I know if you want to sell produce from your garden and have it be listed as
organically grown you have to go through your states certification process.
Here in Florida I think that means that you have to practice organic
gardening practices for a minimun of 3 years before you can even apply to be
certified organic.

Way too much trouble and red tape to go through for a small time garden like
I have at the present time. I do practice organic gardening though and let
anyone getting stuff from my garden (mostly neighbors getting herbs) know
that no harmful chemicals or pesticides were used. To fertilize my garden I
use either fish or seaweed emulsion. I have two large compost bins to
recycle most yard and kitchen waste and my husband built me a rainbarrel to
circumvent our nasty filtered well water.

Take care,
Lynn Smythe
e-mail:
website: http://users.adelphia.net/~lynnsmythe

"Todd" wrote in message
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What is the definition of an "Organic" garden? Is it just sans pesticides,
or add only certain things to the garden? And to have an "Organic" garden,
is there a certification?

I live in the Salt Lake City, Utah area. Zone 6. . . I think.
Thanks,
Todd


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