starts with soil and comprises people, insects, and water supply. We all want the environment and the food we serve to our family and friends to be healthy and safe. Competent gardeners try to make sure that their activities are in agreement with the natural environment and strive to minimize mistreatment along with replacing every resource used by their garden.

Nearly everyone that comes across the term organic gardening possibly long to know it’s meaning. Organic gardening is a term that basically means to grow fruits, vegetables, herbs, and plants in the best natural way with no usage of synthetic chemical fertilizers or chemicals. Be that as it may, organic gardening goes beyond just evading the usage of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.

Organic gardening comprises reinforcing the health of the whole gardening system through natural means. It involves functioning in agreement with all the natural systems which includes insects, people, water supply, and the soil with a final aim of limiting the damage to things that are living and those that are not living in the natural ecosystem while continuously replacing any used resources in the course of gardening. 

The basics of organic gardening involve growing with emphasis on producing an environment that sustains and nurtures plants and soil microbes, while also profiting insects beyond just burying seeds in the ground and allowing them to grow.

For starters, there are 3 key areas of concentration when following the aim of organic gardening. And these includes:

Soil Management

Pest Control

Weed Management

The soil is managed through the use of organic fertilizers; pests are controlled by encouraging companion planting and beneficial insects; while weeds are handled through the usage of organic ground coverings and manual labor. These three areas of concentration are vital to growing into a great organic gardener.