Some people may think this idea absurd. "I live in the city with a small backyard. What can I do?"Actually, it's not as crazy as it seems, because you can start small and expand as your confidence grows.
Organic Gardening Magazine has a wealth of resources and a search function to find articles on a variety of topics. Some other options:
- Window Box Organic Gardening -- Perfect for growing organic herbs.
- CreativeHomemaking.com explains how to set up an indoor organic herb garden.
- eHow.com gives step-by-step instructions for setting up a hanging windowbox outside your kitchen window.
- eHow.com also offers easy instructions for planting a herb pot.
- Savvy-Cafe.com emphasizes the importance of organic seeds in Why Use Organic Herb Seeds. (Applies to fruits & vegetables, too.)
- An EarthBox Garden Kit provides all you need as a beginner to grow an organic garden indoors. (According to the developer, substitute 3 cups of dry granulated organic fertilizer -- Plant Right, Fertrell, etc. -- for the 2 cups of chemical fertilizer that comes with the kit.)
- Backyard Organic Gardening -- You might think of gardens as requiring lots of land. Wrong! See video below.
- Community Plot Rental Organic Gardening -- If you live in an apartment or have a very small yard around your house, call your city hall and ask about community garden plots. Some communities set aside plots of public land that can be divided up and rented out for small personal gardens.
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VIDEO: Urban Homestead looks at the possibilities for growing organic in the backyard (1/10 acre is planted) of a home in Pasadena, California. The Dervaes family raises a mind-blowing 6000 pounds of food per year. They also use solar panels to generate electricity and reduce their power consumption by 2/3. They've built their own solar oven and shower. And generate their own biodiesel fuel. (TreeHuggerTV)
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