Begining Your Organic Food Garden (9)
AND COTTON SEED!.....then your garden smells like fried chicken!
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Very interesting thread! 
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Organic must be having an impact on industrialised agriculture. Heard an Iowa Farm Bureau ad today on the radio making the claim that organic produced only half as much yield as conventional and if all agriculture around the world was organic that 10,000,000 acres of forest would need to be cleared to feed everyone.
Studies by some of the Land Grant Universities and Practical Farmers of Iowa(PFI) show yield reduction on long term organically farmed acres is, on average, no more than 20% less on crops such as corn and soybeans and in a number of instances, such as produce, was actually more with organic than conventional. Studies have also shown that digestable nutrients in organically grown corn and soybeans are generally higher than conventionally grown.
Therefore, it is curious that Farm Bureau put out the information and who encouraged(paid) them to do it.
Studies by some of the Land Grant Universities and Practical Farmers of Iowa(PFI) show yield reduction on long term organically farmed acres is, on average, no more than 20% less on crops such as corn and soybeans and in a number of instances, such as produce, was actually more with organic than conventional. Studies have also shown that digestable nutrients in organically grown corn and soybeans are generally higher than conventionally grown.
Therefore, it is curious that Farm Bureau put out the information and who encouraged(paid) them to do it.
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toranoga: Organic must be having an impact on industrialised agriculture. Heard an Iowa Farm Bureau ad today on the radio making the claim that organic produced only half as much yield as conventional and if all agriculture around the world was organic that 10,000,000 acres of forest would need to be cleared to feed everyone.
Studies by some of the Land Grant Universities and Practical Farmers of Iowa(PFI) show yield reduction on long term organically farmed acres is, on average, no more than 20% less on crops such as corn and soybeans and in a number of instances, such as produce, was actually more with organic than conventional. Studies have also shown that digestable nutrients in organically grown corn and soybeans are generally higher than conventionally grown.
Therefore, it is curious that Farm Bureau put out the information and who encouraged(paid) them to do it.
Studies by some of the Land Grant Universities and Practical Farmers of Iowa(PFI) show yield reduction on long term organically farmed acres is, on average, no more than 20% less on crops such as corn and soybeans and in a number of instances, such as produce, was actually more with organic than conventional. Studies have also shown that digestable nutrients in organically grown corn and soybeans are generally higher than conventionally grown.
Therefore, it is curious that Farm Bureau put out the information and who encouraged(paid) them to do it.
She is not talking about mass production, only the home gardener.
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i would LOVE to have a garden, but i live in a condo. i shop organic though.
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Organic gardens are the only way to go.... My compost is getting might deep... can't wait to spread it. My garden is going to be huge this year. I can therefore I can.
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buzzy: She is not talking about mass production, only the home gardener.
Brilliant deduction! Whatever big ag does can affect the home gardner, such as HR875 that we have discussed on here before and I was merely pointing out that the commercial was errily similar to the contents of that bill.
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The home gardener chooses to grow organically so his plants can feed on nutrient-rich, natural soil instead of artificial fertilizers, and he declines to play the fool by spraying poison on his food.
Site: The plants require a reasonably level site with minimum six hours' sunshine, access to water, and soil conditions that allow for deep-dug compost beds. Choose a spot that is protected from strong winds, away from trees and large sun- and water-hogging bushes. Southeast of the house is best, due south next best, east is third best; forget west and north. In southern and southwest areas of the U.S. be sure to provide 50% or so shade protection during summer months.
When the world wearies, and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden. - Minnie Aumonier
Soil: Gardening is like good parenting: you think first always in terms of meeting the needs of the garden. You take care of the soil, the soil provides for the plants, the plants produce food for you. So the three most important things in gardening are: Soil; soil, and soil.
In most areas there are three types: clay, sand and humus. It is good to have a mixture favoring humus, but in any case your soil will improve with compost. Be an extremist here; composting cannot be overdone. No need for home gardeners to test for pH. As a general rule, whatever the problem or deficiency of your soil, lots of compost will fix it.
Compost: The organic gardener is not troubled with poor soil, because wherever he is, he makes his own. There is no soil that cannot be improved by composting.
There are many compost "recipes", but providing your garden with sufficient compost is not mysterious, complicated, nor work-intensive.
Layer a few inches of each: topsoil (humus), greens (grass clippings, raw vegetable kitchen scraps, leaves), manure (horse, cow, chicken, never dog or cat). No meat. Keep the pile moist but not wet, and aerate it by mixing (turning) it every few days. After a few weeks (composting is not an exact science) it will be ready to spade into your garden soil, or fill up garden beds, and/or use as mulch.
Behold this compost! Behold it well ...! It grows such sweet things out of such corruptions. - Walt Whitman
Mulch: Mulch is compost-type material used to cover the soil's surface after the plants have started. Other than compost, mulch is by far the best friend and work saver a gardener ever had, far better than any $1500 tiller. Apply two or so inches of grass clippings, peat moss, leaves, chipped Xmas trees, bark, pine needles, the list is nearly endless. People even use newspapers, old carpets and flagstone, but these do not feed nutrients to the soil as do the above.