The Modern American Frugal Housewife Book #2: Organic Gardening: The Modern American Frugal Housewife Series, #2
By Jill b.
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About this ebook
Are you looking for ideas on how to lower your food costs or start a new hobby?
Why not do both at the same time and create an edible garden?
Gardening is a wonderful activity and organic edible gardening is a thrifty way to help to reduce your food costs while providing you with healthy, nutritious food.
Inspired by Lydia Maria Francis Child's 1833 book, The American Frugal Housewife,
this book its written for the MODERN American Frugal Housewife in mind.
Includes:
- Good herbs and vegetables to plant for the frugal kitchen
- How to make your own compost and compost tea
- How to make organic pesticides
- Where to find cheap or free plants and seeds
- How to save seeds for future plantings
- Recipes
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Jill b.
Self-Reliance -- One Step at a Time Get free e-books at http://byjillb.com Reliance on one job. Reliance on the agri-industrial food system. Are you ready to break free, take control and to rely on yourself? With a no-nonsense style, Jill Bong draws from her own homesteading experiences and mistakes, and writes books focusing on maximizing output with minimal input to save you time and money. Jill was born and raised in a country with one of highest population densities in the world. Dreaming of chickens and fruit trees, she left the trappings of the big city and is setting up her homestead in an American town with a population of less than 300. Jill writes under the pen name Jill b. She is an author, entrepreneur, homesteader and is the co-inventor and co-founder of Chicken Armor (http://chickenarmor.com), an affordable, low maintenance chicken saddle. She has also written over a dozen books on homesteading and self-reliance. Jill has been mentioned/quoted in various publications including The Associated Press, The New York Times, The Denver Post and ABC News. She has written for various magazines including Countryside and Small Stock Journal, Molly Green, Farm Show Magazine and Backyard Poultry Magazine. She holds an Engineering degree from an Ivy League from a previous life. At its height, her previous homestead included over 100 chickens, geese and ducks, as well as cats, a dog, bees and a donkey named Elvis. She currently learning permaculture techniques to apply to her homestead in rural Oregon. Learn more by visiting her site http://byjillb.com.
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The Modern American Frugal Housewife Book #2 - Jill b.
The Modern American Frugal Housewife
Organic Gardening
By Jill b.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Planting Containers
Clean the Pots Before Planting
How to Clean Your Pots
Topsoil
Steaming to Sterilize
Sterilizing in the Oven
Potting Soil
Mulch
Plant Hardiness Zones
Microclimate
Soil Testing
Native Plants
Seeds
Seedlings/Plants
Heirloom vs Hybrids
Protecting Your Plants from Frost
Cold Frames
Compost
Compost Tea
Pesticides
Frugal Plants for the Kitchen Frugal
Rosemary
Propagation
Planting
Basil
Planting
Harvesting
Seed Saving
Mint
Planting
Harvesting
Cilantro
Planting
Harvesting
Seed Saving
Green Onions
Planting
Sage
Planting
Harvesting
Oregano
Planting
Tomatoes
Planting
Hardening Tomatoes
Trellising
Planting Techniques
Harvesting
Seed Saving
Zucchini/Squash
Planting
Fruit Production
Harvesting
Storage
Seed Saving
Potatoes
Sprouting Your Potatoes
Ground Planting
Container Planting
Harvesting
Seed Saving
Peppers
Planting
Harvesting
Seed Saving
Recipes
Chilli/Onion/Garlic Powder
Lemon Sage Seasoning
Homemade Italian Seasoning
Rosemary Focaccia Bread
Russian-Style Fermented Tomatoes
Conclusion
One Last Thing
About the Author
Bibliography
Introduction
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now
- Chinese proverb
While the proverb can be applied so many situations, I will apply it literally in this book. There is no better time than now to start your own garden. It doesn’t matter if you live in an apartment, you can still have a small garden
of herbs and a couple of pots of tomato plants. Before we discuss the plants for your frugal kitchen, I will first discuss some gardening basics.
Planting Containers
You can use many things to plant your herbs in. The cheapest option is free - if you recycle containers like plastic yogurt containers. Just be sure to punch a few small holes on the bottom for drainage. If you need or want larger planting containers, home improvement stores like Home Depot or Lowes usually recycle their planting containers and they will normally give you whatever pots you want. They are not pretty - usually black or white plastic buckets but they work.
If you are looking for prettier pots, people often get rid of them when the move or want to clear things out. You can often find them free or cheaply on Craigslist (http://craigslist.org) or on local Facebook garage sale or gardening groups. Also keep an eye out for post-season sales at nurseries. That dying plant being clearanced out may be planted in a decorative pot that may normally be sold on its new, on its own, at a much higher price new.
Clean the Pots Before Planting
It is important that you clean your pots before planting, especially if you are going to use recycled pots/containers. There are a couple of main reasons for this. The first is that salts that can damage a plant buildup in soils and get deposited on the sides of pots.
The second and more important reason for cleaning pots beforehand is disease. Any diseases that the predecessor plant suffered from may be carried over to your successor plant via the pot if you don’t clean it prior to planting in the pot. The risk of disease is higher if the pot used to house a drying or dead plant. The cleaning process only takes a few minutes and can save you a lot of time and effort in the long run.
How to Clean Your Pots
Its best to clean your pots outside on a warm day. Use a stiff brush to brush off any dirt stuck to the inside and/or outside of the pot. Rinse off with clean water until the water runs clear. You can use an old butter knife to help to scrape off any salt deposits that will not come off with the brush.
Next, fill a large container with a 10% bleach solution. That is, 9 parts clean water to 1 part unscented household bleach. If you are cleaning small pots, a 3 or 5 gallon plastic bucket will be large enough to hold your bleach water. You can get used plastic buckets for free from many grocery store bakeries. Depending on your store, you may have to ask them to save the buckets for you in advance. If you need to soak large planters, you may need to use a plastic tote from any big box store to hold your bleach water.
Submerging the pots in the bleach solution for at least 10 minutes will kill any diseases lurking on the pot surfaces. Rinse them off with clean water and allow the pots to air dry, preferably in the sun.
Topsoil
There are many kinds of planting medium including soilless (like coconut husk or peat moss) potting soil, potting soil and topsoil. Topsoil does not have specific components but rather components of the soil that was harvested. It is not sterile and can include sand, manure and weed seeds.
If you need to add topsoil to your garden, home improvement stores like Lowe’s sell it by the cubic foot. However,