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The healthier the medium, the healthier the plant. Build a thriving base by following our tips for adding various essential elements, boosting microbial activity, and more!

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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 …

Ancient Farming Techniques The Way Of The Future

To treat somebody or something like dirt is defined as behaving unfairly, rudely, or with very little respect. It’s a …

Fungi – The Key To A Successful Food Forest

Written by Simon Hart Simon has been gardening for over 40 years, including work in the 1980s with nutrient film …

Veganic Agriculture Delivers Great Rewards In The Garden

You’ve likely already heard of the vegan diet: people who follow it don’t eat animal products, including meat, eggs, and …

Natural Ways To Keep Weeds Out Of The Garden

The summer is nearly here and with it comes a lot of weed growth in the garden, which can cause …

Leave Those Weeds Alone! Why Every Garden Should Have Them

It’s National Gardening Week in the UK, a time to celebrate all the beauty gardens bring to our communities and …

Organic Matter In Soil Boosts Garden Yields

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.91″ background_layout=”light”] A study finds that adding organic matter to garden soil has a major impact on …

Preparing your Soil for Winter

Soil is considered as an essential foundation for growing plants and trees. Though each plant type requires different needs, you …

A Simple 3 Part Potting Mix

Potting soils are generally made out of light materials known as “soilless medias”. Almost every gardener I’ve run into that …

From Diatoms to Diatomaceous

Diatoms are common single-celled algae found in the phytoplankton of both fresh and salt waters. They can also live inland …

Make Your Own Organic Soil Mix

Soil is like water. Both sustain life as we know it, yet they are so omnipresent that we take them …

Understanding Enzymes for Plants

What are enzymes? Why are so many fertilizer companies adding enzymes to their ever-expanding list of essential supplements? Enzymes are extremely small, yet powerful proteins made of complex chains of amino acids folded in shapes reminiscent of Pac-Man.

Healthy Soil & Microbes Make It Rain?

The importance of building healthy soil is greater than organic growing. Even conventional growers are discovering this too. But the …

Nitrogen Changes Potting Mix pH

Container gardeners might want to pay closer attention to the type of nitrogen in their fertilizer – it can actually change your …

Straw Bale Garden: Take 2, Scene 2

If you’re going to grow a straw bale garden, adding compost tea with microbes is a definite asset. Not just …

Straw Bale Garden: Take 2, Scene 1

It’s the second year that I’ve planted a straw bale garden. Spring is always highly anticipated in a cold climate, …

Fake Mars Soil Grows Safe Food?

Perhaps it’s time to reassess the realities in relying on synthetics. Now, plant specialists have determined that fake Mars soil …

Ancient Soil Building Technique Key to Climate & Fertility

So much for old traditions being obsolete. The latest findings show that a soil building technique used in Africa for the past 700 …

Who Invented Potting Mix?

Like most of us, you probably never even wondered why we have potting mix. It’s just there in the garden …

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