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How to Compost : Learn Organic Garden Composting Online : How to Plant with Compost
August 22nd, 2009 | 
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Using compost in your garden can make your flowers and plants thrive! Get tips on planting with compost and mixing compost with soil in your garden in this free organic composting video.
Expert: Gale Gassiot
Bio: Gale Gassiot makes her own organic compost or “gardener’s black gold.”
Duration : 0:0:59
Create your Own Landscape Design : Interest & Mosaic Stone for Landscaping
Interest pieces and mosaics can be center pieces of your landscape design, get expert yard and landscape design tips in this free video.
Expert: Gale Gassiot
Bio: Gale Gassiot makes her own organic compost or “gardener’s black gold.”
Duration : 0:1:22
Interesting Organic Gardening Tips and Tricks
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Organic pest control begins with healthy soil. It produces healthy plants, which are better able to withstand disease and insect damage.
2. Organic fertilizers are safer than chemicals. Chemical fertilizers may, in time, build up salts.
3. Apply compost to your garden about two to four weeks before you plant, giving the compost time to integrate and stabilize within the soil.
4. Do not over-fertilize garlic or it will become leafy. Use a high phosphorus fertilizer (the middle number) to promote bulb formation.
5. New beds need soil amendments and double digging for that extra starting kick.
6. Soak finished compost in water to “brew” compost “tea,” a nutrient-rich liquid that can be used for foliar feeding or for watering plants in your garden, backyard, or houseplants.
7. Specimen plants which need a warmer climate zone than you have do well in sheltered, south-facing walls. The wall acts as a solar collector, absorbing heat during the day and releasing it at night, creating a small zone that is warmer than the rest of the garden.
8. Begin deep watering your trees and shrubs in the spring if you don’t get a soaking rain every 10 - 14 days.
9. When planting trees, don’t give them too much organic matter in the hole they’re going in. If the hole is filled with rich organic matter and compost but the surrounding soil is hard and compact or less nutritious, the roots are less likely to spread out into the soil. When the tree isn’t anchored well by large roots, it is more likely to be blown over and be less healthy and less able to resist drought.
10. Outdoors potted plants and baskets are the only plants that need daily water on the hottest, driest days of the summer.
11. Once a seed sprouts it must be kept watered. If it dries out, it dies. If seeds are lightly covered with soil, they may need to be gently sprinkled with water once or twice a day to keep them moist.
12. When planting in clay soil, cover seeds with vermiculite instead of clay. Clay absorbs heat and may bake the seeds and stop germination. Clay also forms a top crust, forming a barrier for the young seedlings.
13. Trees and bushes placed carefully in the middle of flower beds add height and variety to the entire landscape.
14. Low-growing ornamental grasses can cascade over walls, edge low borders, and taller varieties can stand in for a row of shrubs.
15. A small extension curtain rod is an excellent support rod for plants. The length can continually be adjusted without disturbing the plants.
16. Native trees are low maintenance; they have developed natural defenses against insects and disease over the centuries, and they rarely need pruning or feeding.
17. Throw a handful of finished compost in the hole for a flower or vegetable transplant before transplanting. The compost gives the transplant a bit of an extra boost that lasts throughout the season.
18. Check moisture in container plants often with your fingers. Potting soil is often lightweight and dries out quickly.
19. Short on space but like vining vegetables? Train your squash, melons, and cucumbers onto a vertical trellis. Support the fruiting vines gently and thoroughly.
20. Watering is necessary when transplanting, but be careful not to over water.
21. Water your gardens and plants in the early morning or dusk to save water. Watering during the heat of the day burns plants and increases evaporation and loss of water.
22. Picking off flowers frequently encourage most annuals to flower more abundantly.
23. To continue blooming, container plants need large amounts of nutrients and water. Since water tends to wash out the nutrients, use finished compost or a good organic fertilizer as top-dressing.
24. Whenever possible use natural and organic fertilizers such as compost. Chemicals build up toxicity in soil, which leaches into drinking water.
25. Botanical insecticides are plant derivatives, and can be more toxic than some synthetics. They are, however, better in the long run because they break down rapidly and do not accumulate in the food chain as synthetics do.
Duration : 0:3:15
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Festival of Flowers - Organic Roundtable - P10 of 11
Festival of Flowers - Organic Roundtable
Part 10 of 11
Presented by DirtDoctor.com
Date: Saturday, May 24, 2008
Panelists
Bob Webster, KTSA Garden Show
Co-owner, Shades of Green Nursery
Howard Garrett, Syndicated gardening show host on Salem Radio Network stations throughout the United States, including KLUP in San Antonio. Founder, DirtDoctor.com, Author, Texas Gardening the Natural Way, organic vegetable gardening in Texas, The Texas Bug Book, Texas Herbs and other organic gardening books.
