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Avoiding problems with bugs and diseases
We don't like to spray for bugs. Our experience has been that you seldom have any problem with bugs or disease if you follow the procedures by doing such things as: 1) Start with a weed-free garden - leaving no place for bugs or disease to live and...
Types of Bark or Sawdust Not Recommended
Some people think that because Cedar or other kinds of bark are used to keep weeds down, sawdust from those sources will be bad for plants. This is not the case. Bark and other types of mulch inhibit weed growth primarily by denying light to emerging...
Row two Mittleider sustainable organic garden
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How long can I grow seedlings indoor?
If one plants tomato seedlings indoors under florescent lights to growtwelve weeks before transplanting outside and the plants normally aresupposed to produce ripe fruit within 65-70 days, what happens to thatnormal development? Are the plants stunte...
Can I use old tires to make my raised beds?
You may want to check out this URL:http://www.noble. org/ag/horticult ure/raisedbedgar dening/RecycledT ireBeds.htmlI have been using old tires for planting beds for about 20 years nowand have nothingbut good things to say about them.Another resource...
How to start a garden from scratch
How to Start a Garden from the BeginningHi Jim, I am inspired by your plan and your leadership on this forum. I amready to take the plunge and go Mittleider next year, but have no clue where tostart.I have plenty of land that has been vacant for 20 y...
How can I make my own Mittleider method fertilizer
I am a farmer from the philippines and will be using completely themittleider method. I just downloaded a copy of the MittleiderGardening Course and I'm also using an old Mittleider book, Grow-BedGardening.before I will fully implement this system, I...
Grow you garden later in the Fall
Extending your growing seasonToday I want to assist many of you who are wondering how to extend your growing season for a few more weeks. For some it may be too late, as in Eagle Mountain, where it was 27 degrees one night this month, but most of the...
Extend Growing Season 6 weeks both Spring and Fall
Extend Growing Season 6 weeks both Spring and FallAuthor: Jim KennardAll who are interested in extending your growing season - particularly with vertical plants - may want to save the following description of covered T-Frames. You can plant 4-6 week...
Heat Source(s) for Mini-Greenhouses
Q. In your answer on 'extending your growing season' you mention using a small heat source for the 'mini greenhouses'. What heat source would you recommand and how is the best way to use it?A. Depending on the size of your Mini-Greenhouse and the s...
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Books Now on CD & by Digital Download!Author: Jim KennardWe are SO excited to announce the availability of 5 of the very important Mittleider gardening books, as well as his 9 Manuals, for digital down-load - right here on the FFEF website!You can no...
Crop Rotation Yes or No
Drastic Crop Rotation - Change the Entire Location Every Year - Good Idea??Author: Jim KennardQ. My husband said you should change the location of your vegetable garden every year. Is this correct?A. This idea is impractical and unnecessary. Mos...
Compare Mittleider Method With Commercial Produce Growers
Q. The commercial produce growers in my area use black plastic with drip lines. They mix fertilizer in their irrigation water and pump it to the plants. What makes the Mittleider method more productive and efficient? A. Large commercial growers of ...
How to build a mini greenhouse with PVC
Building Mini-Greenhouses from PVC PipeAuthor: Jim Kennard I will give instructions for building a jig and then making PVC arches for 18"-wide boxes or beds.Materials needed:11 - 5' lengths of 1/2" Schedule 40 PVC pipe - to place arches 3' apart - f...
How To Save Crops From Freezing In Your Garden
How To Save Crops From Freezing In Your GardenAuthor: Jim KennardQ. I have a farm in Afghanistan, which is about 30,000 squaremetres, in which mainly grapes are grown. In the cold winter thegrape vines are buried under the ground because of the very ...
What is the Mittleider Method?
The Mittleider Method combines the best features of soil-based gardening and hydroponic gardening, but without hydroponic expense! It's a complete, easy-to-follow plan that eliminates guesswork and ensures success anywhere: an apartment patio, a city...
Cost of automated watering system
Q. I'm planning to install the automated watering system for my 18 raised Grow-Boxes. I thought it was supposed to be inexpensive, but I'm nearing $300 for the PVC and fittings so far. Maybe I'm buying the wrong things. Can you give me the detail...
Companion planting yes or no?
This is actually a never ending debate among the scientificcommunity and the biodynamic gardening community. The biodynamicgardening is based on some "bad science" especially with the"sensitive crystallization method".However, there is a type of "com...
Soil amendments Needed Yes or NO?
Hi everyone, My name is Tom and I live in central California in thefoothills ..I have been trying to grow a garden for several years onlyto end up with nothing for my effort. I have decomposed granite forsoil and it will not grow anything except weed...
Earwigs and Grasshappers
Hi from Gede & Darsi in BaliWe've written before about grasshoppers - catch them, blender with water, strain and spray the affected area - we didn't have problem again for over a year - even through rainy season. It's easy and effective - from a Per...
Mittleider gardening classes
Hi all...me again with questions.Are there ever classes taught on this method? I'd never heard of thisuntil I read a blog belonging to another Idahoan who does itsuccessfully. I think this is a wonderful gardening method, one I amtransforming my gard...
Gardening and health and good karma
My mother tells me that I've been planting seeds since I was 7 yearsold - I asked her - if I plant this pumpkin seed - will it grow somepumpkins? - She replied - only if I really cared for it...There has never been a year without a garden. I grew up ...
New to the mittleider method whats the fertilier all about
I, also, have just found out about this method. I got the book andread faithfully after I had put in most of the garden. I haveplanted 13 tomato plants in a row about 25 feet long. Finally tyingthem up was educational. I did it this morning. I have p...
Do you all start with seeds or plants? Also were do you get your seeds?
Group:The choice between seeds and plants is not too tough once you understand a few basic facts, such as how hard or easy, and how expensive or inexpensive it is to do one or the other. Also, how long it takes to grow to seedling size and the value ...
Why the Mittleider method is organic
There are several reasons the Mittleider Method of gardening is sometimes called “the best of organic”. I. Rather than teaching the use of pesticides or herbicides, we use cultural practices to eliminate the need for them. For example: 1) We ...
Gardening in Fiji
Bula JimI've been through twice on the training discs x 4 you sent me.I intend to go through five times before I begin to& nbsp;farm.Can you advise me on the following:1.Is it permissable to spray the bush and burn the dry weeds?2.We intend to g...
Using store bought corn for seed yes or no?
Can I buy an ear of corn from the supermarket and plant it?Ask the Produce Manager the name, or variety, of the corn. Very often corn sold in the stores is a hybrid variety, and the seeds will produce something that is different than the ear of corn ...
My garden 2008
Steves garden 2008Sweet PeppersRed BeautyLuigiHavanaBig BerthaCubanelle (Green)Admiral (Orange)Green Pepper non sweet Lady BellHot PeppersCherry Hot PeppersAnchoJalapenoTOMATOESBetter BoyBrandywineBeefsteakEarlyGirlViva ItaliaLemon BoyMellon'sCantalo...
Cost of Growbox materials
Hi, I just joined the list. I was planning on doing some gardening with a grow-box for the first time but have found it quite expensive (cost of wood and things like perlite). So after reading over the materials, I don't quite understand how this is ...
Creating a Mittleider rooftop garden
I have a flat concrete roof on top of my building in eastern India andI have waterproofed an area 15ft by 50ft for installing a roof topgarden. I have put a mixture of 75% sawdust and 25% sand (as indicatedin the book 'More food from your garden') wh...
