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LIVING THE ORGANIC LIFESTYLE THE ORGANIC ETHOS A LETTER FROM THE EDITOR Healthy Garden, Healthy You why we are what we eat! At Dr. Earth our mission has been clear since day one in 1988 when I conceived this radical idea of “we are what we eat, so we must grow our own food to make sure we know what we are eating.” Living the organic lifestyle is not a fad.
HEALTHY LIVING YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT Healthy Garden IF YOU HAVE YOUR HEALTH YOU HAVE WEALTH Healthy You The simple connection! Everything in every cell of your body was once a biological or elemental part of your environment, originating in the soil, air, and water. You came from the earth. Like all living things, your life is supported by the earth, and one day your physical body will return to the earth.
HEALTHY LIVING YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT IF YOU HAVE YOUR HEALTH YOU HAVE WEALTH Nutrient density is very important All over the planet, human health relates directly to soil health. Healthy, living soil gives life to everything that grows in it and is the main source supplying our plants with the sustenance they need to properly develop into naturally thriving, insect-resistant, nutrient-packed produce.
9 GARDEN BASICS GETTING STARTED TIPS, BASICS & ALL AROUND INFORMATION Healthy and beautiful gardens the pure and natural way! THE KEY TO SUCCESS 3 The key to a healthy garden lies in the soil. The more you can do to keep your soil healthy, the more productive your garden will be and the higher the quality of your crops. Plant Zones – What To Grow Where AVERAGE ANNUAL EXTREME MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 1976-2005 We all dream about the things we would like to have, including healthy and beautiful gardens.
9 GARDEN BASICS GETTING STARTED 6 TIPS, BASICS & ALL AROUND INFORMATION Advantages of growing in raised beds Raised beds make it easier to plant and harvest crops and can be attractive. They also give you control over the composition of the soil. Your home’s previous owners might have contaminated the soil without you knowing it. Adding new soil to a raised bed assures you of its safety.
9 GARDEN BASICS GETTING STARTED 7 TIPS, BASICS & ALL AROUND INFORMATION Perhaps you live in an apartment, have limited space in your yard, or just don’t want to have a full-scale garden. By growing in containers, you can have an abundance of fresh vegetables and herbs just steps from the kitchen. These plants can be attractive and will enhance your patio, deck, or balcony. Nothing tastes better or is more nutritious or flavorful than fruits, vegetables, or herbs harvested minutes before eating.
ANIMAL HEALTH PET SAFETY IN THE GARDEN DESIGNING A PET SAFE GARDEN Why an Organic Garden is Safer for Pets Organic gardening materials (fertilizers, composts and insecticides) pose little health risk to your pets, because they are plant-based or animal-based. Because many of us want to harvest the most produce we can, we may try to completely control all insects, especially when we see pest damage to our crops. Think about the consequences of your actions.
PURE & NATURAL FREE OF CHICKEN MANURE E. coli salmonella PREMIUM GARDEN INGREDIENTS antibiotics & hormones OUT-THINK THE RISK From the dark ages of organic gardening and up to this very day, chicken manure has been a mainstay nutrient source for plants. A quick-acting source of nitrogen, it provides fast results but dissipates quickly – requiring frequent applications to support optimal plant growth.
ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE GROWING TOMATOES TIPS, HEALTH & ALL AROUND INFORMATION How To Grow A Great Tomato ORGANIC VEGETABLES Human Health A great supporter of overall health. Tomatoes have a lot of vitamins C and A, plus beta-carotene and the pigment lycopene, all super antioxidants that help prevent cell damage by free radical oxygen molecules.
ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE COMMON VEGETABLES TIPS, HEALTH & ALL AROUND INFORMATION How To Grow Healthy Kale Human Health Kale is highly nutritious, with large variety of vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients. An ideal, all-in-one vegetable to add to your regular diet. Phytonutrients containing sulfur help activate detoxifying enzymes, which act synergistically to remove potentially toxic/carcinogenic chemicals.
ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE COMMON VEGETABLES TIPS, HEALTH & ALL AROUND INFORMATION How To Grow Peppers Human Health All peppers are a great source of vitamins A and C, which eliminate cell-damaging free radicals. Vitamin A also counters the effects of cigarette smoke, which may help prevent lung conditions such as emphysema. Bell peppers have the B vitamins folate and pyridoxine.
ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE COMMON VEGETABLES TIPS, HEALTH & ALL AROUND INFORMATION KEEPING FOCUSED How To Grow Strawberries Human Health Loaded with Vitamin C. (A single berry can have up to 20 percent of the RDA.) This antioxidant combined with ellagic acid and anthocyanin helps heal wounds faster, strengthens the immune system and helps delay agerelated memory loss. The folate in one serving helps reduce neural tube birth defects and damage to arteries. The fiber helps prevent constipation.
