But I have a question. I don’t garden,
Is there any way that, if I use a worm compost, can I bring organic fertilizer somewhere so that other places can sell it so it can be used again?
Because I’d end up just having a lot of fertilizer that I don’t use.
I am growing and organic garden and butterfly habitat in my yard. My neighbors (who have small children, by the way) get a company to spray pesticides on their yard 4x a year. They also spray Round-Up herbicide on their weeds. I am very upset because even the EPA says that Pesticide exposure … [can lead to] dizziness, nausea, to serious long- term neurological, development and reproductive disorders (http://www.epa.gov/opp00001/factsheet/kidpesticide.htm).
We don’t use anything and have never had problems with pests. We just keep our yard tidy by hand weeding and replacing old wood on our house. We don’t let kids play in our garage behind boxes and stuff where there might be spiders and we have never had a problem. If we get ants we just wipe them up and put borax out until they go away. Why are people so afraid of bugs?
My question is, how do I talk to my neighbors about stopping doing this? I printed out some articles from reputable sites like EPA, and scientific journals about the potential risks to children of residential pesticide use, but I’m not sure what to say. Do I just ask them to stop? What could I suggest as an alternative? How would approach this issue? I want to make it a win-win, but i don’t know how, since I feel that they wont be sympathetic since I’m sort of telling them they are exposing their children to toxic chemicals … no parent wants to hear that. I’m planningh on having children soon and I don’t want to have a birth defected child because of my neighbor’s problem with ants. Thank you!
I don’t mind starting a hassel, I just want it to work. What would be the most effective way to approach it?
i have a ton of powerade bottles and instead of throwing them out, i’ve decided to cut the tops off, and poke a few holes at the bottom and use them as starter pots for my veggies i want to plant this spring. i have many diffrent seedlings in them such as pumpkin, tomatoes, onions, radishes, cilantro, beans, etc…
Now is this safe? I’ve decided that I want to start gardening ALL organic now, and I don’t want plastic to leach into the soil and into the plants. Since these plants are under the light won’t this make the plastic photodegrade and break into the plastic?
what do you guys think, thanks!
Hello! I live in the city, and there are roaches EVERYWHERE. My next door neighbors have a huge roach problem. I have a lizard living in my kitchen, so at least for the moment, I don’t have any roaches in the house. Unfortunately, I don’t think it would be humane to release lizards in my backyard, as they would die when it got colder. Any ideas on how I could grow an organic garden in my backyard while keeping the roaches off my food?
I have never done anything like this, but I would like to start a vegetable or herb garden of some sort. I have prepared the earth (well I have dug out all of the weeds and grass, I am sure I need to do more preparing) but I have no idea what to do now.
What else do I need to do to prepare the earth? What should I grow? What are some hardy plants that will survive even if being nurtured by a novice? How do I protect my garden?
I was interested in growing an organic garden, what is the difference? My Dad says it is pretty much impossible to tell if your garden is truely organic with run off and everything, is it worth trying?
I want to have an organic herb garden. But because I have waited too long is it ok to buy starter plants that have a bit of pesticide used on them and never use pesticides again? Does the pesticide wash off? Can I just pinch off the part that had the pesticide used on it?
using the herbs for organic flavored oils
I’m working on a newspaper story about organic gardening and I’m trying to get an overview of the history of corporate farming in the U.S. and some of the big-name corporations normally associated with corporate farming, since it seems that the increasing emphasis on organic gardening and farming is, to a large degree, a reaction against corporate farming. Any resources anyone could point me to would be greatly appreciated.
My boyfriend and I are wanting to live off the grid. We’re wanting to go to an intership for grey water usage, rain water catchment, solar panels, and organic gardening. We’re looking for something in the west. Can anyone help? Thanks.
So. I was wondering what other people think about the organic foods debate, so if you think they are the only foods are good or if some foods don’t matter.
I for one only eat unprocessed foods. I only buy organic meat and eat wild game. In the summer I garden all my vegetables and herbs. But in the winter I buy everything from the store and only my greens and herbs organic. And I make all my own bread and granola bars and everything.
What’s are everyone else’s opinions on this matter? Are organic foods just a trend to some people? Just cause they are organic are they healthy? and anything else you want to throw in!
I know that worms can eat garbage and turn it into rich, organic material for gardening, so i am wondering where i can get them. i want to help the environment.
