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To my dad for raising me as a gardener and to my mom for teaching me to preserve the harvest.

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In a modest suburban backyard in the late 1960s, a rugged man showed his little girls how to work the soil and sow bean seeds. He patted the black earth and watered the tiny garden.

That guy was my dad, and he instilled in me an undying love of gardening and the natural world. The almost magical appearance of pale green seedlings in spring still fills me with a sense of wonder and well-being.

We moved from the suburbs to our family homestead the summer before I started first grade. Our garden grew in size and produced an abundance of vegetables for freshly prepared meals. Mom worked tirelessly in summer, canning and freezing corn, beans, and tomatoes, all the while teaching us self-reliance skills for the future. Although we were never wealthy, we always had plenty of homegrown food on our table.

Over the years, Ive lived in urban apartments and suburban homes, raising food wherever I found space. I joined a community garden, turned flower beds into edible landscaping, and planted dwarf fruit trees. When we moved to our one-acre homestead, I expanded my garden to grow plenty of vegetables, herbs, and fruit for fresh use in summer, plus extra for canning, dehydrating, and freezing.

An increasing number of people are worried about having access to healthy foods, promoting sustainability, and creating a safe outdoor space around their home. One of the best ways to alleviate these concerns is by gardening organically to produce food, provide wildlife habitat, and add natural beauty to the surroundings.

Growing your own organic vegetables, herbs, and fruits is a great way to save money, reduce your carbon footprint, and provide nutrient-dense food for your meals. Purchasing organic produce from the grocery store can be hard on the average family budget, and nutritional content degrades soon after fruits and vegetables are picked. Cut out the middleman and grow varieties known for their delicious flavor rather than their shipping qualities. Use homemade insect control and start your own seeds to reduce your grocery bill and household waste and provide a safe ecosystem in your own backyard.

By converting a section of your resource-hungry lawn into productive garden beds and native plants, you can raise food for your family and for birds, butterflies, bees, and other wild creatures at the same time. You dont need a large space for a garden, and in the following chapters youll learn how to get the most out of the space you have. Youll also learn how to check the health of your soil and increase its productivity.

In ) is helpful as a quick reference.

The benefits of gardening organically are immense, and many people switch to this natural means of raising produce for a variety of reasons. If you wish to grow healthy foods, decrease your carbon footprint, or turn your backyard into a natural ecosystem, youll find that organic gardening is the best way to achieve your goals.

In this book, I cover the basics of how to raise food organically for your own use. If you wish to sell organic produce, youll need to research current regulations and complete the steps necessary for organic certification. See the for more information.

So, get ready to dig in and make your world a better place.

Raising organic vegetables, herbs, and fruits is one of the most basic activities known to humans. The production of food to fuel your body might start as a project to save money or reduce the toxins you consume or simply as a way for you to enjoy eating the freshest foods available. Whatever your impetus, you are not the only one to benefit from your garden. The wildlife and people around you will also enjoy the beauty and diversity you create.

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