Archive for April, 2009


Earth Day 2009

As an organic gardener, I couldn’t let Earth Day pass without a salute. The first Earth Day was on April 22, 1970. It was celebrated in about two thousand colleges and universities, approximately ten thousand primary and secondary schools and hundreds of communities across the United States. Peace activist John McConnell’s vision has grown significantly [...]

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Free-Cycling

Since it’s Earth Month, it got me to thinking about how our family re-cycles in ways beyond the main principles of organic gardening. There are several additional ways we incorporate re-cycling into other aspects of our lives. In addition to the re-cycling of paper, cans, glass, etc., there’s an online program called “FreeCycle” that encourages [...]

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Planting Organic Tomatoes

This is the time of year my wife and I start planning our garden. The content varies from year to year, but there’s always one constant and that’s tomatoes! You just can’t beat the taste of a fresh tomato off the vine. You can just taste all the extra anti-oxidants in them because they’re organically [...]

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Planning Your Organic Garden

This article probably applies more to the beginner than the expert. Although both experienced and beginning gardeners need to plan their garden. For the veteran, planning might be simply copying what they did last year. For the novice, it can be a daunting task. Either way, some thought needs to go into what to plant [...]

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Container Gardening

As we discussed in an earlier post (What Is Organic Gardening?) there are several variations of organic gardening philosophy that people follow. One variation that we didn’t mention is becoming a gardening movement in itself, container gardening. Container gardening is a great alternative when all the growing space you have is a balcony, patio, doorstep [...]

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