Pine Needles Keep Soil pH Acidic For Blueberries

Are you growing blueberries in your organic garden? I’ve got a few blueberry plants growing in 10″ pots. We’ll be moving soon, so I didn’t want to put them in the ground and I was curious to how well they’d grow and fruit in pots. I potted them up into the 10″ pots about 6 [...]

Setting Up Your Organic Garden

One of the first things you’ll want to do when you start organic gardening is to set up some irrigation. It really saves you sooooo…. much time, and water in fact. You can include a timer tap to your system and know that you are giving your vegetables a deep watering, which is exactly what [...]

Herbs In Flower In My Organic Garden

The most beautiful herb that I have flowering in my organic garden at the moment is the garlic chives. Their clusters of dainty white, star-shaped flowers are just gorgeous. They seem to be hardier than my ordinary chives – they’ll tolerate drought and frost in my garden. So it’s great to have them available to [...]

Much Welcomed Rain Brings Some Relief To My Garden

This past week has been such a delight after the massive heat wave we had last month. So many days of 40 degrees or so in a row can really take it out of you! Thankfully we also had some rain during the week, that the ground just sucked right up – so to speak. [...]