Page 28 - Organic Gardening 3 Part Series

rooted plants should be planted in an area with sufficient area for them to expand

unless you plan to train them.

Tomatoes are the most widely grown vegetable in North America. They contain

high amounts of Vitamin A and Vitamin C and lycopene which is an antioxidant
credited with improving heart health, possessing cancer-fighting properties, and
essential to brain health.

There are hundreds of varieties of tomatoes and you can grow them in
greenhouses, outdoors, in containers and in beds. This versatility ensures that
you'll be able to find the right tomato variety for your garden.

Although tomatoes are technically a fruit, we're not including them in our
selection of fruit for your organic garden. Depending on where you live, you may
be able to add fruit trees to your garden as we discussed in the section about
using your lawn or yard, as a garden.

Layering fruit trees, then adding fruiting shrubs, and then planting vegetables and
herbs in the locations which meet their sunlight and soil requirements produces a
vibrant, high-yielding food forest.

Fruit trees such as apples and
cherries do well in cooler
clients, and as we move further

south, you'll find persimmons,
peaches, and plums. In frost-
free areas such as parts of
Texas, California, and Florida,
you'll be able to grow a wide
range of citrus.

Still further south, in the sub-
tropical areas of Florida, you'll

find a wonderful selection of tropical fruit trees such as mangoes, mamey,
soursop, and avocadoes.

Blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, and other berry varieties also make a nice
addition where you have the space to add shrubs. Strawberries can be grown in
clay pots, hanging baskets, in raised beds, and on the ground.