I was just wondering, as we are moving and thinking about in the next year purchasing farm property. I would like to grow organic vegetables and herbs.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to:

1) Find land to buy

2) How to get started in doing this?

The location of your "farm" (weather, temperatures, water, etc.) will GREATLY influence your success. (North Dakota and California are vastly different in the plants that are successful in a commercial garden!!).

Here are some sites that will give you some other info:

www.organicgardening.com

www.gardenersnet.com/organic

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_gardening

www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/organic_gardening

Good Luck!!

Helps Produce Better Tasting Tomatoes Longer Lasting, More Productive Plants Feeds Plants Naturally Bradfield Organics Tasty Tomato & Veggie fertilizer is a premium natural fertilizer designed specifically for tomatoes. When used as directed Bradfield Organics Tasty Tomato & Veggie fertilizer can produce outstanding tomatoes. DIRECTIONS Be sure frost date is past. Dig a hole 18 inches in diameter and 18 inches deep. Take the top six inches of soil and place in a wheelbarrow. Spread the rest of the dirt around or put it in your compost pile. Mix four to eight large cups (approximately 1 to 2 lbs.) of Bradfield Organics Tasty Tomato fertilizer in a wheelbarrow containing the topsoil and mix thoroughly. Place the mixture from the wheelbarrow in the bottom of the hole. Fill the rest of the hole with a good mixture of compost and soil. Set tomato plant in hole and press firmly being careful not to bury plant too deeply. Apply one gallon of water. If desired, mulch with straw or hay around the base of the plant and place tomato cage around plant for protection. CONTAINER PLANTS Mix one cup of Tasty Tomato fertilizer with approximately six inches of soil and place in bottom of container. Fill remainder of container with a good mixture of compost and soil. Place plant in container and water well. Fertilize plant every 15 days by mixing one cup of Tasty Tomato fertilizer into top two to three inches of container and water thoroughly. TIPS Use very sturdy cages, preferably mesh or cattle panels (plants could grow very large). Pull apart alfalfa flakes or wheat straw into two inch slabs and place tightly together to use as mulch. Plants should be placed five feet apart. Tomato cage should be anchored firmly. After setting plants in hole, pick all leaves off except top two. Pinch off suckers when plant reaches two feet tall. Stop pinching suckers when plant is five feet tall. If soil is very hard, be careful not to over water at first. In July

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