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“Organic” for a healthy nature and
for the happiness of the people
Every home garden (vegetable, fruit, and decorative with lawn) can be an organic, healthy
garden in which no pestcides for the prevention of bothersome animals, fungi, and weeds, as
well as synthetic fertilisers are used. In such a garden, we will always cultivate tasty and healthy
vegetables and fruit, aromatic herbs, and exuberant flowers.
WHAT IS ORGANIC FARMING
Organic farming combines environmentally friendly, socially just, and economically justified
production of food and raw materials.
However, the basis of a successful organic farming is the care for the FERTILITY (FRUITFUL-
NESS) OF THE SOIL.
Organic farming is done in the way that nature (plants, animals, landscapes) is optimally
considered and adapted to.
With organic farming, synthetic fertilisers, pesticides and pharmaceutical products are
NOT used, so the farmers and gardeners are INDEPENDENT. Thus, with the consideration of
nature and thanks to nature itself, we are producing a lot of healthy and tasty food.
Organic farming is defined around the world with internationally adopted laws, regulations,
and directives. However, the regulations can differ from country to country in certain details
because social and economical, geoclimatic, and cultural conditions inside a specific
country must be considered.
We are organic gardeners because we want to live healthily and rich, as well as protect
our environment and nature.
It is thus once again ascertained that the essence of organic farming is the ability to
listen to the nature and to take care of the soil fertility.
Carrot Nantaise
amelioree 2
This carrot needs deep soil
rich in humus, fertilised with
compost. Grow carrots with
onion or leek, because they
protect each other from the
attack of harmful flies or
moths. Good neighbours
are also peas (because
they loosen the soil), tomato,
chicory, radishes,
and chard.
Parsley Comun 2
It has plenty of smooth and
aromatic leaves (they contain
essential oils, plenty of
minerals and vitamins A, B,
and C) which we often harvest
so that there is as few
stems as possible. Must be
sown on a different garden
bed each year. Good neighbours
are tomato, onion,
and radishes.
Beetroot Detroit 2
We fertilise beetroot with
broth made of comfrey
which contains potassium
which is necessary particularly
for the development of
roots. The groundcover is
preserving the moisture of
the soil. Good neighbours
for beetroot are kohlrabi,
lettuce, cucumbers, and
peas.
Radish Saxa 2
It demands fine soil which
is rich in humus and always
evenly moist. Good neighbours
are cress, lettuce,
beans, tomato, spinach,
cabbage, and carrot. Radish
can be grown in the vicinity
of other vegetables or
flowers everywhere in the
garden.
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Lettuce “Ljubljanska
ledenka”
This is a Slovenian summer
ICEBERG lettuce with compact
yellow-green heads with
wavy and serrated leaves. It
tolerates summer heat and
it takes long before it bolts. It
can be planted in every sunny
spot as “gap filler”. In mixed
crop, it grows excellently with
carrots, spinach, beans, and
onion.
Lettuce Salad Bowl, Mix
This is a iceberg lettuce with a
voluminous and open rosette.
It does not form heads. The rosettes
are red and green with
gentle leaves in the shape
of an oak-tree leaf. We cut
only the leaves or the whole
rosettes. It does not bolt, so
we have fresh lettuce in our
garden from spring to autumn.
The lettuce needs compost
and enough moisture. It
should grow with the following
good neighbours: radish,
kohlrabi, spinach, cabbage,
tomato, beans, and onion.
Chicory Palla Rossa 2
This is early chicory which
forms a red round head. It is
sensitive to cold. It demands
first-class garden soil. It has
excellent taste and its bitter
ingredients are regulating digestion,
stimulating blood circulation
and metabolism.
Chicory Zuccherina Di
Trieste
It has light green, smooth, and
soft leaves. In spring may develop
small green, pointed heads.
It should be sown densely from
spring to autumn, so that the
leaves remain gentle. It over winters.
Good neighbours are tomato,
pole beans, carrot, lettuce,
and summer savory. However,
its bad neighbour is parsley.
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Chicory Grumolo Verde
This chicory forms a rosette
with green compact leaves in
spring. Tasty chicory leaves
which contain plenty of vitamins
(A, B1, B2, and C) and
minerals (calcium, phosphorus,
iron, potassium, magnesium)
are great as a salad. Its
good neighbours are tomato,
pole beans, lettuce, carrot,
and dill.
Endive Bionda a cuore
pieno
This is a summer variety with
big, cumular yellow-green
rosettes. Warm places and
appropriately moist soil suit
it best. In crop rotatition, it
follows early brassicas, early
potato, peas, dwarf beans,
onion, and beetroot.
Cress Comune
This is a very fast-growing plant
rich in various vitamins (mostly
in vitamin C), calcium, iron,
and iodine. It is of a refreshingly
spicy taste because it contains
mustard oil. It is sown each year
in the open air and during winters
in the apartments on window
shelves. When it reaches
the height of 10 cm, it should
be cut. It is overgrowing fast. It
is a good neighbour to radish
with which they positively influence
each other’s aromas.
Spinach Matador
This is a fast-growing variety suitable
for autumn or spring sowing.
It has big dark green and shiny
leaves rich in vitamin C and iron. It
grows well in a moist soil rich in humus
(the soil should be covered so
that there remains enough moisture
in it). The smell of spinach prevents
pests from attacking so there
should be some plants all over the
garden. After the harvesting, the
roots should be left in the ground.
Leek Carentan 3
The white part of the stem of the
leek Carentan is medium long,
thick, and slightly onion-shaped on
the bottom part. It passes the winter
excellently. It grows best on fertile,
deep soil fertilised with compost.
Against a leek moth (the damage
is done by the larva) it should be
sprinkled with horsetail tea. Good
neighbours are particularly the carrot
and also celery, tomato, lettuce,
brassicas, and strawberries.
Tomato Oxheart
The soil should be rich in humus
and well fertilised. The
fruits are characteristically
“heart-shaped”, fleshy, and
shiny red. They are tasty and
healthy because of the abundance
of vitamins, minerals,
and fruit acids.
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