https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/5fd8677e-c99a-4a60-95f1-301ded1a777e Ask This Old House landscape designer Jenn Nawada gives some tips on starting an organic garden. SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse Skill Level: Beginner Shopping List: Organic seeds or seedlings Organic soil Ceramic or cedar planters Steps: Every material used in an organic garden needs to be certified organic., Planters can be made out of cedar or ceramic., The soil must be organic as well. If you’re not using a planter, you’ll need to dig out a hole and remove the soil in the ground to replace it with organic soil., Seedlings and seed packets also need to have a certified organic label., For any garden, Jenn recommends asking yourself why you want to start a garden to determine what types of plants should go in there., Resources: In order to qualify as organic, every material used in the garden must be certified organic. Check the labels of plants, soils, and even potting material to be certain everything is actually organic. Everything Jenn demonstrated in the segment, including the seeds, seedlings, planters and soil, can all be found at home centers and nurseries. About Ask This Old House TV: Homeowners have a virtual truckload of questions for us on smaller projects, and we're ready to answer. Ask This Old House solves the steady stream of home improvement problems faced by our viewers—and we make house calls! Ask This Old House features some familiar faces from This Old House, including Kevin O'Connor, general contractor Tom Silva, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey, and landscape contractor Roger Cook. Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseIG http://bit.ly/AskTOHIG Tumblr: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTumblr For more on This Old House and Ask This Old House, visit us at: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseWebsite How to Start an Organic Garden | Ask This Old House https://www.youtube.com/user/thisoldhouse/ Sun, 17 May 2026 05:33:29 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/5fd8677e-c99a-4a60-95f1-301ded1a777e All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.