Organic Gardening and Farming Forum

How much land do I need to grow my own food? 
How big of a farming ground is necessary to sustain a family?

Survival Seeds Plus 
Hi Everyone, I feel honored to post on Dr. Meg's forum. This year I totally changed my way of gardening thanks to a little old lady now passed away named ...

Companion Planting Question - Rhubarb with Lemon? 
Hi
Does anyone know.... Will rhubarb grow with a lemon tree?

Small Scale Farming for a Living 
I am looking into small scale farming for a living.
No idea of how one works in the U.S. but would like information, if it can be done .

Thank you...

What Permaculture Plants Suit north of Sydney? 
I have just bought 20 acres 2 hours north of Sydney for my girlfriend and I to escape to on weekends and it has a dam, gets plenty of rain,good soil etc ...

Looking for a Praying Mantis friendly spray 
I have a Quince tree in my yard and every year I buy praying mantises every year as an organic pesticide for my vegetable garden. However I need to spray ...

Codling Moths are Driving Me Crazy! 
I have 2 apple trees and 2 pear trees in my backyard and I can't seem to control the insects (such as codling moths) from biting my fruits. I was wondering ...

Certified Organic Master Gardener 
My family and I live on a 10acre farm on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

Although our mixed farm has been chemically free ...

Chickens: for all round sustainable gardens! 
What do chickens eat? Anything smaller and slower than a chicken. This includes all insect garden pests. Do not use petrochemical insecticides, the ...

Woodrow's Permaculture Garden System 
Hi,wondering if anyone using Linda Woodrow's mandala system can tell me what they do with the area around the pond. In her book it appears as a garden ...

No-till organic gardening 
I have not tilled my garden for 6 years. We double crop here with small grain in the winter and vegetables, beans and flint corn in the summer.

When ...

How I Grow Veges Organically in Crates 
Hello everyone
l'm new to this site so l thought l'd post a note about how l manage my small veggie growing efforts organically.
l grow everything in ...

Beginner, organic farmer 
My name is Aruna, i live in W/Africa. I want to start an organic farm on a 30 acre virgin land with a 10 acre swamp along the edge of the land. I have ...

To till or not to till? 
I'm a little confused about the no-till, or minimum till rule I've been reading about. I read books that say tilling is completely unnecessary, (such ...

Wicking Beds 
Having just read this weeks email about wicking beds I really need to share my experiment. A few weeks ago I started a wicking bed in an old bath. It was ...

Natural Weed Control 
Hello, I have been gardening for years. I included a pic of last years garden and this year is off to a great start. As you can see from the pic we garden ...

Puppy Safe Weed Killer 
What can I use on my brick patio to kill a large variety of weeds? And wont hurt my puppy.

Thanks for any suggestions.

......

Dear LB

We ...

Homesteading on 1 Acre 
We have an acre of land that we are homesteading on and are desiring to make it as productive as possible. We are going to raise chickens for a start ...

How do you bottle tomatoes? 
Has anyone tried cooking tomatoes with some onions and then bottling them. And after that, storing them (not in a freezer). Similar to making and storing ...

Ever Used Spiral Tree Guards? 
We have found the little farm tree bags invaluable for protecting our farm seedlings from all sorts of stress. The survival rate has gone up a lot, and ...

Rock Gardens 
I garden where I can. My rocky sloped guerrilla gardens are spread over 5 acres, winding through unseen power lines. Yes, power lines. Haven't got zapped ...

Seed and Seedling Starter Mix 
For those who've been asking about a good mix to start of seeds and seedlings, I have a recipe that I have found good success with.

It is basically ...

Books For Every Gardener!!! 
Hello all. Zach here with just a quick list of a few books I know to be great sources of knowledge, practical and theoretical, and inspiration! I myself ...

Seed starter mix 
I have organic seeds, but now am not sure what to start them in. Most of the seed starter mixes are not organic (contain wetting agents and chemical fertilizers)...

How Do I Grow Fruit Trees? 
I like to grow some fruit trees in my back yard and I am new in this field. I am a complete beginner and need help to get started!

Raj

Tips on Small Farm Equipment 
Chainsaw:

I fell and buck firewood with a chainsaw. We have three two-man saws and seven one-man saws. I will continue to use the chainsaw as long ...

Can you grow veges in pure manure? 
I just renew my interest in gardening last year after a 17 year hiatus. I was fortunate enough to get a steady supply of 3 year old horse manure which ...

