Organic Gardening and Farming in Fiji

Food and Garden Organics Best Practice Collection Manual (PDF - 5.5MB)  |    (Word - 18MB) About the manual Organic waste represents a significant proportion of Australia's waste and contributes to greenhouse gas emissions. One objective of the National Waste Policy: Less waste, more resources is to enhance biodegradable (organic) resource recovery and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from landfills. To support this objective, the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities commissioned the Food and Garden Organics Best Practice Collection Manual. The Food and Garden Organics Best Practice Collection Manual addresses each step in the consideration, planning and implementation of an organics collection scheme, from investigating the right type of systems to adopt, through to scheme roll out and ongoing monitoring and evaluation of scheme performance. The manual highlights the importance of effective communication and public engagement and t

William Moss, Master Gardener, helps you understand how prepping your garden for vegetable planting will pay large dividends when it comes to harvesting.  Choose an area for your vegetable garden that receives about 8 hours of sunlight a day, and then clear the space of any debris.  William suggests using OMRI Listed products for your organic garden and turning your soil for the plant’s advantage. Get more suggestions from William by watching this video.  What vegetables and fruits are you growing this season? Prepping Your Vegetable Garden | My Organic Gardening Blog

These organic gardening books are those that have had the most profound effect on me, and I have read a lot of gardening books. Most of them just repeat what the last one said, much of which is not great advice in my opinion (and yet somehow they become the popular ones - funny how that is). But I'm not here to worry about that - the goal today is to give you my list of the best gardening books on my shelves. These organic gardening books are some of the best gardening books out there. Feel free to post down at the bottom if there are other books you would include on this list. I've now spent about 15 hours putting this together, finding pictures, getting the book summaries, writing my thoughts and so on, so I hope you really enjoy it. ' Organic Gardening Books Amazon.com Widgets

Great article on composting in Tropics! One of the secrets of successful native gardening is the lavish use of organic mulch… In our hot tropical monsoonal climate with a long dry season every year,  any measure that reduces the need for watering and saves on water bills is surely commonsense. Bare ground heats up very easily under the relentless tropical sun. Roots can’t grow in baking hot soil. Therefore in North Queensland it is essential to  cover the ground with a thick insulating blanket of mulch to keep the soil temperature cool  enough for the roots of newly planted plants to grow. DON’T EVER USE BLACK PLASTIC TO COVER YOUR SOIL. Sure, it will smoother out weeds, but, being black, it absorbs heat and makes the soil too hot. The roots will cook underneath it. Furthermore, soil needs oxygen otherwise it becomes sour, and black plastic cuts off the air supply. Black plastic is popular in cold climates where the ground needs to be kept warm, but is totally unsuitable for the trop

We all know (or at least have heard) that  composting  is good. But do we all know why? There are several benefits to creating  compost  and using it in your  organic gardening practices . I recently read some wonderful information and realized that many of us may not know just why we should be crazy about composting. Read on to learn about how great compost truly is for you and your garden, and why you should start composting immediately. First, it is important to understand that composting allows the organic matter and nutrients of a plant to return to the soil. Although it exists in soil already, nutrients are depleted and used by the plants that grow in it and need to be replenished. Compost helps to improve the structure of soil, while improving a soil’s fertility and ph balance. Composting supports and promotes a wide range of soil life, such as bacteria, fungi, worms, or beetles. Compost is also known to create plants that are more resistant to diseases, especially ones tha

New information has come out that links an insecticide approved by the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) to killing off millions of Bees and puts food chain at risk. In early 2011 several leaked documents obtained by a Colorado beekeeper brought light to the fact that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency‘s (EPA) illegitimate approval of Clothianidin, an extremely toxic pesticide made by Bayer CropScience, came regardless of the fact the agency knew it was capable of killing off Bees. As a new study emerges from Purdue University, not only is it 100% confirmed that Clothianidin is killing bees, but also that Clothinaidin’s toxicity is now found throughout the entire food chain... Collective-Evolution – EPA Approved GMO Insecticide Responsible For Killing Off Bees & Puts Entire Food Chain at Risk

Converting your home into an eco-friendly abode can be quite a challenge. There are many things that you need to do especially if you are just starting out with the habit. You need to be keen on the products and the actions that you do from the tiniest to the biggest.  One of the places where you can start your home greening is at your very own garden where you can do a lot of stuff that can help save the environment. Maintaining a garden is not just to please the eyes of your visitors. You can start organic gardening as a way of saving Mother Earth while providing fruits and other healthy stuff for you and your family.  After all, nothing can be better than homegrown fruits and vegetables. You can control what you put into your soil so you can be sure that the crops that you serve are safe for you and your family. Here are a few tips when starting up your own organic garden. Full article here:  Tips when Starting Up Your Own Organic Garden - Home Stuff 101 | Home Stuff 101 :