Organic Gardening DiaryWelcome to my organic gardening blog - where I post updates on my garden, the challenges, successes and failures
Happy gardening (-:
Jan 1, 2012 Organic Gardening BookFind a gardening book from successful organic gardeners. Pioneering authors explain innovative ground breaking methods. Specialised gardening techniques: pruning, propagating, compost, flowers... illustrated by gardening experts. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Organic Gardening Book" Dec 27, 2011 Organic Gardening Blog On The Windowsill
But what if pests also take advantage of warmer indoor conditions? What can you do about an infestation of something such as Whitefly? Using pesticides on your fresh herbs is out of the question. Regular finger and thumb may prove convenient. And a strong jet of water is particularly effective. But in my kitchen I have an 8 legged companion to help with organic gardening. Indeed 2 big garden spiders around my windowsills have been trapping whiteflies in their webs. If you don't mind leaving a bit of dust lying around, these mini beasts will help control some windowsill pests for you. One of my spiders moved to a spot on another windowsill where there are plants. Now however I have cleared them outside into my organic garden. They are so big and fat after munching through flies that they'll probably survive a cold hibernation that much better. Do you find that your plants grow long and leggy on the windowsill? Or perhaps they suffer from drafts. The new season is upon us and my page on starting seeds is here to help you. It's great to get an early start with plants so do consider Grow Lights and propagators. The link below is on selecting flowers for a winter garden. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Organic Gardening Blog On The Windowsill" Dec 9, 2011 Select Winter FlowersSelect and grow winter flowers. You'll find what you need to get outside and make your home and garden pretty even in the darkest days. See how you can extend the season with this choice for your winter garden. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Select Winter Flowers" Dec 3, 2011 Organic Gardening Gift BasketHere's an organic gardening gift basket for earth friendly people. You'll find gift ideas from the Gardener for friends with a healthy organic home & a passion for gardening. Make your gift earth friendly here. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Organic Gardening Gift Basket" Oct 25, 2011 Organic Weed ControlDos and donts of organic weed control. Discover how to control weeds and grow plants organically. Know why garden weeds succeed and how you can prevent them. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Organic Weed Control" Oct 24, 2011 Comparing fruit and veg growingGrowing fruit and veg? Which is the easiest and most productive by far? Find out here. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Comparing fruit and veg growing " Oct 17, 2011 Organic Gardening, Make Compost & Grow PlantsDiscover a healthy, more active life, that saves money with organic gardening Compost, fertilizer, gardening tools & practical methods of growing & handling garden tools are described here. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Organic Gardening, Make Compost & Grow Plants" Oct 8, 2011 Organic FlowersGive these attractive organic flowers a place in your garden. Many can be used as cut flowers, some as herbs, and most importantly they protect your garden from pests. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Organic Flowers" Oct 8, 2011 Buy FlowersDo you need to buy flowers when you can grow them? This page shows you some of the plants that make nice arrangements for your home. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Buy Flowers" Oct 8, 2011 Patio GardeningPatio gardening improves your social life. And your patio is an important space to relax in the surrounds of your lovely garden. Get some ideas here on design and growing flowers, and learn how to enjoy your garden. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Patio Gardening" Oct 8, 2011 FlowersFlowers brighten your home, your garden and make life simply wonderful. There's more here about keeping flowers to give and to display in your home. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Flowers" Oct 8, 2011 Buy Plants On OfferCheck here before you buy plants. The organic gardener outlines a few essentials of buying plants and includes regular wholesale value plus offers from top horticultural brands Permalink -- click for full blog post "Buy Plants On Offer" Oct 8, 2011 Flower GardeningFind your flower gardening mix here with the help of 8 illustrations. You'll discover how to make your own selection from beautiful flowers. This page considers how to combine plant shapes, sizes, textures... for your landscaping. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Flower Gardening" Oct 8, 2011 More Flower GardeningFind plants for flower gardening with the second 4 of 8 illustrations. You'll discover how to blend your own selection of beautiful flowers. You'll create a distinctive and impressive flower garden with help from these tips on floral garden design. Permalink -- click for full blog post "More Flower Gardening" Oct 2, 2011 Helping A Community GardenI do my best to help in a community garden. The blog on the link below reveals a snapshot of local interests and activities around our community garden. Oct 2, 2011 Potato Harvest - What is it?I grow potatoes every year, but this year I found a surprise. On the end of a couple of potato plants are these little round fruits or vegies. I have Permalink -- click for full blog post "Potato Harvest - What is it?" Sep 19, 2011 Perfect Potatoes from the Organic GardenThe day of reckoning has arrived. Later than usual my 2011 second early potato crop 'Juliet' is in. Below I list the tubers by increasing size order.