Malcolm Beck, Founder, Garden-ville; author of Lessons in Nature; co-author, Texas organic vegetable gardening and The Texas Bug Book, w/ Howard Garrett.
Bruce Deuley, Host of Organic Matters on KTSA and KGNB in New Braunfels; host of Living Green on KVHC-TV in Kerville, Author, The Organic Guide to Gardening available at www.natureapproved.net
John Dromgoole, host of the Natural Gardener on KLBJ Radio in Austin; founder, Lady Bug Natural Brand; owner, The Natural Gardener Nursery and Garden Center, Austin. Regularly featured on The Central Texas Gardener on KLRN and other Texas PBS stations.
Stuart Franke, President of Medina Agriculture Products, maker of Hasta-Gro, Medina Soil Activator, Medina Plus and other products distributed internationally from Hondo, Texas.
Respective Websites:
Bob Webster
http://www.shadesofgreensa.com/
Howard Garrett
http://www.dirtdoctor.com/
Malcolm Beck
http://www.garden-ville.com/
http://www.malcolmbeck.com/sitemap.htm
Bruce Deuley
http://www.natureapproved.net
John Dromgoole
http://www.naturalgardeneraustin.com/
http://www.ladybugbrand.com/
Stuart Franke
http://www.medinaag.com/
Duration : 0:10:6
Festival of Flowers - Organic Roundtable - P2 of 11
Festival of Flowers - Organic Roundtable
Part 2 of 11
Presented by DirtDoctor.com
Date: Saturday, May 24, 2008
Panelists
Bob Webster, KTSA Garden Show
Co-owner, Shades of Green Nursery
Howard Garrett, Syndicated gardening show host on Salem Radio Network stations throughout the United States, including KLUP in San Antonio. Founder, DirtDoctor.com, Author, Texas Gardening the Natural Way, organic vegetable gardening in Texas, The Texas Bug Book, Texas Herbs and other organic gardening books.
Malcolm Beck, Founder, Garden-ville; author of Lessons in Nature; co-author, Texas organic vegetable gardening and The Texas Bug Book, w/ Howard Garrett.
Bruce Deuley, Host of Organic Matters on KTSA and KGNB in New Braunfels; host of Living Green on KVHC-TV in Kerville, Author, The Organic Guide to Gardening available at www.natureapproved.net
John Dromgoole, host of the Natural Gardener on KLBJ Radio in Austin; founder, Lady Bug Natural Brand; owner, The Natural Gardener Nursery and Garden Center, Austin. Regularly featured on The Central Texas Gardener on KLRN and other Texas PBS stations.
Stuart Franke, President of Medina Agriculture Products, maker of Hasta-Gro, Medina Soil Activator, Medina Plus and other products distributed internationally from Hondo, Texas.
Respective Websites:
Bob Webster
http://www.shadesofgreensa.com/
Howard Garrett
http://www.dirtdoctor.com/
Malcolm Beck
http://www.garden-ville.com/
http://www.malcolmbeck.com/sitemap.htm
Bruce Deuley
http://www.natureapproved.net
John Dromgoole
http://www.naturalgardeneraustin.com/
http://www.ladybugbrand.com/
Stuart Franke
http://www.medinaag.com/
Note: The roundtable spanned two tapes and I had s few technical difficulties. The next section (parts 10 and up) will be here soon.
Duration : 0:10:17
SCOD Gardens: WEEDS, FERTILIZER & MULCH
SCOD organic gardens:
SPRING WEEDS, FERTILIZER & MULCH
WEEDS
After tilling & as often as possible “WEED”:
Removing weeds & placing in a basket for the compost pile / bin
Some plants that are commonly considered WEEDS, may be adopted & tended. Dogs & Cats can help ward off groundhogs, rabbits & deer. Dandelions may be consumed in salads, steamed, or wined. Wild Spinach & Lambs Quarters may be used in soups, or steamed.
FERTILIZER
Composted or biodegradable garbage that will easily blend with the soil and enrich it.
Egg or nut shells, fruit, ashes, and peels. Beware of organic matter that may cause unwanted mold or contamination. Large amounts of any fertilizer especially Manure or Meat products is to be avoided. Manure & Meat must decompose several years before it can be used in agriculture.
