Healthy fresh organic food is easily available. An innovative horticulturist shows us how to save money, save time and grow organic vegetables in our back yard.
The house threw out S 510 but put put the wording into another bill which went back to the senate as S 3082. The bill they stuck it in was supposed to be a 'continuing resolution' bill having to do with government expenditures in 2011.
As recently as last Thursday December 16th, it looked like this was going to be passed into law.
As of Friday morning, this bill had been killed and a much simpler continuing resolution bill had been passed which has nothing to do with food safety! This is a victory. It is result of much pressure from citizens who spoke up.
As we must tell our senators and representatives how they are supposed to represent us – call your senator and your representative to tell them to vote NO on any future food safety bill of any sort.
Please take an easy and simple action to stop two bills that will really hinder our right to choose healthy foods! With just a week to go until elections, just please click on the link below to alert your senators and the president NOT to support S510 and S3767:
Composting: we've been at it a month. Nice to know our kitchen waste is feeding bugs and bacteria which will then decompose and recycle the waste and feed our plants.
We see little creepy crawlies are going up the sides of the bin. A perfect example of--build it, and they will come!
This post is from a satisfied user of the wonderful gardening e-book and videos available at www.organicfoodforless.info.
"I purchased the information from the fellow in Australia and have utilized the information already. My garden was a lot better this year, and every year it should get better.
I'd looked a a lot of stuff and his seemed really great."
Well, now I have started a compost pile, with "refuse" that we discard from our kitchen. Though we can't eat the stuff, we know that the plants will love it!
Our compost pile includes the remnants of our daily vegetable juicing (the matted vegetables that are left after we drink the liquid) egg shells, fruit remains even rinds of citrus fruit that we eat. We learned that our compost pile shouldn't be too much of one thing all together, and shouldn't include things like woody plants or bones or coconut shells, etc., which don't decompose readily.
We add to this mixture some leaves from the trees which graciously shed them for us, we just have to collect them and add them to the pile. And given a bit of time let's say four to six weeks, we shall see what happens! All this this I learned from that wonderful product about organic gardening which we purchased at www.organicfoodforless.info. It's all an adventure. I hope you try it too--and by all means, let us know how it goes!
I have just planted some young basil plants, according to the strategies outlined in the organic gardening website for vegetables: www.organicfoodsforless.info. I will feed them some garden mulch from our kitchen, and watch them grow and harvest the leaves for a wonderful raw foods pesto that I make, along with cold-pressed olive oil, raw pine nuts (or pistachios) fresh organic lemon juice and rind, a bit of unheated raw honey, and voila! Very yummy to use with raw meats and fishes or avocados or with guacamole, or as a condiment on top of almost anything!
This method of organic gardening with mulch is really suitable for different kinds of vegetables that can be grown in most any climate and soil conditions, and with so little maintenance. Happy gardening and buon appetite!
The following message came in about an easy organic way to have no weeds or grasses and to start a garden that produces organic vegetables right away: "Thank you very much for letting me know about the www.OrganicFoodForLess.info package. We planted three plots, 7' X 7', 2' X 2' and 3' X 7'. We are growing organic cucumbers from the first plot regularly now, plus celery and zuccini! From the second plot, we are getting yellow squash and from the third plot we get really delicious tomatoes, snap peas and bok choi.
"I love it. I don't have to weed it and we have no bugs. I haven't had to weed since we started this two months ago. We were eating out of the garden in two weeks. "
This is from a lady in southern California who is the author of popular books on an entirely different subject and prefers not to have her name mentioned here.
Barbara and I realized all the information we have been putting on this www.DiscoverOrganicGardening.blogspot.com site has been in favor of what is being offered at www.organicfoodforless.info. Instead, we put the referee shirt on Barbara and gave her the whistle. She is looking at the e-book and videos from your eyes to determine: is this something you want? Here are a few of the points that really made an impact on her (as useful, surprising, powerful hints, tricks, tips, secrets and insights) while reading the ebook:
Your organic garden can re-seed itself for the next season's crop (pages 2, 21 & 29)
It self-perpetuates itself once it has been set up (page 2)
The book makes it easy to start planting (page 26)
There is very little maintenance to be done (page 1)
What are the downsides?
Barbara would have liked printable sketches/drawings that she could look at while working in the garden rather than having to go view key points of the video then come back to work on the next thing.
My 2 cents worth of the only other possible downside: If you prefer a book full of stories and examples to read for enjoyment in an easy chair, you might look elsewhere. This e-book sticks to exactly what you need to know and to do, and how to do it exactly.