How Much Liquid Manure Should I Use on My Farm? 
I am wanting to make liquid fertilizer from our chicken and Alapaca manures. We have 10 acres of x dairy land and run Dexter Cattle, Alpacas Sheep and ...

About Grass 
My question is i want to install artificial grass in my garden and the people of www.jardineriamarve.net talk me about a last generation of artificial ...

Getting garden soil ready for planting 
I think there are a lot of different opinions on what to do when it comes to getting your garden ready for planting. I have learned over the years the ...

Keeping Thrushes From Eating the Blueberries?  Not rated yet
I am a part of a bird count group working with an urban farm. I am looking for ideas to keep thrushes from eating too much of the blueberry crop. Any ...

Has Anyone Tried Biochar?  Not rated yet
Some time back I read an article on bio-char, how to make it and how and why to use it.
Apparently Biochar is a stable form of carbon with significant ...

Unknown chemical sprayed on my property  Not rated yet
My 12 acres has a powerline that passes over a section that is part of the main water shed for the entire property. While I was at work today my wife ...

Tomatoes--Temperate  Not rated yet
Over the years I have tried many ways to grow tomatoes. Once I made a small garden and set out several regular plants and a few cherry tomatoes. There ...

How to Beat Codling Moth and Fruit Fly Organically!  Not rated yet
Hopefully, I can help you !

Came across your site and felt compelled to let you know how easy it has proven to be for me this year to virtually eradicate ...

Companion Planting Density in an Orchard  Not rated yet
I have a small orchard in the backyard consisting of 2 Ballerinna Apples, a Mandarin, 2 Lemons, 2 Starfruit, Paw Paw, Tamarillo, Passion fruit vine. They ...

Amazing Technology Created By NASA. Now Used For Organic Gardening.  Not rated yet
I just came across an amazing organic gardening system called Phototron. It's a technology first built by NASA.
It not only produces higher yields and ...

Autumn Nashi blossom - To remove or not to remove?  Not rated yet
Should I remove blossom that has appeared on my very young Nashi Pear tree during Autumn??

All Else is Booming. Why Won't My Pumpkins Fruit?  Not rated yet
I have begun a small vegetable garden this year and had much success with many of my efforts, particularly a small yellow heritage tomato which has fruited ...

Remedy for Australian Guava Moth that Works!  Not rated yet
I have 1/4 acre and use organic methods only
Last year the Australian Guava Moth invaded my fruit.
This pest has wiped out whole orchards!!!
This year ...

Organic Gardening  Not rated yet
The organic garden is a space of land where a crop is made of vegetables, legumes, herbs and fruit trees. These gardens are called organic, because there ...

Orchard>Compost>Chickens>Garden  Not rated yet
Of these the orchard is the lease portable. It is fenced to keep deer out. We feed the orchard with compost. To work the compost we added Faverolles ...

Ploughing with Mules  Not rated yet
Hello. This is my first time at this forum. My name is Jeff. Nice to meet you. I have corresponded with fantastic farms website a couple of times, they ...

Organic Weed Control farm equipment  Not rated yet
Organic Weed Control farm equipment. Here is a piece of farm machinery that my father-in-law built as an alternative to herbicide. I thought I would ...

Be in the Garden  Not rated yet
My partner and I have a nice size garden this year, about 15% bigger than last. I am mainly concerned w/powdery mold that gets on my flowers and spider ...

Back to gardening  Not rated yet
In the late 80's early 90's I had several successful seasons of organic gardening, but getting back to it a decade later has proven to be difficult. I ...

Farming Family seeking new venture  Not rated yet
We are a family of three wanting to move off our homestead in Kansas to a large farm. Our ideal situation would be an already established sustainable organic ...

Just starting  Not rated yet
I wanted to plant some apple trees close to the centre of Perth. This website gave me the information I needed and which the garden books did not. What ...

Wicking Beds - What is Best for Filling the Reservoir?  Not rated yet
I've been searching the web about wicking beds trying to find out what is best for filling the water reservoir. Twist and tear and boogie woogie I'm confused!...

Help! Need Organic Control of Scale in Orchard.  Not rated yet
We have 3 young Apple trees. They are 6 years old and badly infested with Scale.

How can I treat them organically?

Seed Catalogs are Winter Inspiration  Not rated yet
Some gardeners dread the Winter months. Before Christmas is past Spring seed catalogs begin to appear in the mailbox. Planning and dreaming begins with ...

Spring is coming  Not rated yet
I'm making an attempt at urban backyard biointensive raised bed organic vertical growing. That's really just a big mouth full to sound impressive about ...