Organic Gardening for Beginners: Your First Season Plan
The most common beginner gardening mistake isn’t planting at the wrong time or choosing the wrong variety. It’s planting too much. An ambitious first garden
J.I. Rodale, Founder of the Rodale Institute, was an entrepreneur from New York City who struggled with health problems all his life. One day, he wrote these words on a chalkboard: “Healthy Soil = Healthy Food = Healthy People.”
We believe that “Healthy Products = Healthy Life.” It’s no longer just about the food you eat (yes, that is still the most important), but also about the products you put on your body and use to clean, the air you breathe, and the items you surround yourself with.
The most common beginner gardening mistake isn’t planting at the wrong time or choosing the wrong variety. It’s planting too much. An ambitious first garden
Seed shopping has its own vocabulary — and most of it is used inconsistently. “Organic,” “heirloom,” “open-pollinated,” “non-GMO,” “hybrid” — these terms appear on seed
Here’s the thing about pests in an organic garden: you’re not trying to eliminate them. You’re trying to keep them at a level where they