June 19
Organic Herbs
How do I start the perfect organic garden?
I want a decent size organic garden. I would like a lot of tomatoes, green beans, Herbs, zuccine, eggplant, squash, lettuces, peppers, and corn. When do I start? Can I start them from seeds now? What can I plant to keep pests away? Any advise would be great.
Hopflower is right on. The garden will not be perfect for years.
Start with the soil, make compost and add that several times a year to your garden beds.
learn about seasons in the garden. Peas and lettuce like it cool so are best planted in spring. The rest of your list are warm weather crops that cannot be put in the soil until all threat of frost is over in your planting zone.
Corn and beans need to be sown directly. Squash can either be started indoors or sown directly. Tomatoes, eggplant and the herbs need to be started indoors 8 to 16 weeks before you plan on transplanting them out in the garden
http://www.back40books.com and http://www.acresusa.com have the best selection of books on organic growing.
There is a lot to learn to get competent at it-it takes many many years to get a good organic garden established but it is a great hobby, you will learn a lot about growing things and the natural world and you will eat well.
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