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Instant Organic Gardening

Don Rosenberg

Master Gardener and Author of “No Green Thumb Required, Organic Family Gardening Made Easy” and Co-Author of "The Organic Gardener's Cookbook: Easy Growing Tips and Delicious Recipes for Your Home-Grown Vegetables"

Lots of people would like to grow their own organic vegetables, but don’t have the time, space or knowledge to make it happen. They think organic gardening is a lot of work – digging, tilling, and worst of all – weeding. That’s what Don Rosenberg thought too. Over the last twenty years Don has been working on ways to make organic gardening easier and easier. He uses what he's learned about the ancient techniques of intensive terrace gardening and the latest research on materials, soils and organic gardening.

As Don explains, "I started an organic gardening business in my home town of Charlotte, North Carolina, that installs raised bed organic vegetable gardens throughout the area. I talk with the family, discuss what kinds of organic vegetables they’d like to grow, go over site selection and planting plans, and then install a complete organic garden with weedless soil and organic fertilizers. Their workload is simply planting and watering as needed."

The reaction from the area, and across the country, to these organic gardens inspired Don to write a book on how anyone can grow organic vegetables in their own back yard using inexpensive materials. It’s called “No Green Thumb Required, Organic Family Gardening Made Easy.” The book goes through the entire process of how your own family can grow your own organic vegetable garden with a special emphasis on how to involve your children from start to finish. His goal is to take out 90% of the physical work in getting your organic garden started and keeping it running.

In his book "No Green Thumb Required, Organic Family Gardening Made Easy”, Don answers:

- Where will I put the organic garden in my yard?

- How much room will an organic garden need?

- What materials do I need for a successful organic garden?

- How should I prepare the soil for my organic vegetables?

- What varieties of organic vegetables can I use?

- What organic vegetables will it make sense to grow and when do I plant?

He also shares tips and guides covering:

- Planting, care and harvesting.

- How to deal with common garden pests.

- The best heirloom varieties to choose for a small garden.

- The best crops to grow for each season.

- How to build simple raised beds and trellis beds.

- Twenty-five different projects for you and your children.

“The Organic Gardener’s Cookbook” by Don Rosenberg and Chef Megan Lambert, offers a new approach to both home gardening and home cooking that is healthy, affordable and easy.
They show you how to start a small back yard garden that is extremely productive per square foot, but eliminates the digging, tilling and weeding that takes so much time. They take you through each season with timely gardening tips and tricks on how and when to plant crops, deal with pest and disease problems, and manage the harvest. For home cooking, they review kitchen basics and explain the tools needed to make any kitchen task easy and efficient. They share multi-purpose recipes that can be used for a wide variety of fresh, home-grown garden vegetables.  Then they go through the year with fantastic, easy recipes for each season’s harvest, and also include exciting recipes gathered from both home cooks and professional chefs.

Growing your own food will save you hundreds of dollars a year on your grocery bill, and preparing it at home will save even more on your restaurant bill. Your children will learn where their food comes from, how nature works, and what fresh food tastes like. When they grow up, they’ll start their own easy gardens, creating a legacy of healthy eating that will last for generations!

Learn more at www.InstantOrganicGarden.com

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