Organic gardening is a very fun and relaxing thing to do. I use raised beds in my organic garden as it makes it easier to maintain. In half my boxes I used the existing dirt that I sifted the larger rocks out of. I then added some peat moss and sandy loam for good drainage. In the other half of my boxes I purchased organic garden material from a local supplier that already had the peat moss and sandy loam. I actually liked the organic garden soil I purchased better as very fewer weeds ever came from those boxes. The boxes that I used my soil and added organic materials to I also added chicken manure from my chickens that I feed certified organic feed to. This way I know I have organic manure in my organic garden. I add leaves from my trees to my organic garden every fall.

The hardest part I found was learning what to use and what not to use in my compost bin. I used no grass clippings of any kind. I only put the leaves and trimmings from my organic garden in my compost. I Also put any left over vegetables from my organic garden into my compost. There is some chicken manure from my chickens that are only fed organic feed as to not put chemicals or such into my organic garden when I add the compost to my organic garden in the fall. My organic garden does very well and the produce I receive from it tastes like a bit of heaven.