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Garden Dig #3 – Sowing and Transplanting
We’ve been planting our cold season crops outdoors. For 3 days. We thought we’d be done yesterday, but clay soil [...]
Soil texture and what it means for your plants
The basic idea: The texture of soils can be divided into three parts according to particle size and structure: [...]
Garden Dig #1 – Building the Soil & a ‘Re-Purposed Pallet Picket Fence’
Welcome to our first Garden Dig post! We will have regular updates throughout the year about our experiences in gardening [...]
Mycorrhizae fungi
Mycorrhizae are a group of fungi naturally found in the soil that form relationships with plants through their roots. Mycorrhizae [...]
How Blueberries Grow
A lot of people have become much more interested in growing their own blueberries recently, especially as food trends lean [...]
Green Manure as a Source of Organic Matter
Podcast: download We all know what a brown manure is, but what is a green manure? Green manures come from [...]
Brown Manure as a Source of Organic Matter
Podcast: Download There are two types of manures: brown and green. Brown manures, the manure we’re all more familiar with, [...]
Vermicompost… and No-Till Gardening
Vermicompost is an excellent source of organic matter and it actually comes from earthworms. Earthworms eat and digest organic [...]
Green Composts
Podcast: download Green composts differ from brown composts in that they are newer dead plant material. Examples of green manure [...]
Brown Composts
Podcast: download Brown composts are older dead plant material. Examples of this would include straw, old leaves, sawdust, branch or [...]
Peat Moss as a Source of Organic Matter
Podcast: download Peat moss, for the home gardener, is one of the most convenient sources of organic matter. It doesn’t [...]
Organic Matter
What it is and why it is one of the most important contributing factors to gardening success. Podcast: download If [...]
Preventing indoor plants from tipping over
Trimming potted plants back so they don’t become too top-heavy seems like an obvious solution to this problem, but sometimes [...]
Lawn care: Part two
Feeeding Your Lawn The basic idea: Clover may be a great natural fertilizer that you can grow amongst your grass [...]
Disease-free plants
Plants don’t possess an immune system like we do. They don’t have antibodies or white blood cells that actively seek [...]
Salty and sodic soils
What a Gardener Can Do When Confronted with this Problem The basic idea: Salty soils will squelch the productivity of any [...]
Soil pH
What to do with your soil’s pH The basic idea: Acidity and basicity are measured on a pH scale of 1 [...]
Top 12 Gardening Mistakes
Podcast: download 1. Ignoring Soil Health: attempting to grow high quality plants from a low quality soil. There’s nothing better [...]
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Soil to Sun Series
Top Twelve Gardening Mistakes
Gardening Principles: Light
Organic Matter
Green Composts
Brown Composts
Green Manure as a Source of Organic Matter
Brown Manure as a Source of Organic Matter
The Roots of the Matter
Vermicompost & No-Till Gardening (No audio)
Mulches: Types & Uses (No audio)
