Publisher's Synopsis
Organic Gardening Made Simple!
If you're not growing your own organic foods, you may be compromising your health and the health of your loved ones.
- How to create living soil that's perfect for growing produce.
- Soil tests that are critical to the health and safety of you and your garden.
- Acidic vs. alkaline soil.
- How to save tons of time by using mulch.
- The difference between organic and inorganic mulch and why you should use both.
- 11 types of mulch you can use in your organic garden.
- How to make organic compost and apply it to your garden.
- How to make your own compost tumbling bin the cheap and easy way.
- The best (and worst) organic materials to add to your compost bin.
- Whether or not organic seeds are worth the additional cost.
- USDA hardiness zones and what they mean to you.
- How to decide when to plant your seeds for best results.
- How to start your own seeds and grow them into seedlings.
- What companion planting is and how it benefits your garden.
- What to do when weeds go wild.
- The best type of irrigation for an organic garden.
- Common diseases and plant illnesses and how to handle them.
- What to do when animals attack.
- Harvesting your crop.