Thursday, June 19, 2008

The Organic Vegetable Gardening Method – Composting

After choosing a location, you should also by now have a broad idea on how to plant your crops. How many rows of vegetables on which plot and the order of crops to be planted are often involve when we discuss designs of your vegetable garden.

Composting is a significant ingredient in any organic garden. Ideally a compost pile should occupy an area of roughly ten square feet. Avoid the compost height becoming too high. Try to preserve the compost pile between 3 to 5 feet high. Make sure also to leave the top flat with a small catch basin on the middle for adding water or rain into the compost pile.

To add the compost into the soil, you can either work it into the soil or use it as a mulch and spread it on the surface. The first method would provide nourishment to your vegetables plus a good, mature compost will lessen weed problems. As a mulch, the nutrients will eventually be integrated into the soil supplying nutrients along the way.








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