Organic Vegetable Garden Blog

Hello Organic Vegetable Garden enthusiast! Welcome to the Veggie Patch Blog.

This is the place to keep up to date with all the new info, hints and tips direct from the veggie patch...

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Raising Chickens, Raising Baby Chickens, Free Range Eggs

Raising Chickens in your backyard is a fantastic addition to your organic vegetable garden. Free range eggs really do taste the best. I have some great info for you.

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Companion Planting - too much bother?

It can be for sure! But it doesn't need to be.

Companion Planting can be great for your garden - helping plants to grow, keeping bugs away, feeding the soil. Yes, there are many good reasons to learn a bit more about this handy garden idea.

My first tip is to print a list - here's mine: Companion Planting List.

Tip 2: Plan your garden beds - draw them up and write down what you'd like to plant in them each season (write the plants on sticky notes so you can move them around the beds). Check against your companion planting list and move if need.

Tip 3: Plant some flowers - great to attract good bugs and bees to the garden and they'll look good too! Marigolds and nasturtiums are great.

Tip 4: Keep plants like cabbages that attract a lot of bugs away from your other plants if you can, then you can focus on those without the bugs affecting all of your garden.

Tip 5: Rotate your plants each season and let the beds have a rest (rest one bed per season if you can). Your soil will thank you.

Happy planting (it's not hard, I promise :)

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Growing Garlic and add some homegrown flavour to cooking

Growing garlic is pretty easy. Garlic is truly one of the most useful little additions to your cooking (or your garlic bread :)

Garlic purchased from the store can be bleached (it's not meant to be white!) so avoid the chemicals and grow your own.

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Organic Garden Soil, Vegetable Garden Soil

Having healthy,organic garden soil is a must for your organic vegetable garden. I'll share some ideas to help you get your soil in tip top shape.

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Growing Tomatoes, Nightshade Plants, Vertical Gardening

Growing Tomatoes is a must have for any Organic Vegetable Garden, easy to grow and so many different varieties!

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Raised Bed Gardening, is this for you?

I'm a Raised Bed Gardening fan. I've just dug out some last season plants and I must say, I love my raised garden beds. They are so easy to dig in and easy to weed.

I have about 7 raised beds now (they seem to multiply!) all of various shapes, materials and sizes.

You really only need a low bed ie one timber sleeper high to make it easier to dig in the soil. However, the higher the easier on your back. So think about the height you'd like to work at before you make your final decision.

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Community Gardens Story, totally Inspiration!

Totally inspirational story about Katie's Krops. This is a great story, I love community garden ideas but this is even better.

Imagine not only helping to feed others but to supply these people with fresh, healthy produce straight from the garden.

Oh and did I mention Katie is only 13!

Viewing Everyday Health TV on Saturday 1 October 2011, make sure you tune in, I will be :)

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Vegetable gardening tip for peas and more peas

My neighbour called in the other day and gave me a vegetable gardening tip for my pea patch.

He's a farmer so he's used to growing paddocks of peas. I asked why a few of my plants were a bit yellow, he said too much water.

Apparently peas need to stress a little bit. So don't over water them and you should have a healthy crop of peas :)

The kids are loving picking and eating peas straight from the garden. Plant lots and freeze any not eaten. Wondering if I'll have any left to freeze!

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Vegetable Gardening Tips, Organic Gardening Tips

Lots of Organic Vegetable Gardening Tips to help create an even better organic veggie patch

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Weed and Feed the veggie patch

Which plant can I get to keep the weeds out of Veggie Patch. At the same time feed the patch. --- Thanks for your question Michael. Some tips to weed

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Raised Bed Gardening, No Dig Garden, Lasagne Gardening

Raised Bed Gardening can make your Organic Vegetable Gardening easier and more successful

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Growing Strawberries

Add a sweet touch to your Veggie Patch by Growing Strawberries... Then dip them in chocolate and enjoy!

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vine borer revenge!

This year I've had some issues with my squash, I thought it was a disease rotting my vines when infact it was bugs! these squash vine borers attacked my

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Organic Gardening Compost, Mushroom Compost, Weed Tea Compost

Organic Gardening Compost! How to make Compost for your Organic Vegetable Garden? Well, let me share some great compost ideas with you.

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Winter Vegetable Garden

This is what's happening in our veggie patch this week. It's winter here and it gets very very cold at night, we've had lots of frosts this year. Only

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