[GraceG]

I am considering planting some things like choke cherries and fruit trees in my backyard.

[gorush]

We are avid gardeners but this article made me realize that I don’t have the organic certification course... at the University of Richmond’s School of Professional and Continuing Studies. I feel so ignorant.

[wideawake]

Unless you live in a state with no frost, you’ll need to do a lot of canning to have those vegetables year round.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

[moovova]

Ping for later. Thanks.

[Ouderkirk]

I little Miracle Grow doesn’t hurt either....

[Utilizer]

On the one hand, I appreciate stories such as this because I would like to grow a nice garden with lots of fresh fruits and veggies. On the other hand, they all seem to devolve into another tale of how you need to take months and even years of college courses for you to be successful at it. Some of us are just too disabled to travel very far to take any classes, not to mention being too poor to afford Higher-Education instruction.

I wish someone would set up a website where articles and instructions for example could be presented for general useage so that everyone might be able to do such things. Especially help for different people in different climates, instead of assuming that everyone lives in the middle of a large area of fertile and freely available land.

The closest I have come to is the Geoff Lawton series, as long as you can get past his almost hippie-esque attitude. He at least presents vids that show possibilities for differing climates with already-done examples. What I am looking for though is more specific instructions as well as help from others who have already had experience with similar climates of people who are trying to successfully grow things as well.

[Arthur McGowan]

I first heard of “intensive gardening” in 1975.

The recipe was simple. Dig down one foot. Throw in coffee grounds and eggshells. Plant stuff.

[DNME]

I think there’s a lot of wiggle room between full organic and the Monster of Monsanto.

A little MiracleGro now and then does not make food inedible, IMHO. I’ll use compost and “friendly” bugs as much as possible, and my resident toad is an honored guest in my garden, but I’m not shy about using a fungicide when powdery mildew appears, or a pinch of magic dust to knock down a bad infestation of assorted flying pests.

Organic is nice. Yup, it sure is. But the bugs do not win. Ever.

[Organic Panic]

Here in North Idaho there isn’t a long growing season. My place in Hawaii things get rotten easy.

I found a book called “Square Foot Gardening” at the thrift store. I highly suggest this method. It works great and can be planned out to maximize yield. The small 4x4 beds are easy to protect and maintain.

[aquila48]

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