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Old 07-06-2017, 02:37 PM posted to rec.gardens.edible
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Default Looking to start organic gardening, help

compo77 wrote:

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As you guys can see from the title I am looking into getting some edible
organic fruits and vegs on the go. I'm not much of a gardener and this
will be my first attempt so I thought it was best to find some
information before jumping into the compost.

I have read online that the best compost is your own compost made out of
dead leaves, twigs and veg peels. So it makes sense if my first step was
to make some compost but how do you go about doing it?? I understand so
far the above and that you have to mix it with soil and water then leave
it for a few moths, before you know it you have compost. There must be
more to it than this?? any help would be greatly appreciated.


selecting a garden space and getting it ready.
what is your garden soil like? how is the drainage
and light? how will you control wildlife? almost
all animals seem to find garden's tasty. will you
need a wind block? irrigation?

compost can be added later. for most new gardens
in decent soil you may not need any additional
nutrients the first season.


So, once I have my compost, what would be the best veggies to grow in
September in England? It will be getting rather cold so they will have
to be winter veggies?. Even know it's not really a veg I thought that
potatoes seem to be an easy start? but really I want things like
tomatoes, eggplant, chilies and things like this.


it will likely be too late for the warm
weather crops if you wait a month or more to
put them in. is your garden area ready for
planting now? get the plants and get them
planted. use the spacing recommended on the
tag (often it is a good idea to read the tags
before you plan where to put things so you
don't crowd things).

i'm not a potato expert at all. i don't
know what their season is like. this will
be the first time in many years we've put
in potatoes.


Really looking forward to speaking with you guys and getting my small
organic garden started! All help really appreciated.




i've been organic gardening since i moved
in here and it's been going pretty well. my
climate is somewhat different than the uk's,
but i'm still in a cool climate (so we are
just now putting in the warm weather crops)
our last frost was a few weeks ago.


songbird