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Table Of Contents
Foreword
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Container Gardening
Chapter 3: Growing Herbs
Chapter 4: Organic Mulching For Free
Chapter 5: The Location
Chapter 6: Green Watering
Chapter 7: The Tools
Chapter 8: Organic Tips
Wrapping Up
What’s Behind Gardening
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Chapter 2: Having a Plan
Synopsis
The success and failure of your organic gardening venture depends into proper planning. In order to avoid failure, you need to invest great deal of time and effort to creating and having solid plan. If you have the desire to get the freshest and most delicious produce, you need to stick with a comprehensive and organized gardening plan.
The following can help you boost up your plan and put things in proper perspective or place:
A Plan
• Explore Possibilities
Thinking about garden designs means exploring possibilities. In designing, you are allowed to think of ways and things that you truly desire for your for your organic garden. You can also figure out the quantity of plants you can plant and cultivate in your chosen space. You can also work on laying out paths and plotting out your unique planting. Never stop exploring until you reach the point that you already settled with the ones that meet you unique gardening needs.
• Consider the Future
When designing or creating your organic gardening plan, you need to consider the future. Planning a garden is like having a look at the future. You need to have a clear idea on what your organic garden will look like for the coming years. You can join together all the essential components of your plan in order to come up with an ideal garden.
• Make Changes and Stay Flexible
The good thing about planning is that you are being able to figure out things, make assessments and execute changes if necessary especially if conditions change. One of the top benefits of having a plan for your organic garden is flexibility. To adopt changes in your plan is easier than having to change the entire garden.
• Go with the Detail
When planning, you can go to the level of details that you find comfortable with. You can plan for style of planting, amount of plants to be planted as well as the plants and seeds to be purchased. It is essential to always go with the detail for in the end, it will be easier for you to determine what needs to be planted and what you have already planted. You also need to get into the details of planting schedule.
• Be Prepared
Since planning is a slice of the future, you need to be prepared with all the gardening tasks that you need to accomplish. Ideal organic garden design gives you the idea what needs to be purchase and when to make this purchase. This also allows you to allocate the resources properly. Be prepared when making plan for your organic garden for this enables you to phase out projects around your organic garden so that tasks are being kept within personal abilities. In such way, organic gardening becomes a joy and not a choice.
Chapter 3: Having the Right Tools
Synopsis
The success of your gardening is nearly impossible if you do not have all the essentially needed tools. It is true that a real gardener starts with his basic collection of tools and starts to build from here. Your gardening tools are vital parts of your gardening venture so their real value should never be set aside. These tools help in speeding up the process of cutting, cultivating, cleaning and doing other garden related tasks. The type of tools to use will still depend on the type of gardening that an individual wishes to pursue. If you are into organic gardening, there are also set of tools that are suitable for this particular type of gardening. Having the right tool is one of the vital aspects of organic gardening.
The following tools can help you deal with organic gardening easily and efficiently:
The Tools
• Hand Trowel
Trowels are ideal for planting smaller herbs, annuals and vegetables. These tools are also utilized in digging out stubborn weeds, planting the container gardens and combining potting mixes. If you have enough budgets, buy a trowel that is made up of stainless steel. These are proven to be ultimately durable and usually includes rubberized grip for utmost comfort.
• Digging Fork
This tool is indispensable for dividing and lifting perennials, turning compost and loosening soil that is compacted. When purchasing digging fork, make sure to go for the one with four footrest and square tines for convenient and comfortable digging. An excellent digging fork comes with cast or forged head made of stainless steel and hardwood or fiberglass handle. If you are aspiring to get real leverage during digging time choose a digging fork with D-shaped handle.
• Hoe
There are various different types of hoe ranging from standard hoe up to action hoes. There are also super thin hoes that are specially designed in order to fit in even into tiny and tight spaces. The types of hoes to be chosen depends on the garden you are planning to grow and cultivate.
• Digger
This is another tool that can help you in maintaining and cultivating your organic garden. Diggers are ideal tools for digging out taproot and weeds.
• Rake
This tool is used for digging dried leaves or cleaning the garden area. You should have a rake that is sturdy and durable to make sure that it can stand frequent digging.
• Hand Cultivator
This gardening tool is beneficial in terms of removing smaller weeds and roughing the soil prior to seeding either in garden beds or containers. Look for cultivator that is a piece of molded or forged steel or the one with steel head that is attached securely to wooden handles.
• Bypass Pruners
These are helpful in almost all gardening tasks such as gentle shaping, deadheading and eliminating spent foliage. A great pair of bypass pruners can be costly however, there are some mid-range brands you can use that guarantees good quality. Look for pairs that can easily take part for sharpening and cleaning and make sure that this comfortably fits in you two hands.
• Gloves
These are tools that protect gardeners from thorns and brambles and plants that trigger skin irritation.
• Sharp Knife
This gardening tool is helpful in terms of cutting vegetables and this is also an excellent addition to your harvesting equipment.
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