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		<title>Organic Gardening Magazine- 3 Aspects Of Organic Gardening Magazine!</title>
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The Organic Gardening magazine covers three aspects&#8211;
(1)  History:
The year, 1930, saw the launch of a company called Rodale Inc.  The company has been achieving milestone after milestone over the years, to become the largest publisher of any printed matter related to health and fitness today!  
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<p>The Organic Gardening magazine covers three aspects&#8211;</p>
<p>(1)  History:</p>
<p>The year, 1930, saw the launch of a company called Rodale Inc.  The company has been achieving milestone after milestone over the years, to become the largest publisher of any printed matter related to health and fitness today!  </p>
<p>During the 1940s, J. I. Rodale realized that organic gardening was related to health too, and decided to creat<span id="more-115"></span>e public awareness through a magazine titled &#8220;Organic Farming and Gardening&#8221;.  The first publication to be launched by the Rodale Press was in 1942.  </p>
<p>Robert D. Rodale (son of J. I. Rodale) took charge of the magazine after his father&#8217;s death in 1971.  When the son was killed in a road accident in 1990, J. I. Rodale&#8217;s daughter (Maria) was appointed as the leader of the company.  The title of the magazine was changed by Maria.  It is now known as Organic Gardening magazine.</p>
<p>Even today, this magazine enjoys maximum popularity as compared to other magazines devoted to organic gardening!  The magazine is brought out as a bi-monthly, and the annual subscription is 25 dollars.</p>
<p>Publication of the Organic Gardening magazine is not confined to the US only; it is published in UK too.  Here, the magazine is available as a monthly issue and the cover price is  <!--more--> <H3>Ups&#8230;great news, I got the great video about  organic gardening magazine &#8230; enjoy it. <img src='http://www.smarterorg.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </H3>
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<p>What features should you look for when buying or making a compost bin? Find out and get tips on how compost bin design can help to aerate compost for your garden, in this free organic gardening video. Expert: Gale Gassiot Bio: Gale Gassiot makes her own organic compost or &#8220;gardener&#8217;s black gold.&#8221;  <H3>Anyway, here this several kinds of help that will answer your question about  organic gardening magazine</H3>. </p>
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Show them how much you enjoy gardening. Spend time in your garden. It is especially easy to stimulate a child&#8217;s interests when they see you having fun.
Make gardening easy. Don&#8217;t expect a perfect garden. Allow your family to work at their own pace and within their attention spans and age range, especially children.
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<p>Show them how much you enjoy gardening. Spend time in your garden. It is especially easy to stimulate a child&#8217;s interests when they see you having fun.</p>
<p>Make gardening easy. Don&#8217;t expect a perfect garden. Allow your family to work at their own pace and within their attention spans and age range, especially children.</p>
<p>Dig it! Kids love to dig. This is a great way to teach the basics while letting them play and just have fun. </p>
<p> <<span id="more-5"></span>p>Let them play an active role in planning. Take your children to the local nursery and let them pick seeds or transplants to start their garden. Take your time and let them browse and enjoy all of the beautiful plants.</p>
<p>Grow a theme garden. This is a great way to let your children use their imagination and express their creativity. The sky is the limit. Some great ideas are gardens that coincide with the holidays, alphabet gardens, a garden themed in their favorite colors, a sensory garden where you can experience different smells, tastes, textures and sights, or a &#8220;Freedom Garden&#8221;.</p>
<p>Give children their own &#8220;kid sized&#8221; tools. They don&#8217;t have to be expensive. You can go with an old spoon and a bucket that you have around the house or you can venture down to the garden center and purchase garden tools made for children&#8217;s hands.</p>
<p>Give them a space to call their own. It doesn&#8217;t have to be big. This will teach them ownership and responsibility, and your children will be able to take credit for their own little space.</p>
<p>Get crafty! Press or dry flowers to make a beautiful arrangement, make potpourri, or make a pomander ball. Children love making things and will be amazed at the crafts and gifts that they can make from the garden.</p>
<p>Grow a vegetable garden. Your children will be amazed that they can grow their own food. Be sure to use <a href="http://www.spray-n-growgardening.com" target="_blank">organic pesticides</a>.</p>
<p>Use gardening to brush up your children&#8217;s math and science skills. Let them count the seeds they are planting, or teach them how plants are living things. Not only will you capture their attention, you will be polishing their skills as you go.</p>
<p>Have a contest. Kids love to be rewarded. Be sure to give each child a reward; the biggest tomato, the prettiest flower, or perhaps the best tasting herbs (a little <a href="http://www.spray-n-growgardening.com" target="_blank">Spray-N-Grow</a> will help!)</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t try to do it all! Pick a few of these tips that you know are best for your family and have fun with them. After all, gardening is meant to be fun and easy. And with a little help, something the whole family can enjoy.</p>
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What is the function of soil in our yards and gardens? Simply put, soil provides plants with mineral nutrients, water and anchorage. The basic types of soil are clay, sand, and silt. The percentage of each determines whether you have sandy clay loam, silt, loam, etc.  There are so many variables that affect soil [...]]]></description>
