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Organic Gardening & Farming
The foothills of mountains are suitable for cultivating paddy, maize, barley, buckwheat etc. In addition to this potato, cauliflower, cabbage, beans and low temperate fruits are also cultivated in the region. Paddy, wheat, maize, millet, barley, buckwheat are the major cereal crops cultivated in hills.
Hills and mountains, on account of their higher altitude, are usually cooler compared to the plains (this applies mainly for fruit growing regions in the tropical and subtropical latitudes). Such cool climates may be suitable for fruits such as subtropical and temperate fruits such as berries, plums etc.
It is a frustrating fact that late-spring frosts often nip fruit tree blossoms, damaging buds and preventing fruit set. Cultivars of apple, plum, and sour cherry trees, which have a habit of later flowering, can produce satisfying harvests.
Plums are among the hardiest of fruit trees. 'Stanley' is a self-pollinating, dwarf plum that grows just 8-10 feet tall. Fragrant and showy white blooms add to its ornamental value in spring. The sweet, dark purple prune-plums ripen in early September. Gardeners on the northern plains of Montana favor 'Pipestone', a hardy, bush-type plum hybrid.
Because it blooms late, the 'Haralson' apple is a reliable favorite. Trees are moderately resistant to fire blight (a bacterial disease) and very hardy. Expect to harvest juicy, crisp, red apples in September and early October. Fans of yellow apples should plant 'Honeygold'¿ a late-season, cold-tolerant cultivar.
Perfect for pie, tart and tangy 'Montmorency' cherries are ready for picking in early July. Plant one self- pollinating tree in full sun, in Zones 4-8. The cloud of ornamental white blossoms in April precedes dark green foliage and bright red fruit.
Organic Gardening
The concept of organic gardening is easy to understand: Avoid the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides in your garden. That way, you can enjoy the tasty organic fruits and vegetables you grow, worry-free. Start your own organic garden with our helpful tips!
Benefits and Tips
Relying on environmentally friendly ways to garden is a win-win. You get delicious, chemical-free food, and Mother Nature gets the respect (and protection) she deserves. Best of all, going organic in your garden is an easy process.
The increased popularity of eating organic produce is driving interest in planting an organic garden. Those backyard gardens give peace of mind that our families are eating chemical-free vegetables. Although there are some challenges associated with organic gardening, our tips will ensure your success.
One of the first things you might wonder is what do with all your old pesticides and fertilizers. Take unwanted chemicals to a local hazardous waste disposal site, where they can be disposed of without danger to you or the environment. Never pour products down a drain, toilet, or storm sewer—they can contaminate groundwater—and don't recycle the containers that held the chemicals.
Gardening Tips
Sustainable gardening uses resources in a smart and ecologically-minded way. The happy result of gardening this way means you'll have less waste, use fewer chemicals, and overall, gardening will cost less. Put these gardening practices
Organic Pest Control Solutions
Protect your flower and vegetable gardens from pests and diseases with organic insecticides and pesticides. Learn how to control garden pests organically so you protect the environment while you make sure you get the best harvest.
By Paul Krantz Updated: March 26, 2019
No garden is totally free of pests and diseases. Fungal infections, caterpillars, beetles, dogs, deer—the list of potential predators seems endless. But you can minimize their damage by using organic pest control.
What is organic pest control? It is a method of protecting your garden against disease and predators without synthetic chemical products. In some cases, you can get rid of problems before they arise by simply switching to organic gardening.
These basic organic gardening tips will help protect against the most common crises that arise in both vegetable and flower gardens.
How to Make Compost
Learn how to make your own compost and get tips on how to use compost so you can enjoy the benefits of "black gold" in your garden.
By BH&G Garden Editors Updated: January 07, 2019
Some common misconceptions of home composting are that it's too complicated, it'll smell funny, and that it's messy. These are all true if you compost the wrong way. Composting the right way is a very simple approach: Simply layer organic materials and a dash of soil to create a concoction that turns into humus (the best soil builder around!). You can then improve your flower garden with compost, top dress your lawn, feed your growing veggies, and more.
Step 1: Combine Green and Brown Materials
To make your own hot-compost heap, wait until you have enough materials to make a pile at least 3 feet deep. You are going to want to combine your wet, green items with your dry, brown items. Start building your organic compost pile, alternating brown and green items. If your compost pile looks too wet and smells, add more brown items. If you see it looks extremely brown and dry, add green items and water to make it slightly moist.
Step 3: Stir Up Your Pile
During the growing season, you should provide the pile with oxygen by turning it once a week with a garden fork. The best time to turn the compost is when the center of the pile feels warm or when a thermometer reads between 130 and 150 degrees F. Stirring up the pile will help it cook faster and prevents material from becoming matted down and developing an odor. At this point, the layers have served their purpose of creating equal amounts of green and brown materials throughout the pile, so stir thoroughly.
Step 4: Feed Your Garden
When the compost no longer gives off heat and becomes dry, brown, and crumbly, it's fully cooked and ready to feed to the garden. Add about 4 to 6 inches of compost to your flower beds and into your pots at the beginning of each planting season.
Some gardeners make what's known as compost tea with some of their finished compost. This involves allowing fully formed compost to "steep" in water for several days, then straining it to use as a homemade liquid fertilizer.
With just a few kitchen scraps and some patience, you'll have the happiest garden possible.
Organic Gardening & Farming
The foothills of mountains are suitable for cultivating paddy, maize, barley, buckwheat etc. In addition to this potato, cauliflower, cabbage, beans and low temperate fruits are also cultivated in the region. Paddy, wheat, maize, millet, barley, buckwheat are the major cereal crops cultivated in hills.