That is all we could find to improve.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Hi Jim and Barbara,
I want to let you know that I ordered and received the organic gardening ebook and videos that you recommended, from www.organicfoodforless.info. I have since planted my garden. It is wonderful, and has so far had no insects and is requiring little water. I'm so enjoying seeing everything come up. Thank you again for sharing what promises to be a bountiful approach to a self-sufficient food supply.
For the first article in this series, I will give a little story about how I got introduced to organic gardening. It was in Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada where (you may have guessed this) IT RAINS. And it rains and then again, it rains some more. There I was, a new wife trying to provide good quality foods for my husband. The only resource I knew of was a huge volume of over 1000 pages called "An Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening," by J.I. Rodale, who was probably the grand-daddy of books published on this subject.
So I chose the organic gardening mulching method to protect the young plants from pests. The only problem was the persistent and pervasive moisture in Vancouver. I might as well have issued written invitations to all the slugs in the neighborhood, since in fact they promptly descended upon my garden and ate up all the young plants-right at the stem line.
How we handled the slug smorgasbord is a story in its own right: we thought of trying chopped up glass (harking back to the J.I. Rodale Encyclopedia) but we thought, who wants glass in our garden? The thought of kitty litter to deter the slugs produced similar concerns. So we finally opted for dishes of beer to dehydrate the slugs. (Our neighbor said we should call it "cocktail hour for the slugs"). Well that worked! But since buying beer was so expensive, we started to brew our own in the basement. And the slugs weren't the only beneficiaries of that plan!
Since you must have some desire to do it right, we can cut to the chase: please check out the following, very helpful website: http://www.organicfoodforless.info. Barbara Ellingson is a survivor of advanced spinal cancer diagnosed 3 1/2 years ago. She has had no chemo, radiation or surgery, and is handling this with nutrition. She is an author, and is avidly interested in people's health, and in the practice of sustainable gardening and other sustainable practices that will ensure a long-term future for all of us on this planet. She will appreciate hearing your stories and comments made directly to this blog.
It is springtime in the northern hemisphere, after one of the roughest winters in many many years. (Note to those in the southern hemisphere: this will be applicable to you next spring.) This IS the time to plan - and plant - your organic garden. According to the principles given at www.organicfoodforless.info, some of this set up work does not need to be done again and again. Some maintenance is required of course, but the initial actions do not need to be duplicated continuously.
How is this different than getting out the tools and knuckling down to another year of shoveling dirt, applying fertilizer, watering, sowing seeds, weeding, battling the elements and the condition of the soil as well as the garden pests, all to get one's share of produce to eat and/or sell? Whew--a normal gardener can practically get tired before he starts out. Though many adventurous souls keep at it for the love of the earth, and the carrot (literally) at the end of the stick.
Contributed by Dan T. of San Diego, California: "One of the pieces of true independence. These are the folks we would be turning to if (God forbid) there ever was an economic failure (or a disruption large enough to shut down local food distribution).
P.S. from Jim - delicious organic vegetables do not require such an extreme approach. This horticulturist has it all worked out and is more than willing to show you all the details. http://www.organicfoodforless.info G.D. of Ventura, California says "I did today receive the link and it looks great. What a wonderful program! I've just completed reviewing the videotapes and I' excited to start putting in my garden. Thank you for sharing this wonderful information!"
I am Barbara Ellingson of the Nutritional Foundation for Well Being. Having been so long interested in nutrition, it is natural for me to be interested in Organic Gardening.
First, to introduce the subject, let's start with what is "organic gardening."
According to encyclopedia searches, the basic concept is that organic gardening is a way of growing plants (such as fruits, vegetables and flowers), which uses natural methods in a sustainable and holistic way. Attention is paid to good, healthy soil conditions, not only as a way of minimizing pests, but in order to produce the best quality plants for the consumer-even if that consumer is you or me, planting our own gardens, in order to have produce we can be proud of!
The idea of gardening organically proceeds "from the understanding that all organisms in nature are interdependent, and in order to have healthy plants we must foster the health of their entire ecosystem. These practices go beyond integrated pest management, beyond the use of so-called organic fertilizers and pesticides. They acknowledge the concept of intrinsic health, and seek to create environments that cater to the well-being of all their inhabitants." (Wikipedia)
OK, that having been said, ways and systems abound for how to garden organically. There will be several articles I will write in this series, including some gardening tips and personal anecdotes, soon to follow.
