My Eco-Organic Garden: Some Facts on the Food4Wealth Program

Thanks for following my Eco-Organic Garden project!! The Food4Wealth method by Jonathan White  is the method I’m using, so I thought it might be nice to share a little more about the program itself while organizing my photos and thoughts on the actual gardening experience.  Is it Really Worth the Money? Food4Wealth claims you can save $5000 per [...]

Composting – It Can Save You Money!

For many people, composting is just an alternative way of dealing with rubbish.  It prevents the garbage bin from getting full and smelly.  It’s also a way of disposing of grass clippings and leaves, which saves many trips to the garbage depot.  Whilst these things are valid, they are not giving compost the full credibility [...]

The Ecological Garden Method of Growing Food

When we think of organic gardening and permaculture we tend to conjure up images of leathery-skinned bearded warriors who dedicate their lives to working long days in their vegetable plots.  Whilst this may be a wonderful way to live your life, it doesn’t suit the average suburbanite with a full-time job and a hefty mortgage.  [...]

Ecological Vegetable Gardening

Ecological Gardening A high yielding, low maintenance vegetable gardening that’s perfect for our modern-day lifestyle. When we think of organic gardening and permaculture we tend to conjure up images of bearded warriors dressed in overalls who dedicate their lives to working long days in their vegetable plots.  Whilst this may be a wonderful way to [...]

My Eco-Organic Garden: Building the Frame

Thanks for following my Eco-Organic Garden Project!!  This article about building the frame for the garden. The size and shape of the Food4Wealth plot is important, and it is best to use a frame to contain the organic materials needed to start the plot.   All of this is explained in the program, Food4Wealth. Go back [...]

How to Restore Our Basic Life-Supporting Systems: Water, Air and Soil

The breakdown of our food growing systems poses one of the biggest threats to our survival.  Our existence depends upon our agricultural systems, but what do our agricultural systems depend on?  The answer: water, air and soil.  These basic elements support all life-forms and without them, life as we know it cannot be sustained.   In [...]

ECO-Organic Vegetable Gardening – Is it Magic?

We all know how much hard work there is in growing vegetables – digging, weeding, crop rotation, watering, fertilizing, planting winter crops, resting beds, spraying pests and weeds – the list goes on and on.  So imagine a vegetable garden that didn’t need any of these things.  Imagine a garden that never had pests, never [...]

My Eco-Organic Garden: Choosing the Site

Thanks for stopping by to check out my eco-organic gardening project!   I live in Nashville, Tennessee, and my garden will be customized for the climate in this location.   I’ll be posting as I go along, so if you’d like to see how it goes please feel free to follow or check back soon!!  The posts will be entitled “My Eco Organic Garden:”, [...]

Ecological Gardening – What is It?

The term Ecological Gardening seems to be gaining popularity.  But what is it?  My experience with Ecological Gardening started many years ago.  You see, I have always been a fence sitter.  As a teenager I could never make my mind up whether I wanted to be a horticulturist or an environmental scientist.  And sometimes I’m [...]

The Problem with Traditional Vegetable Gardening?

Traditional vegetable gardens require an enormous amount of hard work and attention – weeding, feeding and strict planting schedules. There is also the problem of seasonality, allowing beds to rest during the cooler months producing nothing at all. Then we are told to plant green manure crops, add inorganic fertilizers and chemicals to adjust imbalanced [...]

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