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Organic Gardening Organic gardening is essentially the practice of gardening without chemical fertilizers or pesticides. The spirit of organic gardening is more about being tuned into your patch of soil: what plants will thrive, what environment will help your soil be more productive. Composting, water supply, insects and other wildlife are also components of organic gardening. Share your experiences with Organic Gardening, and get tips and advice on how to get started!

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Old 09-27-2007, 09:51 AM   #1
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Hello. I'm pretty new at this gardening stuff and I was hoping to get a little guidance. I live in a very mild climate (Los Angeles, CA) and I imagine I can probably grow veggies/fruits year round here. But, I'm wondering what I should do in between pulling out one plant that's done producing and putting in the next? Is that too much for the soil to continually grow like that? Is there something that I should be doing to treat the soil in between these productive phases?

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I'll have to research this some more, but I do know that some crops must be rotated-- some plants are nitrogen suckers-- most of what I have encountered is with beans and peas you need to be careful, but I think if you are continuously rebuilding and replenishing the soil with compost, worm castings, and such in raised beds, this may not be as much of an issue. Anyone with more experience care to comment? I'm wondering how much I need to do to my own raised beds this year...
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You might take a look at a new book by Eric Toensmeier (?) called Perennial Vegetables, published by Chelsea Green. It has a lot of suggestions for plants that can be established and then harvested at regular intervals. In Los Angeles you might have lots of options since many of the plants are tropical in origin, and would thrive in your climate with some protections. It has suggestions for cooking many of them, too, helpful since a lot of them you might not know. You could probably grow artichokes!

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Thanks. I will check out that book. I actually do grow artichokes! They've been growing very well in this climate and they're extremely easy to grow. I've been growing them for 2 years now. I just trim them back when they start to wilt and they keep coming back over and again. It's great!
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Old 12-17-2007, 03:06 PM   #5
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"Green manures" are a great way for fixing nitrogen in the soil and keeping weeds down at the same time, in between planting vegetables. I am currently growing wild beans and winter tares on parts of my plot in north London and will dig them in in the spring before planting root vegetables and salad crops.

As far as rotation is concerned, I find it helps prevent pests and diseases. You need to avoid planting carrots, parsnips and turnips on freshly manured soil; and you certainly need to rotate brassicas, and possibly add lime, or you'll end up with club root. You probably know all this already.
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If you love fresh spaghetti sauce or pesto, than you've just got to have fresh basil and other herbs all year round! Sure, a nice 1 X 4 window garden getting at least 4 or 5 hours of direct light from a sunny window will give you something to pinch here and there. Gardens with mint, rosemary, bay leaf, savory, oregano, chervil, sand thyme are some of the easiest to grow this way.

But what if you need your basil...and lots of it? Basil and cilantro need just a bit more light, and really prefer 8 hours or more of direct light each day. In addition to this if you want fresh pesto, just a pinch here and there is not going to cut it. Here's what you can do about it.
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