Beginners

You probably realize already how much healthier sustainable organic gardening can be, but here is a book that will show you how to get started. There might even be a few tips that the experts haven’t heard yet.

As you’ll see, Julie makes a big point of building the soil, not fertilizing the plants directly. So you won’t be surprised to see that my next two resources (see top menu) do just that.

Julie’s 103 page Step-By-Step Gardening Manual For Beginners To Learn How To Grow Their Own Healthy, Organic Food – Saving Money & Eating Chemical Free is a great introduction to the subject. Of course, there’s always more to learn. For instance, conditions in your continent may not be the same as in the next continent over, so you’ll expect some local differences, which you learn by experience.

You’ll find some great bonuses with this just-released revised edition of the E-manual(2010).

Here are some of the goodies inside her book:

• Your very best area to grow your veggies (pgs 6-8)
• How to build up healthy, fertile soil without costing a fortune (pgs 14-19)
• How to feed your soil – the organic ways
• How to create an easy, ‘no-dig’ veggie plot (pgs 32-35)
• Massive savings by learning how to grow food from seeds (15 page bonus)
• 9 Essential tips to successfully transplanting your seedlings  (pgs 38-40)
• WARNING: avoid killing your established plants when moving them
• Tips for the most effective watering (pgs 43-44)
• Why mulching is a must in every organic garden (pg45 reveals all)
• 5 easy ways to keep your garden weed free (pg 48)
• How to slash your food bill in half, feeling healthy and energized
• The 7 crucial ingredients to making great compost (pgs 23-25)
• What never to put into your compost; don’t end up with a sticky, stinky mess
• How to make your own organic liquid fertilizers, saving $$’s (pg 50-51)
• Natural ways to protect your plants from pests and disease (pgs 52-56)
• Top 10 easiest veggies to grow (pgs 57-64)
• Secrets to growing lush, healthy herbs (pgs 65-68)
• Why to include perennial vegetables (pg 69-71)
• What you must do to grow your food if space is limited (pg 77)
• How much to plant for your family’s needs (pgs 72-76)

Do you notice that there is no mention of poisonous pesticides? Pests don’t like the same things that we do, they prefer sick plants, and they prefer weeds. So once your vegetables are healthy, you don’t care if the pests swarm around the weeds.

Some leaves may be insect-eaten.  Are holes poisonous? Of course not! Pesticides to prevent holes are poisonous so don’t take a chance on eating them.  Follow this
sustainable agriculture gardening guide instead.

Further reading about Natural Organic Gardening

• You can’t go past the granddaddy of them all. These people were encouraging Organic Gardening half a century ago.
• Natural Organic Gardening Information that Works and Saves Money. These have been going for more than ten years.