SCIENCE OF THE SOIL HAPPY AND HEALTHY GARDENING UNDERSTANDING GARDEN BIOLOGY The Essence of Healthy Plants FERTILE SOIL If the soil is healthy, common sense tells us, so is the plant that grows in it. If you take multivitamins, exercise and sleep well, you are most likely to be healthy. Soil is similar to people. Fertilizers are the vitamins, wind and rain are the exercise, and sun and shade are the rest.
SCIENCE OF THE SOIL HAPPY AND HEALTHY GARDENING UNDERSTANDING GARDEN BIOLOGY SYNTHETIC PROBLEMS Synthetic chemical fertilizers feed only the plant, giving it a temporary boost, but doing nothing to nurture a healthy soil environment with lasting benefits. Adding petrochemical synthetic fertilizer also drives up the salt index in the soil and changes the pH, which can have adverse effects on plants. If the damage has already been done, you can undo it.
SCIENCE OF THE SOIL UNDERSTANDING GARDEN HAPPY AND HEALTHY GARDENING BIOLOGY FERTILE GROUND Organic fertilizers ensure that your soil remains fertile for hundreds of years. Land located at the site of ancient civilizations, such as India and China, are still fertile, even though agriculture has been practiced there for thousands of years. The fertility is maintained because organic fertilizers were always used in the past.
16 BASIC NUTRIENTS REQUIRED FOR CROP DEVELOPMENT UNDERSTANDING GARDEN BIOLOGY I6 NUTRIENTS PLANTS MUST HAVE Sixteen basic nutrients are required for crop development (plus hundreds more we know are needed in minute amounts). Commercial agriculture tends not to address these trace nutrients. The oversimplified commercial approach is like taking a multivitamin with only an emphasis on vitamin C or calcium. Conventional agriculture tells us that 16 basic nutrients are all that is needed for plant growth.
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HEALTHY LIVING YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT IF YOU HAVE YOUR HEALTH YOU HAVE WEALTH FOOD FOR THOUGHT The large corporations that control most of our food supply and our farmland are set up to produce large quantities of food while making huge commercial profits. Sadly for the health of our nation, the quality of that food has been left far behind. The quality of the food we eat, its ability to nourish us and sustain our health, rests simply on the quality of our soil.
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PLANET PRESERVATION THE BIG PICTURE EVERYDAY IS EARTH DAY SAVE THE PLANET GLOBAL RECYCLING THE UGLY TRUTH Plastic bags and other plastic garbage thrown into the ocean kill as many as 1,000,000 sea creatures a year! The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is 80 percent plastic measuring twice the size of Texas and is floating somewhere between San Francisco and Hawaii.
PLANET PRESERVATION THE BIG PICTURE EVERYDAY IS EARTH DAY SAVE THE PLANET NEW? REUSE, REDUCE RECYCLE Recycling may be a hot topic in the United States but if you think the U.S. is leading the charge, you are mistaken. Recycling programs thrive in places like Europe, Asia, South America, and Australia. In fact, the United States ranks 7th, recycling 31.5% of its waste, while Switzerland leads the charge with 52% of its waste getting recycled. picker groups as well as to society at large.
WHAT IS ORGANIC? DEFINING WHAT IT MEANS DISCUSSING ORGANIC CERTIFICATION MARKET GROWTH The gains in the organic market have been so great that the FDA in the US has had to institute $10,000 fines on growers or manufacturers who intentionally mislabel foods as organic. ETHICAL & FAIR TRADE ORGANICS Organic gardening gives me the comfort of knowing I have adopted a healthy lifestyle on a journey towards a long and healthy life.
WHAT IS ORGANIC? DEFINING WHAT IT MEANS DISCUSSING ORGANIC CERTIFICATION ORGANIC PRODUCE The 4-digit price look-up (PLUs) codes on produce indicate the type of produce sold. For example, #4011 is code for a standard banana. The number “9” prefix on a PLU indicates an item is organic. For example, #94011 is an organic banana. The number “8” indicates the produce is genetically engineered. For example, #84011 is a genetically engineered banana.
MEDICINAL GARDENS THE CANNABIS CONNECTION DISCUSSING THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM Sustainably Grown Cannabis CANNABIS FOR PETS Pet owners are already using marijuana medicinally to help their suffering cats and dogs, according to a 2013 article in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. The cannabis they are taking is helping their pets with a wide range of ailments – from anxiety to arthritis to cancer. If we are putting something into our body; where it comes from really matters.
FEEDING SCHEDULE FOR MAXIMUM POTENCY & YIELD FEEDING ORGANIC GARDENS FEEDING SCHEDULE INDOOR & OUTDOOR ORGANIC GARDENS GROW GREEN Always grow organic! Not only will you save time and money but it will also help lessen your carbon footprint. It’s the most conscientious outlook for the health of our bodies and for the health of the planet. FEEDING SCHEDULE Week 1 Keep container moist and look for signs of natural growth.
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