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Re: *organic* SFG?

I started gardening about 10-12 years ago, and have always gardened using raised beds, and organically.  I didn't plan to do either.  The small raised beds (accidentally about a foot square) each were the result of awful soil, not much room, not much lumber and not much knowledge.  Organic gardening just seemed "right" to me.  The first gardening I ever did involved breaking up the soil with a pickax (yep, it was that hard) and throwing all the dead leaves I could into the hole.  Again, it just seemed "right."  Chemicals never did.  I kept up with the raised beds and the organic gardening after learning more and more about soil structure and the effect of chemicals on me.  I wouldn't consider any other way.

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From:   Unlisted[SMTP:THYME@OREGON.UOREGON.EDU]
Sent:   Monday, April 14, 1997 12:35 PM
To:     Multiple recipients of list SQFT
Subject:        *organic* SFG?

okay, time to stir things up...

anyone else out there choose to garden their SFG's organically?  i'm not a
screaming fanatic (and have been awfully tempted by the boxes of fertilizer
when things start yellowing a bit) but i prefer to garden as organically as
possible.  funny thing is is that i'm a chemist...i guess i've just learned
that there is an appropriate use for chemicals, and i feel it's *not* on my
foods.

BTW-  i've been playing around with my compost pile alot lately, and you know
what i "discovered" which should speed things up...i threw all my w/e supply of
kitchen scraps in the blender, pureed with some water, and poured it over my
compost pile.  first, this  reduced the volume of scraps significantl;y (more
room left in the compost pile).  second, it's definately maximizing the surface
area of the scraps for easy decomposition (BTW:orange and banana peels were
pulverized in no time!!).  anyone else ever do this???  i would think it would
lend itself really well to worm bins (which i haven't gotten around to trying
yet)

i'd like to hear all of your comments on these two things...


thyme

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