Planting an organic garden with mulch for yummy pesto.

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!

We are eating out of our organic garden

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.

Useful, surprising, powerful organic gardening hints, tricks, tips, secrets and insights

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.

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.

G.D., Ventura, California

Organic Gardening with Mulch in a Wet Climate

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.

A self-perpetuating organic garden

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.

See for yourself at http://www.organicfoodforless.info

Good food in your back yard

Emergency Preparedness

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).

http://www.sunset.com/travel/most-innovative-cities-00400000064623/page6.html"

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!"