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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. Pest Management

13. 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?