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<p>What is the function of soil in our yards and gardens? Simply put, soil provides plants with mineral nutrients, water and anchorage. The basic types of soil are clay, sand, and silt. The percentage of each determines whether you have sandy clay loam, silt, loam, etc.  There are so many variables that affect soil <span id="more-3"></span>that your yard may have a different soil type than the one across the street.</p>
<p>Some soil properties that are influenced by the texture of soil include aeration, drainage, water holding capacity and temperature. For example, sandy soil has excellent aeration, warms quickly in spring and has a low water-holding capacity. The exact opposite is true for clay. It has poor aeration, warms slowly, and has high water-holding capacity.</p>
<p><strong>Here are the four major components of soil:</strong></p>
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<li>The solid portion, or rocks and minerals</li>
<li>Decaying organic matter, microorganisms, living or dead plants and other organic matter</li>
<li>Liquid</li>
<li>Soil air</li>
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<p>Amounts of each of these components determine whether or not plants will grow and thrive in the soil. Ideal or perfect soil consists of 25% air, 25% water, 40% mineral matter and 10% organic matter. As you already know, this never happens!</p>
<p>However, what we do to improve our soil will affect our plants.</p>
<p>You can re-mineralize your soil by adding Minerals Plus or Texas Greensand. You can increase organic matter by adding a good organic compost. This also increases earthworm activity and beneficial bacterial growth.  Spray-N-Grow increases microbial activity that helps keep air and water moving in the soil. To find out more about your soil, use the Sunleaves Three Way Meter.  It allows you to test your soil for pH, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium and will give you immediate results.</p>
<p>Naturally, some soil needs more work than others, but with a little work and some good <a href="http://www.spray-n-growgardening.com" target="_blank" title="organic garden products">organic garden products</a>, you can pretend that your soil is perfect! All of the gardening products listed in this article can be purchased from <a href="http://www.spray-n-growgardening.com" target="_blank" title="Spray-N-Grow">Spray-N-Grow</a>.  </p>
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There are many types of organic gardening, from organic vegetable gardening to organic flower gardening. Many people have no idea what organic gardening really is. Organic Gardening refers to growing plants, vegetables, etc. without using pesticides or other harmful chemicals.
Many people believe that organic gardening offers many health benefits and that organically grown food is [...]]]></description>
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<p>There are many types of organic gardening, from organic vegetable gardening to organic flower gardening. Many people have no idea what organic gardening really is. Organic Gardening refers to growing plants, vegetables, etc. without using pesticides or other harmful chemicals.</p>
<p>Many people believe that organic gardening offers many health benefits and that organically grown food is much better for the human body than food grown wit<span id="more-12"></span>h pesticides and chemicals. With such health concerns in place, it only makes sense to grow your fruits and vegetables organically in your very own organic home garden.</p>
<p>If you would like to learn how to have your own organic garden but are unsure of where to start, you are in luck. I have compiled a few easy organic gardening tips for you to follow to get you started off on the right foot.</p>
<p>Collect Your Own Rainwater</p>
<p>This seems like a weird thing to do, but it is actually one of the best tips for organic gardening. For this procedure you will need to purchase a couple barrels from your local hardware store. These barrels will be used to collect rainwater. By collecting rainwater you are conserving water resources instead of wasting it. Some organic gardening growers hook up elaborate system of piping and hose to their rain collection barrels and the system then waters the organic garden automatically. You can probably find a variety of instructions for these types of systems by searching Google. If you don want to get that elaborate you can easily use a small bucket to scoop the water from the barrels or better yet, get a barrel with a spout on it, to water your organic garden by hand.</p>
<p>All Natural Fertilizer</p>
<p>Fertilizer is the place where most organic gardening growers go wrong. You must choose your fertilizer carefully. Many brands of fertilizer produced today contain some type of chemical. Be sure to read the label for the list of ingredients. True organic gardening must use an all natural fertilizer. Even if it says All Natural on the bag, make sure you read the label for the ingredients.</p>
<p>Another source of great natural fertilizer for organic gardening can come from using compost. Compost will help improve the structure of your soil and at the same time help increase the soils water retaining abilities. The best part about using compost for organic gardening is that it is free if you have your own compost pile or box. If not, you can always start one by beginning to collect grass clipping, leaves, etc.<br />
Mulch for Organic Gardening</p>
<p>A simple yet often overlooked tip for organic gardening is to use mulch. By using organic material to mulch around your flower beds and trees you will conserve water, add humus and nutrients, and discourage weeds. This is one of the easiest organic gardening tips there is. Just be certain to locate a suitable natural organic mulch to do the job. You should be able to find one at your local home store or at a large nursery.</p>
<p>There are really no downsides to organic gardening. It is simply a matter of you putting in the time and consideration to make the switch from regular gardening to organic gardening. Not only will you be producing more healthy and nutritious plants and food but you will also be doing your part for the environment by not using chemicals or pesticides that do damage to it. Everything is going Green these days, so you might as well jump on the band wagon and help save the environment and a simple way to start is through organic gardening.</p>
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