Average tuber weight a respectable 70grams (2.5 ounces). Each potato plant produced 10 tubers and 700 grms of potato. Grown in a raised bed they're all high quality tubers (pictured) virtually scab free - believe me you wouldn't notice it. Note: the small sized residual makes the grand total even larger.
Permalink -- click for full blog post "Perfect Potatoes from the Organic Garden" Sep 13, 2011 Clean Healthy Carrots Fresh From My Garden Plus...Perfect carrots are coming up. After my first-up carrots looked half ruined I'm now delighted.
The potato harvest from a raised bed is looking great too. More later... Permalink -- click for full blog post "Clean Healthy Carrots Fresh From My Garden Plus..." Aug 31, 2011 Lawn Fertilizer For Top GreensFind more about organic lawn fertilizer and how to improve your lawns all year around. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Lawn Fertilizer For Top Greens" Aug 28, 2011 Onion Garden & Torrential RainHeavy rain over the last two days has got me worried about my onions. They need to be ripening in the sun. More heavy rain and I fear they will begin to rot. At least they will be hard to dry and then more likely to spoil in store.
Today, I weeded out the onions to let every bit of sunlight in and for air to circulate. Now I need some baking hot days - But more likely I'll have to lift the onions into a bright, warm dry place - my greenhouse shelf - to thoroughly dry them before storage. Links to The Gardening Sales are here.
Upcoming Webpages Indeed a whole new page devoted to gardening pictures is planned. And if you want to send me your garden pictures and experiences I'll soon be providing a facility for you to do that here as well. My section on flower gardening is badly out of date. The whole section is soon to be updated. Here's a sneek preview. About flowers to grow for cutting.
A page on how to prepare and keep a flower display. I look forward to posting your comments too. Don't forget, you can contact me here and sign up for my newsletter. Happy gardening :) Permalink -- click for full blog post "Onion Garden & Torrential Rain" Aug 22, 2011 Plan Your Future With Gardening
For me that means advanced machinery or garden furniture. Plan for your future in the garden - See this link to get money off your garden. And take advantage of the gardening sales Happy Gardening :-) Permalink -- click for full blog post "Plan Your Future With Gardening" Aug 12, 2011 Your Garden Tool ShedVisit my garden tool shed for the essential cutting edge garden tools. You'll find efficient, ergonomic and easy to handle gardening equipment recommended and used by a practical organic gardener. There's also tips on how to get the most from garden tools and how to use them properly and with less effort. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Your Garden Tool Shed" Aug 11, 2011 Gardening Sales Are OnBeat the uncertain times with gardening that provides for you. You'll be able to take care of it in less time and for less money with the help of these links.
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You can look optimistically to the future with gardening. Happy gardening :-) Permalink -- click for full blog post "Gardening Sales Are On" Aug 10, 2011 Organic Gardening Power ToolYou can do lots of gardening jobs and get a more professional looking finish with help from a gardening power tool. You'll also find information here about versatile interchangeable power tools where one motor does it all. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Organic Gardening Power Tool" |
Many of you will grow a selection of fresh herbs on your windowsill and cut them straight into your cooking pot.
10 seed potatoes produced 100 tubers totalling about 7 kilograms (over 15 pounds).
