ORGANIC GARDENING Created by: Brigitte Zettl For: Crown Valley Organics.

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ORGANIC GARDENING Created by: Brigitte Zettl For: Crown Valley Organics

What is Organic?  No Synthetic Chemicals  No Genetically Modified Organisms  Certified by the USDA

Health Reasons  Higher Nutritional Value  Organophosphates & Cancer  Hormone Balance  Intelligence & I.Q.  Long Term Effects?

Environmental Reasons  Water Supply Nitrification  Broad Spectrum Killers  Super Pests  Genetic Corruption

Social & Ethical Reasons  AgriCULTURE  Machines take the place of people  Ownership of Organisms?

The 4 P’s  Planning  Preparation  Planting  Pest Management

Planning  Placement  Family Needs Assessment  Records  Timing And…

Crop Rotation  Root = Potassium  Fruit = Phosphorus  Leaf = Nitrogen  Legume = N Fixing

Macronutritents  Nitrogen – Fish Emulsion, Manure  Phosphorus – Bone Meal  Potassium – Ash, Seaweed  Calcium – Lime, increases pH  Magnesium – Epsom Salts  Sulfur – decreases pH

Preparation  Ordering (Tools, Water Source, Fertilizer)  Double Digging  Composting  Research  Starting Seeds

Planting  Start with a Healthy Plant!  Space Correctly  Break up the root ball  Plant at the correct depth

Pest Management

Recommended Reading  Rodale’s Organic Gardening  The Sustainable Vegetable Gardener by Jeavons  Burpee’s Organic Vegetable & Herb Gardening  Permaculture: A Designers Manual by Mollison  What’s Wrong With My Plant & How Do I Fix It?