‘Easy Organic Gardening’ and the ‘Moontime Diary’

So how can we protect our pot plants, vegetables and lawns?

1. Use good compost and/or mulch about 5 cm deep. Shape a bowl around the stem of plants so the water pools there.
2. Don’t fertilize during a heatwave, unless it is liquid fertilising tea such as Stinging Nettle or diluted worm juice.
3. Take out weeds, they use the water you’d rather have for your vegetables.
4. Water early in the morning to avoid water evaporation. It is also better to deep deep deep water once every 3 days instead of a little bit every day.
5. Use shade cloth over your vegetables to relieve the plants from the sun’s heat. Some shade cloth allows sunlight and rain to come through.
6. Research and plant herbs and vegetables which thrive in the heat such as:

• Rosemary, Sage, Lavender, Lemmon Balm (Melissa)
• Grow spinaches such as Malabar Spinach, Egyptian Spinach, Waterspinach, they are packed with nutrients and antioxidants
• Shallots, Corn, Rat Tail Radishes

For more great ideas and advice, check out:

Easy Organic Gardening

This book is an indispensable reference to organic cultivation methods. It contains an easy-to-follow moon-planting guide to help gardeners work with the cycles of nature.  This book is written in a friendly, conversational voice and packed with comprehensive information.

You find advice about how to

• protect your garden from climate change,
• save water,
• revitalise garden soil,
• transform the kitchen waste into top-quality, organic fertiliser,
• grow your fruit and vegetables,
• raise healthier, pest- and disease-resistant seedlings, shrubs and trees and more…

Organic gardening leaves your patch of earth in a better condition than you found it. Working with nature rather than against it is practical and a better alternative to chemical-dependent and environmentally unsustainable cultivation practices.

Easy Organic Gardening and the Moontime Diary can help you protect your garden, vegetables and lawns throughout the year.