Organic Gardening Tips Terra Viva Organics Organic Living – Jan 02Prepare for Seed StartingMulch and Feed Your Gardens for FreeThe Top 10 Things I Learned from my GardenPumpkin or Winter Squash Soup with Fried Sage Leaves Prepare for Seed Starting by Arzeena Hamir How do you satisfy the gardening itch in the middle of winter? Easily! Start plants from seed. […]

Organic Gardening Tips Terra Viva Organics Website & Terra Viva UpdateWinter Gardening Attracting Butterflies to Your GardenDesigning Deer DeterrentsVeggie Burgers Recipe July is winter gardening month and we at Terra Viva Organics are determined to ensure that you do your winter planting! We’ve developed 2 specially priced kits to fulfill your winter gardening needs: Winter Garden Kit – Includes all […]

Organic Gardening Tips Terra Viva Organics Website UpdateControlling Whitefly NaturallyLavenderNatural Weed ControlDill: It’s not just a pickle spice! Website Update Time to start thinking of winter gardening again! We’ve made it so simple for you by bundling 14 varieties into a Winter Garden Kit for $16.99 (regular price $30). What a savings! Each kit contains 1 packet each of: Mizuna […]

Organic Gardening Tips Terra Viva Organics Website UpdateFennel – The Organic Gardener’s Best FriendMesclun: A Modern Vegetable for Modern LifeDandelion FestivusBasil: Everyone’s Favorite Herb! Website Update June is a great time to start herbs in the garden. We’ve added a number of new herbs including Genovese Basil , Florence Fennel, a bulbing fennel, Cutting Celery, and Parsley – Gigante d’Italia […]

Organic Gardening Tips Terra Viva Organics Praying Mantis – Friend or Foe?Grow Your Own BroomGrowing Plants VerticallySesame Snow Peas Praying Mantis – Friend or Foe? by Arzeena Hamir Not many gardeners come into contact with a praying mantis but few can deny that they’ve heard of the infamous way in which the insects mate. While the female can indeed feed […]

Organic Gardening Tips Terra Viva Organics Website & Terra Viva UpdateHomemade Fungus Gnats and Damping-off ControlTraining Beautiful Flowering Shrubs into Unique Ornamental TreesBudget Veggie Gardens from Kitchen ScrapsBelgian Endives Flemish Style Website & Terra Viva Update Garden Starter Kit Time to get your garden planting off to a great start. Choose our Garden Starter Kit which includes 1 packet each […]

Gardening organically isn’t just gardening without chemicals. You, the gardener, must work with nature to develop an ecosystem in your garden. What does that mean? Learn about and encourage healthy bugs like ladybugs, lacewings, and other predatory insects to come into your garden and feed on your pests. You can do this by planting fennel, dill, allyssum, ammi majus, and […]

Organic Gardening Tips Terra Viva Organics Website UpdateLow Cost Mushroom Production at HomePreparing for Seed SavingThe Buzz About Worm CastingsGingered Asparagus Low Cost Mushroom Production at Home by Arzeena Hamir Gourmet mushrooms like Shiitake, Oyster & Enoki mushrooms are growing in popularity but the retail price for many of these delicacies can often be out of range for most people. […]

Got Mildew? Get Milk! by Arzeena Hamir Less than 3 years ago, researchers in South America discovered a new alternative to controlling powdery mildew. Wagner Bettiol, a scientist from Brazil, found that weekly sprays of milk controlled powdery mildew in zucchini just as effectively as synthetic fungicides such as fenarimol or benomyl. Not only was milk found to be effective […]

Organic Gardening Tips Terra Viva Organics Gardening on a Budget by Arzeena Hamir Once the buzz of Christmas has passed, the task of paying off bills can leave many gardeners on a strict budget. Gardeners who need to make frugal decisions at this time of the year can take heart in a number of alternatives that will not only lower […]