Hills and mountains, on account of their higher altitude, are usually cooler compared to the plains (this applies mainly for fruit growing regions in the tropical and subtropical latitudes). Such cool climates may be suitable for fruits such as subtropical and temperate fruits such as berries, plums etc.
It is a frustrating fact that late-spring frosts often nip fruit tree blossoms, damaging buds and preventing fruit set. Cultivars of apple, plum, and sour cherry trees, which have a habit of later flowering, can produce satisfying harvests.
Plums are among the hardiest of fruit trees. 'Stanley' is a self-pollinating, dwarf plum that grows just 8-10 feet tall. Fragrant and showy white blooms add to its ornamental value in spring. The sweet, dark purple prune-plums ripen in early September. Gardeners on the northern plains of Montana favor 'Pipestone', a hardy, bush-type plum hybrid.
Because it blooms late, the 'Haralson' apple is a reliable favorite. Trees are moderately resistant to fire blight (a bacterial disease) and very hardy. Expect to harvest juicy, crisp, red apples in September and early October. Fans of yellow apples should plant 'Honeygold'¿ a late-season, cold-tolerant cultivar.
Perfect for pie, tart and tangy 'Montmorency' cherries are ready for picking in early July. Plant one self- pollinating tree in full sun, in Zones 4-8. The cloud of ornamental white blossoms in April precedes dark green foliage and bright red fruit.
Organic Gardening
The concept of organic gardening is easy to understand: Avoid the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides in your garden. That way, you can enjoy the tasty organic fruits and vegetables you grow, worry-free. Start your own organic garden with our helpful tips!
Benefits and Tips
Relying on environmentally friendly ways to garden is a win-win. You get delicious, chemical-free food, and Mother Nature gets the respect (and protection) she deserves. Best of all, going organic in your garden is an easy process.
The increased popularity of eating organic produce is driving interest in planting an organic garden. Those backyard gardens give peace of mind that our families are eating chemical-free vegetables. Although there are some challenges associated with organic gardening, our tips will ensure your success.
One of the first things you might wonder is what do with all your old pesticides and fertilizers. Take unwanted chemicals to a local hazardous waste disposal site, where they can be disposed of without danger to you or the environment. Never pour products down a drain, toilet, or storm sewer—they can contaminate groundwater—and don't recycle the containers that held the chemicals.
Gardening Tips
Sustainable gardening uses resources in a smart and ecologically-minded way. The happy result of gardening this way means you'll have less waste, use fewer chemicals, and overall, gardening will cost less. Put these gardening practices
Organic Pest Control Solutions
Protect your flower and vegetable gardens from pests and diseases with organic insecticides and pesticides. Learn how to control garden pests organically so you protect the environment while you make sure you get the best harvest.
By Paul Krantz Updated: March 26, 2019
No garden is totally free of pests and diseases. Fungal infections, caterpillars, beetles, dogs, deer—the list of potential predators seems endless. But you can minimize their damage by using organic pest control.
What is organic pest control? It is a method of protecting your garden against disease and predators without synthetic chemical products. In some cases, you can get rid of problems before they arise by simply switching to organic gardening.
These basic organic gardening tips will help protect against the most common crises that arise in both vegetable and flower gardens.
How to Make Compost
Learn how to make your own compost and get tips on how to use compost so you can enjoy the benefits of "black gold" in your garden.
By BH&G Garden Editors Updated: January 07, 2019
Some common misconceptions of home composting are that it's too complicated, it'll smell funny, and that it's messy. These are all true if you compost the wrong way. Composting the right way is a very simple approach: Simply layer organic materials and a dash of soil to create a concoction that turns into humus (the best soil builder around!). You can then improve your flower garden with compost, top dress your lawn, feed your growing veggies, and more.
Step 1: Combine Green and Brown Materials
To make your own hot-compost heap, wait until you have enough materials to make a pile at least 3 feet deep. You are going to want to combine your wet, green items with your dry, brown items. Start building your organic compost pile, alternating brown and green items. If your compost pile looks too wet and smells, add more brown items. If you see it looks extremely brown and dry, add green items and water to make it slightly moist.
Step 2: Water Your Pile
Sprinkle water over the pile regularly so it has the consistency of a damp sponge. Don't add too much water, otherwise the microorganisms in your pile will become waterlogged and drown. If this happens, your pile will rot instead of compost. Monitor the temperature of your pile with a thermometer to be sure the materials are properly decomposing. Or, simply reach into the middle of pile with your hand. Your compost pile should feel warm.
Sprinkle water over the pile regularly so it has the consistency of a damp sponge. Don't add too much water, otherwise the microorganisms in your pile will become waterlogged and drown. If this happens, your pile will rot instead of compost. Monitor the temperature of your pile with a thermometer to be sure the materials are properly decomposing. Or, simply reach into the middle of pile with your hand. Your compost pile should feel warm.
Step 3: Stir Up Your Pile
During the growing season, you should provide the pile with oxygen by turning it once a week with a garden fork. The best time to turn the compost is when the center of the pile feels warm or when a thermometer reads between 130 and 150 degrees F. Stirring up the pile will help it cook faster and prevents material from becoming matted down and developing an odor. At this point, the layers have served their purpose of creating equal amounts of green and brown materials throughout the pile, so stir thoroughly.
Step 4: Feed Your Garden
When the compost no longer gives off heat and becomes dry, brown, and crumbly, it's fully cooked and ready to feed to the garden. Add about 4 to 6 inches of compost to your flower beds and into your pots at the beginning of each planting season.
Some gardeners make what's known as compost tea with some of their finished compost. This involves allowing fully formed compost to "steep" in water for several days, then straining it to use as a homemade liquid fertilizer.
With just a few kitchen scraps and some patience, you'll have the happiest garden possible.
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