You can grow abundant organic tomatoes in your organic garden that taste better, don't cost you $3.50 a pound and require very little start-up effort & almost no maintenance. The person who knows all about this is a 20 year horticulturist and scientist. He talks about site selection and breaking every rule in the book (that says you have to find an ideal spot, dig the soil, fertilize it rigorously, weed it – all of which add up to a huge effort and would discourage me). There are many varieties of tomatoes but you will find they all have smaller seeds; you may wish to start them in a basket. Most of the labor can be left at the door however, using Jonathan's methods. Tomatoes love warm weather and will ripen easily and taste great, during a warm/hot spell. There is a strategy to keep the weeding at a minimum and leave the soil alone. My summary: weed it and you will have weeds. To get the real technique (could it be that simple?), this very caring horticulturist has a thorough yet simple e-book and 12 detailed demonstration videos priced as a give-away bargain basement set. … another installment on another day. What would you like to hear about, to do with organic vegetable gardening? Spring will soon be upon us, in the northern hemisphere. Don't miss out!
Let's keep our eye on the objective here! Organic gardening requires a bit of determination and persistence to start but your organic garden will perpetuate itself many times over (if you follow the advice given at www.OrganicFoodForLess.info) from the work you do once. While embarking on this path with planning the garden and PLANTING the garden, I found myself reminiscing a bit - about the taste of a raw mild onion! Has this ever happened to you? ...perhaps with a trowel in hand - suddenly many miles away and many years ago - in this case being transported by a taste of a mild onion - a wild grown shallot I discovered while walking home at about age 10. At that time I wanted the whole world to know how ecstatic and transporting this experience was and at the same time I made a firm agreement with the small patch of onions: I will go on home now (after only two of these transcendental onions) but you (the onions remaining in the patch) will be here the next time I walk home this way and we will continue this relationship. There were a few times while growing up and leaving home that I wondered where these magical onions went to, but mostly I left this experience behind. Now - with the gardening tips of this horticulturist, I can re-unite myself with this wonderful world! And on the raw food diet, I can enjoy the essence of each vegetable. Organic vegetable gardening allows us to transfer plant life and survival value to those of us who nurture these wonderful organic vegetables and bring them to our table. Perhaps you (my fellow organic gardening friend) and I will meet and talk of famous celery stalks or the radish hall of fame... Blog entries are invited here, whether or not you are taking this guru's extremely detailed and well laid out advice (at almost no cost to you right now before he starts pricing it according to its true value) as described in www.organicfoodforless.info. I do invite you to use his wisdom and experience and love for organic gardening. Click here to get the flavor...
My particular interest is the raw food diet. This has drawn me to find that if I am patient and willing to learn 'new tricks', I can grow and eat the very best organic vegetables - enough to feed my family! I writing this blog to refer you to the expert horticulturist and to hear what you DO with this once you get his information. At my house, our monthly food budget runs around 1800 USD. Pretty outrageous! I am saving money without compromising any of the top quality organic vegetables we can safely and easily grow at home. Now IS the time for planning the garden. If you are just starting out, you are very fortunate. A 20 year expert horticulturist and scientist has made available his two e-books and 12 detailed videos of each step! Visit http://www.organicfoodforless.info; he is giving away the farm. For instance, find answers: How to garden - specifics from a REAL PRO How much space do you need to start gardening delicious organic vegetables? What tools and accessories are needed for gardening vegetables in your own back yard? Do you need a container? Will raised bed gardening work for me? Will my organic garden be easy to maintain? In my vegetables garden, will I grow enough to replace my shopping list? Should I do my garden planting in February? What is the best growing season? What gardening tips show me how to grow the best vegetables? What is special about organic growing? Even if you are experienced in gardening, take a look at what this amazing horticulturist brings to the table (literally) at http://www.OrganicFoodForLess.info. Once you hear what he can do for you, you will jump on it too. It is the best way to save money and build health at the same time. Use this blog as a 'safe-haven' once you get started using this expert's proven but not yet mainstream techniques. Right now he is practically giving his wisdom away. Whether or not you are a raw food person, it all starts out raw. Salads from the garden on a raw food diet can have enough variety to be interesting. Raw is optimum health-wise but some cooked recipes bring heaven to earth in the form of taste. Veggies from the garden on a raw food diet can be transformed into fresh vegetable juice. You can vary these tremendously depending on what is growing in the garden at the time. Before we set the table, we have some things to do to grow the garden.
