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Dressed To Impress: Feeding Your Soil From The Top

Topdressing is an excellent way to feed your soil and, in turn, your plants. So in the words of Motley …

Here’s The Dirt: Hugelkultur In Raised Garden Beds

Gardening in raised beds offers many perks, like warmer soil and fewer weeds. They’re also easier on the back and …

Living Organic Soil: Digging Deeper Into Not Digging At All

The first and second parts of this series look at living organic soil, its benefits and how to build it …

An Easy Recipe To Building Living Organic Soil

In the first part of this series, we explored the new wave of indoor organic growing using living soils and …

Grow Your Best Crops With Nature’s Helping Hand And Living Organic Soil

Why do we grow our food? Most growers will say for quality, flavour, and freshness, and to achieve those things, …

Craving A Climate-Friendly Garden? Hügelkultur Is For You!

The eighth principle of permaculture says that by putting things in the right place, relationships develop, and plants support each other. …

Growing Advice: Is pH impHortant?

There are very few hot button topics that get indoor gardeners more riled up than the concept of “perfect pH”. …

Soil vs Substrates: How One Difference Changes Everything

Plants evolved over 600 million years ago into a microbial world. Their roots extended into soils teeming with microbial life. …

Understanding Substrate Chemistry in Hydroponics Leads To Better Grows

In the field of hydroponics, much is made of your choice of system, your lamps, and nutrient solution. Thousands of …

Coco Coir A Sustainable And Eco-Friendly Choice For Growers

There has not been a steeper increase in substrate sales than with coco coir over the last few years. It …

Peat: Should You Use It In The Garden?

Some gardeners swear by it while others will tell you to stay as far away from it as possible. There …

The Dos and Donts of Reusing Substrates

Have you ever considered reusing substrates? It’s a practice that few people follow but one that can save money, time, …

5 Cool Ways to Conserve Garden Soil

Soil is not an infinite resource. The United Nations predicts we only have 60 years of topsoil left; it’s more …

Fight Pests, Diseases, and Improve Soil Health with Vermicast

How To Make Your Own Organic Gardening Soil

The rising popularity of organic gardening and a desire to naturally achieve big, bountiful, quality crops have many people looking …

Stop Using Peat! Try These Alternatives

For years peat and peat moss have been staples in the garden soil. From big row and square foot gardens …

What Is Soilless Potting Mix And How To Use It

The term “soilless mix” is thrown around a lot in the gardening world, assuming that we all know what it …

Using Microbial Products For A Thriving Garden

In recent years, we have seen an enormous surge in the amount of microbial-based products available to growers. These, undoubtedly, …

How Mushrooms And The Mycelium Network Are Healing The World

Plants have been around for a long time; 700 million years to be exact. But fungi have been on Earth longer, making the first appearance on land 1,300 million years ago. Interestingly enough, the largest living organism in the world today is a honey fungus that measures 2.4 miles (3.8 km) in the Blue Mountains of Oregon. 

Phytomicrobiom: What The Hell Are Mushrooms Doing In My Pots?

Phytomicrobiom, or phytobiome, is a complicated word for a straightforward thing: the community of fungi, bacteria, and destructors that live …