Soil Moisture Probe

The Future of Sustainable Agriculture and Biodiversity Begins in Your Back Yard
by Chip Phelan

Sustainable Agriculture and Biodiversity are not new concepts in the organic gardening community. However, with the current state of the world, from rising oil prices to global climate change, the time to ensure adequate and sustainable food supplies is upon us. 

Sustainable agriculture is the ability to get continually productive results by using environmentally ethical practices to grow crops. This includes organic farming methods, such as composting, crop rotation and companion planting. Read full text...

Tiny Green Thumbs: Gardening With Your Kids
by Arleen M. Kaptur

Share your love of organic gardening with your kids! Get some great ideas on the best vegetables to plant and how to use container gardening as an option in limited space areas. Teaching your kids to grow their own food will benefit them and our global community.  Read full text. 

How to Grow Healthy Food
by Linda Paquette

Every year, gardeners spend thousands of dollars on chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides that are little more than a quick fix to gardening problems and create long-term health hazards for everyone. What Linda is getting at here is that organic gardening makes sense because when you garden organically you not only create healthy food but you also help to keep the earth free of toxins.  Read full text. 

Organic Lawn Care
by Hans Dekker

Wish you could get away from toxic fertilizers and care for your lawn the organic way? Learn the basics of organic lawn care. If you're looking for a non-toxic approach to insecticides we recommend this long-lasting pest-resistant natural insecticides that work faster than commercial brands!  Read full text. 

The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control : A Complete Problem-Solving Guide to Keeping Your Garden and Yard Healthy Without Chemicals

An excellent handbook with entries for common fruits, flowering plants, vegetables, and trees. Each listing has information on disease and pest problems and tips on how to solve them without chemicals. Especially useful sections feature photos of garden insects and diseases.
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