jlanglois,

I've never attempted organic gardening on such a scale as you describe. About 15 years ago I discovered a book by a guy, his last name was Barthalamew or something like that called Square Foot gardening. In it he extolled the virtues of organic gardening, no fertilizers, companion planting and such. This intrigued me but while preparing a 25 foot by 25 foot raised bed I came to realize that this could be a full time job. I used a lot of his concepts and while doing further research I found that Rodale has a line of gardening encyclopedias that really gets deep into the organic aspects of gardening. Needless to say that raised bed provided all the fresh veggies my family needed for a season, of course that was 3 plantings and harvests per year. This year the raised bed is laying fallow, having filled it with organic humus, it is going to give me and my neighbors quite a bit of night crawlers. You may be able to gain some insight from these pubs I've mentioned, I'd be interested to hear how you do. I'm located in the upper part of SC, I've seen the scarred land during travels in Northern Alabama and thought many times that area would be ideal for organic gardening.

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