MULCH
Wood chips, hay-straw, leaves (from last Fall)
Use Mulch to prevent weeds from growing before & after planting. To be safe, plant outside after the Last Frost (May).
music: Karan Casey & Ozzy Osborne
Next: SEEDS & SEEDLINGS indoor & outdoor
Duration : 0:3:40
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Tags: agriculture, earth, Farms, flowers, gardens, grow, growing, Horticulture, organic, plants, SCOD, seeds, stewardship, tend, vegetables |
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How to Compost : Learn Organic Garden Composting Online : How to Turn & Mix Compost
Get tips on how to aerate your compost pile by turning and mixing it, plus learn how often you should turn your compost for the best and quickest results, in this free organic gardening video.
Expert: Gale Gassiot
Bio: Gale Gassiot makes her own organic compost or “gardener’s black gold.”
Duration : 0:2:31
Posted in organic gardening |
Tags: aerate, air, bin, carbon, chemicals, compost, composting, fertilizer, flow, flowers, fruit, fruits, garden, gardening, heap, making, mix, mulch, nitrogen, organic, pesticides, pile, plant, plants, recipe, soil, turn, vegetables |
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Indoor and Outdoor Organic Gardening Tips : Soil vs. Hydroponic Organic Gardening
Become an organic gardener! Learn all about soil, hydroponics, and organic gardening in this free video covering natural indoor and outdoor gardens.
Duration : 0:1:30
My Organic Garden Tour 5/11/09
A month ago my Mom and I extended my organic garden space and had a planting party to celebrate my birthday. We had to plant in April due to the unpredictable rain showers God has been gifting us with this spring. I wanted to take you all on a little tour of my garden’s progress. My greens are coming in abundance! Oh what a joy! I have just begun to start using them and they taste incredible. Everything here is organically grown from soil to seed and treated with love, fairies and friends, music (outdoor radio and my crazy singing) and loving light - water - and air from God.
I am growing atleast over 50 different types of garden gifts, all which are to be used RAW. This is REAL food. This is how we all should be eating - organical, homegrown or local, seasonal and raw & living foods. I pray over my garden and give gratitude to that which I pick and consume.
I hope you enjoy! I will update as it continues to grow for me. I am growing too many things to list here but if you have a question about something I am growing then I will be happy to tell you if I am growing it and how it is doing, etc.
Duration : 0:4:21
Posted in organic garden |
Tags: air, alive, berries, dirt, earth, edible weeds, fairy friends, flowers, food, fruit, garden, gift, God, greens, happy plants, healing, Herbs, joy, light, living, Local, love, medicinal herbs, music therapy, my food, organic, passion, raw, seasonal, serenity, singing, soil, songs, space, sunshine, vegetable |
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Festival of Flowers - Organic Roundtable - P1 of 11
Festival of Flowers - Organic Roundtable
Part 1 of 11
Presented by DirtDoctor.com
Date: Saturday, May 24, 2008
Panelists
Bob Webster, KTSA Garden Show
Co-owner, Shades of Green Nursery
Howard Garrett, Syndicated gardening show host on Salem Radio Network stations throughout the United States, including KLUP in San Antonio. Founder, DirtDoctor.com, Author, Texas Gardening the Natural Way, organic vegetable gardening in Texas, The Texas Bug Book, Texas Herbs and other organic gardening books.
Malcolm Beck, Founder, Garden-ville; author of Lessons in Nature; co-author, Texas organic vegetable gardening and The Texas Bug Book, w/ Howard Garrett.
Bruce Deuley, Host of Organic Matters on KTSA and KGNB in New Braunfels; host of Living Green on KVHC-TV in Kerville, Author, The Organic Guide to Gardening available at www.natureapproved.net
John Dromgoole, host of the Natural Gardener on KLBJ Radio in Austin; founder, Lady Bug Natural Brand; owner, The Natural Gardener Nursery and Garden Center, Austin. Regularly featured on The Central Texas Gardener on KLRN and other Texas PBS stations.
Stuart Franke, President of Medina Agriculture Products, maker of Hasta-Gro, Medina Soil Activator, Medina Plus and other products distributed internationally from Hondo, Texas.
Respective Websites:
Bob Webster
http://www.shadesofgreensa.com/
Howard Garrett
http://www.dirtdoctor.com/
Malcolm Beck
http://www.garden-ville.com/
http://www.malcolmbeck.com/sitemap.htm
Bruce Deuley
http://www.natureapproved.net
John Dromgoole
http://www.naturalgardeneraustin.com/
http://www.ladybugbrand.com/
Stuart Franke
http://www.medinaag.com/
Note: The roundtable spanned two tapes and I had a few techdiffs. The next section (parts 10 and up) will be here soon.
Duration : 0:10:17